But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.

Little is known of his personal history. Herodotus (pron. : /hɨˈrɒdətəs/; Greek: Ἡρόδοτος Hēródotos) was an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus Caria (modern day Bodrum Turkey) and lived in the fifth century BC (c.