No one of course would be so much surprised as Herodotus was a Greek himself, and apparently Herodotus was not ready to reflect both sides of the coins, in a fair and equitable manner.
Nobody was keeping the Persians from writing things down.
Apparently this habit of producing nothing of lasting value and criticizing those who do is nothing new...
22 posted on 03/14/2007 8:38:33 AM PDT by bondjamesbond
(Fred Dalton Thompson will be the next President of the United States. You heard it here first.)