Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

Little is known of his personal history. Herodotus (pron. : /hɨˈrɒdətəs/; 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 (c.