Herodotus, Herodotus, trans. A. D. Godley, vol. 2, book 3, paragraph 40, p. 53, 55 (1928); excerpt from a letter from Amasis to Polycrates
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But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
— Herodotus on Success
What It Means
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About Herodotus
Herodotus of Halicarnassus (Greek: Ἡρόδοτος, Hēródotos) (c. 484 BC – c. 425 BC) was a historian, known for his writings on the conflict between Greece and Persia, as well as the descriptions he wrote of different places and people he met on his travels.
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