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    On the Malice of Herodotus or On the Malignity of Herodotus (Greek: Περὶ τῆς Ἡροδότου κακοηθείας) is an essay by Plutarch criticizing the historian Herodotus...
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  • Lacedemonians. Plutarch in "On the Malice of Herodotus" supports Herodotus’ account that Othryades was the only survivor of the Spartan champions, but because he...
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    : Introduction  "Plutarch on the Malice of Herodotus". www.bostonleadershipbuilders.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022. Herodotus (2003). The Histories. Translated...
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    live on the Capitoline?" (no. 91) and then suggests answers to them. In "On the Malice of Herodotus", Plutarch criticizes the historian Herodotus for all...
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    The Histories (Greek: Ἱστορίαι, Historíai; also known as The History) of Herodotus is considered the founding work of history in Western literature. Although...
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    Syrian or Phoenician origin. Plutarch, in his book On the malice of Herodotus, criticized Herodotus for prejudice and misrepresentation and he argued that...
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    Osiris, a crucial source of information on Egyptian religious rites; and On the Malice of Herodotus (which may, like the orations on Alexander's accomplishments...
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    Herodotus's history was accurate enough not to need re-writing or correcting. Plutarch criticised Herodotus in his essay On the malice of Herodotus,...
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    successfully on the Ides of March (15 March) of 44 BC. In a settlement between the liberatores and the Caesarians, an amnesty was granted to the assassins...
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    figure in the Catilinarian conspiracy and was summarily executed on the orders of the consul Cicero in 63 BC for his involvement. According to the historian...
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