Question #4

Herodotus writes everything down and Thucydides doesn’t write down everything. Herodotus is often criticized from taking general information and make it kind of into a story, but Thucydides is more to the point and specific about things. It is much more important to have better information than more information. Herodotus had much more, but Thucydides had much better so overall Thucydides had the better approach.

Herodotus: 
DEALBOOK. (n.d.). Sept. 11, 2001 News - The New York Times. Times Topics. Retrieved June 8, 2011, from http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/sept_11_2001/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=September%2011&st=

Thucydides:

WEISER, B. (n.d.). Court Filings Assert Iran Had Link to 9/11 Attacks - NYTimes.com.The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. Retrieved June 8, 2011, from http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/world/middleeast/20terror.html?ref=sept112001

The first article that was chosen for Herodotus was because it was very detailed. It told a story about the event that occurred. This is a good article for him because he put things into detail. Everything that he wrote was probably exciting to read and held the reader's attention. In the article, very powerful and large words are used in order to make it more exciting. Herodotus might have wanted to do this in order to hold historians attention or to be remembered. 

The second article that was chosen for Thucydides would fit him perfectly. It has information, but it is straight to the point. Unlike the first article, it would be one that most people would not want to read. It is a better approach though because the history is accurate, and will not be confused. Even though these articles are not exactly how these would be in their time, they are good examples for these two men.