Citation with stable link: Philip A. Harland, 'Guide to Herodotos of Halikarnassos,' Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World, last modified May 26, 2024, https://philipharland.com/Blog/?p=15774.

This is a guide for reading through Herodotos’ (late-fifth century BCE) ethnographic passages on this website in somewhat sequential order:

Peoples with dedicated and substantial accounts:

• Persians and Medes, primarily in book 1 (link)
• Lydians, primarily in book 1 (link)
  • Lydian diasporas – 1.94 (link)
  • Termilians and Lycians – 1.173 (link)
• Egyptians, primarily in book 2 (link)
• Ethiopians, primarily in books 2-3 (link)
• Indians, primarily in book 3 (link)
• Scythians, primarily in book 4 (link)
• Libyans, primarily in book 4 (link)
• Greek colonization of Libya in book 4 (link)

Peoples dealt with somewhat piecemeal:

• Pelasgians (link)
• Phoenicians (link)