Herodotus and Rhampsinitus and the Thief

Herodotus and ‘Rhampsinitus and the Thief’ BY: Layla Brown Herodotus, the first Greek historian, has been called by some "the father of history" and by others "the father of lies." Born in 485 B.C to a wealthy family at Halicarnassus, in Asia Minor, he was exiled to Samos soon after his birth because of his family’s opposition to the Persian domination of Ionia. During his youth, he traveled widely, studying the manners, customs, and …

…growth happens through the challenges faced. These challenges seem to be progressively difficult. Look at your own lives. Your challenges may be different from the boy’s but there have been events in your own lives that you had to come to terms with and overcome in order to be where you are now. There is much to be learnt from this story if we take the time to look beneath the surface. Word count: 1227