ABSTRACT
Herodotus’ work is the product of a milieu where different areas of knowledge developed within a holistic approach toward an unknown, non-Greek world. Geography, ethnography, dietetics, botany, and zoology belonged to historiographical research. And this conception of History and this historiographical model revived in the early Modern Era, when New World discoveries restored confidence in Herodotus (hitherto considered mendax and fabulosus). My analysis aims to demonstrate how Book 2 highlights these scientific methodologies throughout his logos on Egypt. My second goal is to illustrate the tenacity of these conceptualizations in the travel literature surrounding the Portuguese exploration of Brazil.
