Category Archives for Herodotus
Great map of the history of near east, middle east
Folks, Great map – shows Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Greek/Macedonian, Roman….empires all the way up to today in the near/middle east. http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/imperial-history.html We will start reading two plays and do a call in early Nov… Continue reading
Met Curator recommends…
Folks, In prepration for our upcoming in-person meeting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I have been designing a tour that takes us through the ancient near east and greek galleries. This tour is a “literary tour” that uses Homer, Herodotus and … Continue reading
Great call with Prof. Marincola
Folks, As many of you know, we had a great call with the editor of the Penguin edition of Herodotus, Prof. John Marincola. He spoke 1.5 hours on the phone with us discussing the book, answering questions and explaining why he believes it’s importa… Continue reading
Prof. Marincola speaks
Prof. Marincola, editor of the Penguin Edition of Herodotus which we are finishing reading, joined us by phone tonight from his offices at Florida State University. It’s a great conversation – if you missed it, then listen to the recording here. D… Continue reading
Herodotus Books 2- 4. How’s it going?
Folks, Now that most of us are reading Books 2 – 4. How’s it going? What questions or comments do you have? Look forward to your thoughts – Phil Continue reading
How’s it going with Herodotus?
Folks, How’s it going with Herodotus? A number of you have made it through Book 1 and report you are in Book 2 (with only a few of you in Book 3 or beyond). Let us know how it’s going! Phil Continue reading
How to read Herodotus
Here’s the recording from tonight’s call: How to start reading Herotodus – Download DM200023.wmaWe had a good call this week to go over “how to read Herodotus.” We discussed: – how to read the maps (and I instructed folks on how to number the map … Continue reading
Member Bruce Upbin’s article on Bob Strassler
Folks, Bruce Upbin, senior editor at Forbes and longtime member of our reading group, just wrote and published an article on Bob Strassler – our favorite classicist and editor of one of the best editions of any of the classics I’ve ever seen. Bob … Continue reading →
18. January 2007 by Arrian
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