Herodotus

Herodotus (c. 490-425/420)

"It is much more agreeable to be the object of envy than of pity."

• A quote in the character of the Cornthian tyrant, Periander, from The Histories by Herodotus (Book III), translated by Aubrey De Sélincourt and revised by John Marincola (Penguin Classics, 2002). 

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Herodotus

Herodotus (490-425/420 BCE)

"A bow kept always strung would break, and so be useless when it was needed. It is the same with a man; anyone who was always serious, and never allowed himself a fair share of relaxation and amusement, would suddenly go off his head, or get a stroke."

• From The Histories by Herodotus (Book II), translated by Aubrey De Sélincourt and revised by John Marincola (Penguin Classics, 2002).

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Herodotus

Herodotus (490-425/420 BCE)

"Guard the head well, and the head will save the body."

• A prophecy from the Oracle of Delphi for the city of Argos, recorded by Herodotus in Book 7 of The Histories, translated by Aubrey De Sélincourt and revised by John Marincola (Penguin Classics, 2002).

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Herodotus

Herodotus (5th century BCE Greek Historian)

"Indeed, I will do anything you bid me; but I will tell you none the less what I think will be best for you."

• From The Histories by Herodotus, translated by Aubrey De Sélincourt and revised by John Marincola (Penguin Classics, 2002).

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Herodotus

Herodotus (490-425/420 BCE)

"I propose that we do away with the monarchy, and raise the people to power; for the stat and the people are synonymous terms."

• From The Histories by Herodotus (Book III), translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt and revised by John Marincola. New York: Penguin Classics, 2002).

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Herodotus

Herodotus (490 - 425/420 BCE)

"Everyone without exception believes his own native customs, and the religion he was brought up in, to be the best."

• From The Histories by Herodotus, translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt and revised by John Marincola. New York: Penguin Classics, 2002).

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Herodotus

Herodotus (490-425/420 BCE)

"In the temple of Babylon there is a second shrine lower down, in which is a great sitting figure of Bel, all of gold on a golden throne, supported on a base of gold, with a golden table standing beside it. I was told by the Chaldaeans that, to make all this, more than twenty-two tons of gold were used."

• From The Histories by Herodotus, translated by Aubrey De Sélincourt and revised by John Marincola. He is likely describing a ziggurat in the Babylonian temple complex of Esagila. He goes on to mention two more altars outside of the temple described above; one of gold, and another of silver. 

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Herodotus

Herodotus (Ancient Greek Historian, 490-425-420 BCE)

"No one is fool enough to choose war instead of peace - in peace sons bury fathers, but in war fathers bury sons."

• From The Histories by Herodotus, translated by Aubrey De Sélincourt and revised by John Marincola (Penguin Classics, 2002).

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Herodotus

Herodotus (490-425/420 BCE)

"Right and wrong were distinguished long ago - and I'll tell you one thing that is right: a man should mind his own business."

• From The Histories by Herodotus, translated by Aubrey De Sélincourt and revised by John Marincola (Penguin Classics, 2002).

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