... nowhere else. As stated by Carr 'The society in which history is written shapes the history written'1 and to some extent this can be seen to apply to Herodotus. The intellectual climate of Athens has undoubtedly played a role in Herodotus' 'histories'. At this time Athens was the centre of intellectual life and could boast an almost unique galaxy of talent. It was clear that Herodotus was impressed by Athens and this was demonstrated by his pro Athenian bias in his narrative. 'Herodotus was said to have recited a part of the 'Histories' at Athens and to have received a reward for it. To add greater precision, the absurdly high sum of ten talents was later fixed on the amount of the reward, the consequence of Athenian delight at being favourably depicted in the 'Histories'. This shows how he was influenced by the intellectual climate because he was eager to ...

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