Comments on: A Herodotus Revival

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:14:26 +0000

Sylvia, yes, I second that

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:01:09 +0000

I vote for AST starting a blog… Please?

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:01:28 +0000

AST, the Greeks do love clever don’t they? I am beginning to understand why they so love Odyssey. I’ll be reading Thucydides too when I am done. I will have to look up the Hanson book. It is all so fascinating definitely not the peaceful, rational version of ancient Greece I got in school!

By: AST

AST — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:22:22 +0000

I finished Herodotus a few months ago. It was the Britannica Great Books translation. What impressed me the most about it was what it told us about the Greek mind, the fascination with clever stratagems and cryptic prophecies, especially those that men and women misread to their doom.

One thing that impressed me as well was the way the people of that time resemble modern Arab, Persian and other tribal societies. The hideous ways of dealing with one’s enemies never seem to run out, nor do the vendettas and vengeance.

I’ve been reading Thucydides for a while, along with Victor Davis Hanson’s book, A War Like No Other.

These books have really fed an interest in knowing more about ancient societies, as well as a view of modern enemies as continuing a worldview that hasn’t changed much in the past 2400 years.

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:52:42 +0000

maybe we could claim that we started the Herodotus fashion trend?