Category Archives for Herodotus
Reminder: Herodotus Books 4 & 5 Sun. Apr 1
Reminder – we have our call coming up this Sunday for Herodotus Books 4 & 5. Sunday, April 28:00pm – 9:30pm NYT (5pm PT, 7pm CT)1 800 615 290011215# Herodotus Discussion Questions – Books IV & V 1. As invaders, the Persians are considered a formid… Continue reading
Herodotus Discussion Questions for Books IV & V
Hi Everyone,I hope your reading has been going well. Book IV is one of my favorites because it reminds me of a Scythian exhibit I saw at the Met many years ago which floored me. The gold jewelry, statues, cups found in burial sites were fantastic…. Continue reading
Books 2 and 3 Herodotus – audio recording
Here’s the audio recording for Herodotus Books 2 and 3. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Download Herodotus-March2007-Books2and3.mp3 Continue reading
A question about dieties
Several times in Book Two Herodotus describes an Egyptian practice, but refuses to “name names”: p. 149 (132) “Once a year, at the festival on which Egyptians beat themselves in honour of that deity whom I must not name in this connexion…” p. 16… Continue reading
Was Pythagoras a “has bean” or not?
According to How & Wells, many of Herodotus’ claims in these sections of Egyptian customs must be taken with a grain of salt. For instance, his generalizations are simply that, generalizations and not representative of all Egyptians (especially th… Continue reading
Notes to start Herodotus
Dear all, I have attached some notes relating to our Introductory call and our book 1 discussion. Please look them over if you would like to get acquainted with what we have discussed so far on reading Herodotus and his basic aims. Andre Download … Continue reading
Questions for Books 2 & 3
Greetings fellow readers of Herodotus, As we read through Books 2 & 3, here are three questions to consider, which we will use to guide the discussion on Monday March 5. Think about these and any other questions you might have for our next discuss… Continue reading
Herodotus intro call – audio recording
Folks, Here’s the audio recording for our introductory call: Download Herodotus2007-Jan2007-introcall.mp3 Thanks, Phil Continue reading
Questions for Book 1
Folks, Thank you for reading Herodotus with us in this “dry run”! You are such an interesting, diverse group. It’s a thrill to be doing this with you. Below are the questions we’d like you to keep in mind as you read Book 1. “See” you Monday, Febr… Continue reading
RO2 – Power and Madness, some thoughts
Dear Team I didn’t bring up this point at our last call because it felt like a digression and that as it is I talk a lot during our conference calls and tend to steer the discussion in some odd directions, so I was self censoring but…. the follo… Continue reading →
08. March 2007 by Arrian
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