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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the ancient Greek known as the father of history; his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples of historical writing (485-425 BC); 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Herodotus
    n 1: the ancient Greek known as the father of history; his
         accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are
         the first known examples of historical writing (485-425 BC)