Herodotus vs Thucydides: should history charm or dissect?

HERODOTUS vs THUCYDIDES go head to head — and every jab is rooted in real history.

HERODOTUS

I wandered the world gathering wonders, oracles, and the customs of men, so that great deeds not be forgotten.

THUCYDIDES

And amid your wonders you smuggled in gods and gossip; I recorded the Peloponnesian War as it was, a possession for all time.

HERODOTUS

A tale without color is a corpse, Thucydides, and men remember the marvel long after they forget your troop counts.

THUCYDIDES

They also forget your talking dolphins, while my plague and my speeches still teach why nations destroy themselves.

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