The way of Herodotus : travels with the man who invented history / Justin Marozzi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marozzi, Justin, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Herodotus. History.

Herodotus.

Marozzi, Justin, 1970---Travel--Mediterranean Region.

Marozzi, Justin.

Marozzi, Justin, 1970---Travel--Iraq.

Marozzi, Justin, 1970-.

History, Ancient--Historiography.

History, Ancient.

Travel.

Mediterranean Region--Description and travel.

Mediterranean Region.

Iraq--Description and travel.

Iraq.

Physical Description:

xv, 348 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Da Capo Press edition.

Place of Publication:

[Cambridge, MA] : Da Capo Press, 2008.

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.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

9780306816215

0306816210

OCLC:

225874956