the Greeks construct Greek and non-Greek identity? The Classical period of Ancient Greece saw the emergence of the idea of the ‘Greek’, or being Greek rather than from one’s own Polis (city-state), constructed in contrast to the idea of the ‘non-Greek’. This construct originated from pre-existing ideological frameworks and was affirmed by aspects of Greek culture, historic events and political ideology. This essay seeks to explain how the ‘Greek’ and ‘non-Greek’ identities were constructed, focusing
the original fathers of Greek Historiography and are considered the first two historians. Herodotus when compared to Thucydides the other Greek giant of historiography has been considered inferior by comparison. Both Thucydides and Herodotus discuss wars; Herodotus ‘The Histories” covers the Persian War wheresle Thucydides covers the “History of the Peloponnesian War”. This is where the similarities end as both works are significantly different in the topics that are discussed, narrative style and