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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Dear all,</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">I hope your reading is coming along and that you are enjoying it thoroughly. Our discussion on Book I is scheduled for Monday November 15. I will send out the details for this conference call later in the week. In the meantime, please feel free to make use of these study guide questions (below) to help stimulate your thinking as you finish up Book I. I look forward to our call.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">4. In chapters I.95-106, how does the story of the first Median ruler set the example for Median rulers to follow? According to Herodotus, what common theme seems to characterize the line of Median kings up to and including Astyages?</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">(Kings of the Medes: Deiokes, Phraortes, Cyaxares, [Scythian occupation], Cyaxares regains authority, Astyages)</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">5. In chapters I. 107-130, how does Cyrus’ origin and upbringing compare to the line of Median kings before him? Why do you suppose Cyrus seems destined to attain supreme control over the Medes with his Persians? What main factors, according to Herodotus, contribute to this outcome?</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">6. As Persian armies under Cyrus’ command spread out through Asia Minor, they come into contact with various peoples, cities, and nations. How do negotiations with Ionia result? Why are the Ionian cities so vulnerable to Persian attack? What is so significant about the Sardis revolt and suppression? Why is it placed in the middle of the stories and events connected with Herodotus’ description of Ionia?</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">7. According to Herodotus in I. 177-200, what impresses him the most about Babylon? Why?</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">8. In the final chapters of Book I, Cyrus meets his match in Queen Tomyris. In this conflict, Croesus’ advice, a prophetic dream, and revenge, all coincide in a decisive defeat for the Persians. How might the end of Cyrus relate to patterns of Mede and Persian rule evident throughout Book I?</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">9. What is your favorite story of Book I?</font></div>
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