This sentence was said by Herodotus, an ancient Greek historian, which means that when God wants to make a person suffer, he always gets carried away. Ancient Greek tragic writers were all influenced by Herodotus and fully explained it. More famous is the repeated view of Oedipus, an ancient Greek tragedy writer: "If God wants to destroy it, he must first make it crazy."

Herodotus was a great historian in ancient Greece, the author of the famous history book History and the founder of western literature. An outstanding representative of humanism.

Herodotus has been honored as "the father of history" since ancient Roman times, and this name has been used to this day. Herodotus was born in an ancient city on the southwest coast of Asia Minor in about 484 BC. It is a colonial city established by the ancient Greeks during their early overseas exploration. Herodotus' father was a slave owner with great wealth, and his uncle was a famous local poet.

Herodotus studied hard since childhood and loved epics. At that time, the ruler of their city-state was a guy who usurped power through conspiracy. Herodotus, as an adult, actively participated in the struggle to overthrow the usurper with his uncle and others. The struggle was suppressed, his uncle was killed and he was exiled. Later, the usurper was overthrown and he once returned to his hometown. Soon, he was forced to leave again and never went back.

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Herodotus adopted the common structural form in oriental literature, that is, a group of short stories in a big story, which are interlocking, endless and charming. He is also good at portraying characters. Most kings, ministers, politicians, scholars, soldiers, etc. It is vivid in his works.

For example, the first volume describes the dialogue between the Greek politician Solon and King Clos of Lydia. King Lydia, who is short-sighted, is in sharp contrast with Solon, who is intelligent and talented, and his personality characteristics are vividly displayed.

Due to the limitations of the times and classes, Herodotus' history is still fatalistic and fatalistic in many places, which is also mixed with many unfounded myths and legends and nonsense. However, he created a genre of historical works and preserved a lot of precious historical materials for future generations, some of which have been confirmed by the research or achievements of modern archaeology, anthropology and history.

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