Critics of Herodotus have often shown an unease in the face of the religious passages of the Histories, whilst historians have often neglected the value of lite... » 

Critics of Herodotus have often shown an unease in the face of the religious passages of the Histories, whilst historians have often neglected the value of literary sources as evidence of religious belief. This text places Herodotus' religious beliefs at the centre of his conception of history. «