Category Archives for Herodotus
Herodotus Books 6 & 7 Audio Recording, Dec 10 2012
Here is the audio recording for the Herodotus reading group. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your mp3 player. Continue reading
Discussion Questions for Herodotus Books 6 & 7
Dear fellow Herodoteans, Here are some discussion questions to help you think through Books 6 & 7. Exciting stuff here. Sincerely, Andre Herodotus Book Six Discussion Questions 1. In Book VI ch. 30, Histiaeus’ end at the hands of Artaphrenes and H… Continue reading
Herodotus Books 4 & 5 Audio Recording, Nov 11 2012
Here is the audio recording for the Herodotus reading group. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your mp3 player. Continue reading
Discussion Questions for Herodotus Books 4 & 5
Dear Herodotus Readers, As you continue to read through The Histories, use these questions as benchmarks to keep you thinking critically through Books 4 & 5. Send any other questions you come up with out to us! Andre Books 4 & 5 Discussion Questio… Continue reading
Herodotus Books 2 & 3 Audio Recording October 14, 2012
Here is the audio recording for the Herodotus reading group. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your mp3 player. Continue reading
Herodotus Book 1 audio recording September 12, 2012
Here is the audio recording for the Herodotus reading group. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your mp3 player. Continue reading
Robert Strassler’s “Herodotus and the Invention of History” discussion for Marathon2500
Robert Strassler, independent scholar, gave a wonderful discussion with moderator Professor Paul Cartledge, chairman of Marathon2500, on the topic of “Herodotus and the Invention of History.” You can listen to on the web or download the podcast he… Continue reading
Herodotus Books 8 & 9 Conference Call
Here is the audio recording for the Herodotus Books 8 & 9 conference call moderated by Andre Stipanovic. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Many thanks to all of our reading group members for making … Continue reading
Herodotus Books 8 & 9 Call Recording [Bruce’s Group]
Thanks to my entire Reading Odyssey group for concluding our Herodotus “campaign” on a terrific final note tonight. Here is the audio recording of our discussion (for posterity!). I hope to hear from you all again soon on the next set of book grou… Continue reading
Look for the ‘history’
Dear fellow Herodotus readers, Herodotus was not the first person to write about past events; he was not even the first Greek to write about past events. However, he seems to be the first to write “historia” (i.e. “researches”) that went beyond a … Continue reading →
06. September 2012 by astipanovic
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