"The Histories" is the Books of Herodotus, "The Father of History". Introduction to Herodotus Histories Book The Histories of Herodotus is considered the founding work of history in Western literature. This book, written in 430 bc in the ancient Greek. Histories is about Greece, Persia and the Middle East and Northern Africa at that time. This book was the first book on ancient history, without poetic concepts and stories. And today most of ...