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Herodotus And Thucydides

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15. Herodotus is more of histrionic you can say story teller, he likes to explain and you know get it out there in other words exaggerate stories to hyperbolize a moral or lesson that are helpful . Thucyidides is leaning more of a scientific historian. but saying all these we can agree Both men are basically fathers of historical recounts they just go along different paths, appealing to other audiences. thats how it works dont ask me. lol

7. The official or original Athenian democracy actually didn't survive…. The reason behind all this is it became a basis for many today or modern political systems. Abraham Lincoln even said i think he’s the 16th president described democracy as “Government of the people, by the people, for the people.”

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