HERODOTUS
The audience for this story is the current generation of western civilization, which praises Greek for winning against the Persians. It praises the win since it created a democratic form of government that is cherished today in most regions of the world. The audience, therefore, becomes the current generation who benefits from the effect of the Greeks winning the war against Persians.
The main point of view is privileged in this story is the importance of Greek winning the war against the Persians. It is seen as a base of the current civilization based on architecture, arts, democratic governance, and the philosophy that is used in the world today. It justifies the effort and the strength of Greeks as the founder of western civilization.
The kind of viewpoint that is downplayed in this story is the essence and importance of Persia in the war (Crashcourse, 2012, min 3). In this case, the story fails to praise the positivity that was observed during the Persian reign like free slavery governance and a corruption-free state that are were common in the case of the Greeks. It also fails to recognize the way Persian administration devalue women and did not grant them citizenship. Persians winning the war against the Greeks would imply that the society would have remained more of male dominance that it is in the current administrations.
Gaining access to the viewpoint being negated requires taking the side of Persians in the war and reading the story from their perspective. This will enable one to understand the kind of peaceful peace world that was observed during their reign. One will get to understand the importance of a dictatorial form of governance and imagining the world without slavery. It will help to create a negative perspective on the practices of Greeks, such as the negativity of democracy and the attitude towards inequality in the world as they create the western civilization.
One of the things that are implied in the story but never states is that the Persian Empire would have created a better world than the Greeks. This is based on the praise that it is given on the dictatorial governance (Thayer, 2012, 249). The king of kings allowed other kings he had conquered to kept on ruling as long as they swore elegance to him. The importance of non-slavery in the Persian perspective state the positivity of Persian rule as compared to that of the Greeks.
The point of view placed in a favorable light is the correctness and the relevance of Greeks’ wining. The story takes into consideration the achievement of the Greek empire in the war and its implication to the current system of governance. It is praised as a founder of western civilization that was observed in Europe (Crashcourse, 2012, min 4). On the other hand, the part that is given negative attention in the story is the effects of Persians in the world. The story is silent about their achievement in making the world better than the Greeks could have made it.
The main interest that is delivered in the story is praising the Greek empire as the founder of western civilization. The story emphasizes its achievements in addition to the way the current world has adopted its principles. The story is, therefore, based on the influence of Greek in shaping the contemporary world in terms of democracy and architecture.
Reference List
Crashcourse, 2012.The Persians & Greeks: Crash Course World History #5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-mkVSasZIM
Thayer, B., 2012. Herodotus. Book VII: chapters 175‑239 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Herodotus/7d*.html#201