Herodotus is also called the father of liars.
He was called “Father of Lies” by Plutarch, but the P-man had some issues with Herodotus’ treatment of the Persians — Plutarch thought the Persians weren’t portrayed in all their evil-ness. A few years back there was a headline that Herodotus had been shot down again regarding some hearsay he’d included about, hmm, I think it was burial practices in Central Asia. But the story described the very things he’d written about having been found in some dig there. :’)