Bibliograph

The way of Herodotus, travels with the man who invented history, Justin Marozzi

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The way of Herodotus, travels with the man who invented history, Justin Marozzi

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-333) and index

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mapsillustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The way of Herodotus

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

317919129

Responsibility statement

Justin Marozzi

Sub title

travels with the man who invented history

Table Of 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

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