"Ιστορίαι Ηροδότου, Τόμος 1" by Herodotus is a historical work written in the 5th century BC. Considered the founding work of history in Western literature, it chronicles the rise of the Persian Empire and the causes of the Greco-Persian Wars. Herodotus frames the conflict as a struggle between slavery and freedom, between Persian invaders and Greek city-states. Through travels and interviews, he preserves remarkable achievements of both Greeks and non-Greeks, preventing human events from being erased by time.