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Herodotean, a.|hɪrɒdəˈtiːən|
[f. the name of Herodotus (Gr. Ἡρόδοτος), Greek historian of the fifth century b.c.: see -an.]
Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or mentioned by Herodotus.
1856K. H. Digby Lover's Seat II. xiii. 67 They are remarkably Herodotean in their style of operation. 1857Dufferin Lett. High Lat. 54 The Herodotean work of Sturleson. 1872W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. ii. vi. 413 A Herodotean knack of giving numerical measures of extent. 1881Athenæum 2 Apr. 456/2 Some of the reports which he received he recounts with Herodotean incredulity. 1883Macm. Mag. May 67/2 This is what I mean by calling him Herodotean. Nothing was too small nor too apparently remote from the main studies of his life to escape him or be without interest for him. |