À propos de l'origine des grandes divinités grecques, qu'Hérodote fait en partie remonter aux dieux égyptiens.
Livre II (l'Égypte)
Hérodote citations célèbres
Livre I
Début de la description de l'Égypte.
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À propos du fleuve Océan qui entoure le monde dans de nombreux textes poétiques, dont les épopées d'Homère.
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À propos d'un bon mot prononcé par un guerrier spartiate juste avant la bataille des Thermopyles, pendant la seconde guerre médique.
Livre VII
Réponse de Solon à Crésus — qui se croyait l'homme le plus heureux du monde — et portant sur les critères qui permettent de qualifier quelqu'un d'heureux.
Livre I
Premières lignes de L'Enquête, formant sa préface.
Livre I
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Hérodote: Citations en anglais
“It is the gods' custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.”
Book 7 , Ch. 10.
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“It was a kind of Cadmean victory.”
Book 1, Ch. 166, refering to a victory where both sides suffer extreme losses. Derived from the legends of Thebes, where the sons of Oedipus, and hence descendants of Cadmus, fought to the death.
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“When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.”
Book 7, Ch. 46.
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Though widely attributed to Herodotus this in fact comes from the Histories of Polybius, Book 16, chapter 28: "Some men, like bad runners in the stadium, abandon their purposes when close to the goal; while it is at that particular point, more than at any other, that others secure the victory over their rivals". (Translation of Evelyn S Shuckburgh).
Misattributed
“Although he had plenty of troops he did not have many men.”
Book 7, Ch. 210.
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“Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.”
Book 7, Ch. 49.
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“At sea your men will be as far inferior to Greeks as women are to men.”
By Artemisa, the best persian warrior in Salamina, a very courageous woman. A superbe irony!
Book 8, Ch. 68.
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