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The Founding Histories and Myths of the Argead Dynasty
The Argeads claim to be the descendants of Temenus, a great-great-grandson of Heracles, and King of Argos. The ancient historian Herodotus provides an account of how the Argeads came to rule over Macedon. According to Herodotus, three Temenid brothers, Gauanes, Aeropus, and Perdiccas, were banished from Argos to Illyria.
They wandered in the highlands of Macedon, and finally settled down in a town called Lebaea. There, they worked for the king, tending to his livestock. The queen, who prepared the food for the king’s workers, noticed that whenever she baked bread, Perdiccas’ would double in size. She reported this anomaly to her husband, who regarded it as an ominous sign.
Top Ten Best Ancient Historians
History is very important and I cannot overstate that. In our times of early writing we had men, yes mostly men, that would record the events of the time that gives us a clear image of what happened, the people of the time, and the culture. These Ancient Historians would form history. This list will feature the best of these historians. For the sake of practicality I will not be including religious writers. Feel free to add them though. Feel free to add whoever you feel worthy. Enjoy!
The Top Ten
Herodotus
Herodotus is the known as The Father of History for a reason. Herodotus was a Greek Historian from 484 B.C. to 425/413 B.C. While you can often tell his writing are highly fictionalized, he is oftentimes reliable in the basic concepts in history. He even admitted that and he simply wrote down what the majority of the people s remembrance of tradition and history. Herodotus travelled the world and recorded everything from the people s culture, p