Question

"So the barbarians under Xerxes began to draw nigh; and the Greeks under Leonidas, as they now went forth determined to die, advanced much further than on previous days, until they reached the more open portion of the pass. Hitherto they had held their station within the wall and from this had gone forth to fight at the point where the pass was the narrowest. Now they joined the battle beyond the defile and carried slaughter among the barbarians, who fell in heaps... No one heeded the dying. For the Greeks, reckless of their own safety and desperate, since they knew that as the mountain had been crossed their destruction was nigh at hand..."

—Herodotus, The Histories

This primary source gives an account of the Persian Wars. The author, Herodotus, was biased in favor of the Spartans, who died to defend Greece from the invading Persians. What word gives the reader a clue that Herodotus had a bias?
A.
barbarians
B.
Greeks
C.
slaughter
D.
reckless

Answer 1

The answer is barbarians

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Answer 2

The correct answer is D) reckless.

The word that gives the reader a clue that Herodotus had a bias is "reckless."

When Herodotus writes that "For the Greeks, reckless of their own safety and desperate..." he is biasing the story because "reckless" is an adjective he is adding to the story in order to create some drama and highlights the moment so the reader can feel the emotion of the moment.

Herodotus, the Greek historian, is talking about one of the bloodiest battles of ancient Greek times: the Battle of Thermopylae.