Bibliograph

The way of Herodotus, travels with the man who invented history, Justin Marozzi

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The way of Herodotus, travels with the man who invented history, Justin Marozzi

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-333) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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illustrationsplatesmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The way of Herodotus

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

225874956

Responsibility statement

Justin Marozzi

Sub title

travels with the man who invented history

Summary

Journeying back 2,500 years, the story of the first history text written by Herodotus is reviewed through an examination of his in-depth chronicles, tales of the people he met, and detailed descriptions of the lands he visited in the Mediterranean and Middle East

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Dog-headed men, gold-digging ants and flying snakes, or, Why we should all read Herodotus -- Turkey. Priestesses with beards ; Underwater Herodotus -- Iraq. Fools and wars ; Baghdad, evangelicals and mocking madmen ; Babylon -- Egypt. Memphis and Thebes : tall stories and self-immolating cats, or, No sex in temples, please, we're Egyptian ; Herodotus in Hollywood (and the Sahara) ; Cairo, mother of the world -- Greece. Athens, city hall of wisdom ; Herodotus meets Aristotle ; Thessaloniki : history on the front line ; An exorcism ; Lunch (and a good deal of Retsina) with Patrick Leigh Fermor ; 'Fill high the bowl with Samian wine!' ; Wassailing gods, pious preists and tearful monks

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