Herodotus ( /hɨˈrɒdətəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἡρόδοτος Hēródotos) was an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria (modern day Bodrum, Turkey) and lived in the fifth century BC (circa 484 – 425 BC). He has been called the "Father of History", and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative.The Histories—his masterpiece and the only work he is known to have produced—is a record of his "inquiry" (or ἱστορία historía, a word that passed into Latin and acquired its modern meaning of "history"), being an investigation of the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars and including a wealth of geographical and ethnographical information. Although some of his stories were fanciful, he claimed he was reporting only what had been told to him. Little is known of his personal history.
The Histories, otherwise known as The Researches or The Inquiries, were divided by later Alexandrian editors into nine books, named after the nine Muses: the "Muse of History", Clio, representing the first book, then Euterpe, Thaleia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Ourania and Calliope for books 2 to 9, respectively. At its simplest and broadest level of meaning, The Histories is structured as a dynastic history of four Persian kings:
Justin Marozzi is an English journalist, historian and travel writer. He studied at Cambridge University where he gained a Starred Double First in History in 1993. He has also earned degrees in broadcast journalism from Cardiff University and in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania as a Thouron Scholar. As a journalist, he worked for the BBC, the Financial Times and the Economist.
Marozzi has published four books. South from Barbary is an account of his explorations through the Libyan Sahara. Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World was a highly regarded biography of the Mongol conqueror Timur and was listed as a Sunday Telegraph Book of the Year. Faces of Exploration, an account of famous explorers, was followed by The Man Who Invented History: Travels with Herodotus, a biography of the world's first historian.
Marozzi was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
HEARTHAYS & BUD’DA
Straight For the Heart
Heart, heart
Love ,Love
Heart, heart
Love
V1: Once was a little girl lost in it
Nothing could tear me away from it
They ,they call me crazy,maybe, maybe
I a bit crazy
in love love love love love love love
I felt it pulling out the best of me
It lead me straight into my destiny
They call me dreamer,
Cause
(pause)
I'm a big dreamer like
yeah yeah yeah
CHOURS: Us heartbroken girls are afraid of love
The same little girls that are made of love
There goes Cupid
hes at it again
Aiming straight for the heart
Yeah straight for the heart
Ah ah ah ah oh
Straight for the heart
Ah ah ah oh oh oh oh oh
V2: Now, now everyone wants to find someone
Like in the storybooks
that someone
Who could?
(Pause)
Take ,take ya higher than the moon and stars singing
Yeah yeah Yeah
yeah yeah yeah
I felt it pulling out the best of me (best of me)
It lead me straight into my destiny (destiny)
They call me dreamer,
Cause
I'm big a dreamer like
yeah yeah yeah
CHOURS: Us heartbroken girls are afraid of love
The same little girls that are made of love
There goes Cupid
he’s at it again
Aiming straight for the heart
Yeah straight for the heart
Ah ah ah ah oh
Straight for the heart
Ah ah ah oh oh oh oh oh
CHOURS: Us heartbroken girls are afraid of love
The same little girls that are made of love
There goes Cupid
hes at it again
Aiming straight for the heart
Yeah straight for the heart
(straight for the heart)
Ah ah ah ah oh
Straight for the heart
Bridge:
Another story ends like this
Find prince charming can’t resist
These pages of love
Are written in our hearts
In our hearts
CHOURS: Us heartbroken girls are afraid of love
The same little girls that are made of love
There goes Cupid
he’s at it again
Aiming straight for the heart
Yeah straight for the heart
Us heartbroken girls are afraid of love
(girls, girls, girls,)
The same little girls that are made of love
(the same little girls,girls,girls,)
There goes Cupid
hes at it again
Aiming straight for the heart
Yeah straight for the heart
Ah ah ah ah oh