Anthony Wrote:
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> I find there to be far more accurate information
> he has conveyed in this portion of his tales than
> inaccurate, so I would ask that we give every
> statement he makes the benefit of the doubt, until
> proven otherwise.

I think that each statement should be considered in its context. Herodotus might not always have realised when, or if, he was being presented with inaccurate information; and even his informants might not have known how accurate or otherwise that information was.

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