Section B: Source criticism

Question 1

Herodotus, Father of History

Answer 1

“a problem recognized by everybody.”-Detlev Fehling

Question 2

Aeschylus, Father Of Tragedy

Answer 2

Tragic Play write, well insightful into Greek culture and had a background fighting at the battle of marathon

Question 3

Thucydides, Father Of Scientific History

Answer 3

“An interperation, a point of veiw;”- Karl Popper, The Open Society and it’s Enemies

Question 4

Aristophanes, Father of Comedy

Answer 4

Wrote for puplic awards and his patrons. Therefore in his plays there is a patriotic bias towards Athens.

Question 5

Polybius

Answer 5

“he can relate events he saw himself, or he can use the testimony of eyewitnesses” -Scott Farrington, A Likely Story: Rhetoric and the Determination of Truth in Polybius’ Histories