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Herodotus grounds claims in evidence and testimony, and says plainly when he doubts a source.
In plain words
Herodotus grounds his history in evidence and testimony, and says plainly when he doubts a source: the moment the oracle's monopoly on truth cracks, never to close.
The mechanism
THE RIVAL SEAT OPENS — the oracle's monopoly on truth-telling cracks here and never closes
How it was checked
- EvidenceT5 INDEPENDENT SECULAR; Status: COMMITTED; a capture
- Letter eraTHE PROPHETS AND THE ROAD 776 BC to 4 BC
- Plate — Portrait head, probably Herodotus, Ancient Agora Museum, Athens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_head_of_Herodotus,_Ancient_Agora_Museum_S_270,_225329.jpg
- SourcesSECULAR RECORD — the Histories
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