The way of Herodotus : travels with the man who invented history / Justin Marozzi.

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Main Author: Marozzi, Justin, 1970-
Language:English
Published: [Cambridge, Mass.] : Da Capo Press, 2008.
Edition:First Da Capo Press edition.
Subjects:
Herodotus. > History.
Herodotus.
Marozzi, Justin, > 1970- > Travel > Mediterranean Region.
Marozzi, Justin, > 1970- > Travel > Iraq.
History, Ancient > Historiography.
Mediterranean Region > Description and travel.
Iraq > Description and travel.
Physical Description:xv, 348 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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.