Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 'Ep. ad Pompeium', The Three Literary Letters (Ep. ad Ammaeum I, Ep. ad Pompeium, Ep. ad Ammaeum II), translated and edited by W. Rhys Roberts (1901), p. 111
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If we take up his book, we are filled with admiration till the last syllable and always seek for more.
— Dionysius of Halicarnassus
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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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