HerodotusParent(s)Lyxes (father) Dryotus (mother)RelativesTheodorus (brother) Panyassis (uncle or cousin)

What sources did Herodotus use?

He knew the literature of his age: he quotes not only Homer, but also Hesiod, Sappho, Pindar, and Aeschylus. The latter was a playwright, and indeed, its seems that Herodotus sometimes used tragedies as sources.

What is the writing style of Herodotus?

Herodotus wrote, in the Ionic dialect, a fascinating narrative in an attractively simple and easy-flowing style, and he had a remarkable gift for telling a story clearly and dramatically, often with a dry ironic sense of humor; the best of his stories have delighted, and will continue to delight, generations of readers …