As the first proper historian, Herodotus wasn't perfect.

作为第一个历史学家，希罗多徳并非完美。

Cotton was being spun in the Indus Valley in 3000BC; Herodotus admired its quality.

早在公元前3000年，印度河流域的人们就已经学会纺纱，希罗多德就曾赞赏它的质地。

Though he was Greek, Herodotus's hometown of Halicarnassus was part of the Persian Empire.

尽管希罗多徳是希腊人，但他的家乡哈利卡尔那索斯是波斯帝国的一部分。

Herodotus collected stories from all around the Mediterranean.

希罗多德收集了地中海各地的故事。

Unless, that is, you believe Herodotus and the Greeks.

也就是说，除非你相信希罗多德和希腊人。

" Herodotus, of Halicarnassus, here displays his inquiries."

“Halicarnassus 的希罗多德 (Herodotus) 在这里展示了他的询问。”

Whatever, Herodotus, you’re not the only one here who can engage in historical bias.

不管怎样，希罗多德，你不是这里唯一可以产生历史偏见的人。

Herodotus allowed it to contain many different stories, some serious, others less so.

希罗多德允许它包含许多不同的故事，有些是严肃的， 有些则不那么严肃。

Herodotus wrote a prose epic, in which the author's personality is ever before us.

希罗多德写了一部散文史诗， 其中作者的个性无处不在。

The best known Greek historians were Herodotus (484-424 B.C.) and Thucydides (460-400 B.C.).

最著名的希腊历史学家是希罗多德（公元前 484-424 年）和修昔底德（公元前 460-400 年）。

All in all, for someone who was writing in an entirely new style, Herodotus did remarkably well.

总而言之，对于一个用全新风格写作的人来说，希罗多徳已经出奇的出色。

As the Greeks increased in influence and power, Herodotus's writing and the idea of history spread across the Mediterranean.

随着希腊影响力与权力与日俱增，希罗多徳的作品和对历史的看法传遍了地中海。

Herodotus's writing and the idea of history spread across the Mediterranean.

希罗多德的著作和历史思想传遍了地中海。

Writers like Herodotus, Plato, and Strabo never doubted their existence.

希罗多德、柏拉图和斯特拉波等作家从不怀疑它们的存在。

According to Herodotus, the Phoenicians managed to circumnavigate Africa in a voyage in circa 600 BCE, sponsored by the Egyptian pharaoh Necho.

根据希罗多德的说法，腓尼基人在大约公元前 600 年的一次航行中成功环游了非洲，这次航行是由埃及法老尼科赞助的。

Dark-skinned men produce black semen. —— Herodotus Herodotus — the so-called father of history — believed this to be true, both of Ethiopians and certain Indians.

第二条，深色皮肤的男人产生黑色的精液。——希罗多德希罗多德——所谓的历史之父——相信埃塞俄比亚人和某些印度人都是如此。

Now the fact that Herodotus was a Greek is important because it introduces us to the idea of historical bias.

希罗多德是希腊人这一事实很重要，因为它向我们介绍了历史偏见的概念。

As for the poets, they have Aristophanes, Homer, Euripides, and Sophocles of Aldus's edition; and for historians, Thucydides, Herodotus, and Herodian.

至于诗人，他们有阿里斯托芬、荷马、欧里庇得斯和阿尔都斯版本的索福克勒斯；对于历史学家，修昔底德、希罗多德和希律王。

To explain how these wars broke out and why the Greeks triumphed, Herodotus collected stories from all around the Mediterranean.

为了解释这些战争是如何发生，以及希腊为何获胜，希罗多徳收集了地中海所有的故事。

Chaucer, like Herodotus, is a story-teller, and follows the lead of those who on the Continent entertained courtly circles with pleasant tales.

乔叟和希罗多德一样， 是一个讲故事的人， 他效仿欧洲大陆上那些用愉快的故事来娱乐宫廷圈子的人。