Herodotus

In the History of Herodotus, he describes his travels through Asia Minor, European Greece, and the islands of Rhodes, Cyprus, Delos, Paros, Thasos, Samothrace, Crete Samos, Cythera, and many others. He also describes many of the political situations in Athens and other places. In the History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides gives an account of the war as it is happening.