Herodotus’ Perspective on the Persian Empire
Herodotus’ Perspective on the Persian Empire

Summary/Abstract: This paper reviews the different models commonly used in understanding Herodotus’ evidence on the Achaemenid Persian empire. It suggests that these approaches—for example, the assessment of Herodotu ’ accuracy, of the level of his knowledge, or of his sympathy for the Persians—systematically underestimate the complexity of his (and of the Greeks’) perspective on the Persian empire: the conflicted perspective of a participant rather than just a detached observer.

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