ESP Biography

You may have heard of Leonidas and the 300 Spartans who faced the Persians at Thermopylae. You might have learned about the famous Greco-Persian battles in the straits of Salamis and on the plains of Marathon. But have you heard that the original Ionian Greek revolt was started by a secret message transmitted by head tattoo? What about the story of the Persian who captured Babylon by cutting off his own nose and ears? If not, you haven’t been reading from the original source. Histories by Herodotus is not only the first work of Western history, it is also an astonishingly rich mixture of geography, ethnography, political science, fact, myth, rumor, and pure gossip. Come learn about the sweeping historical scope of Herodotus’s masterwork, its unique literary structure, its accuracies and its mistakes, and its various themes, allegories, and random anecdotes. I’ll also talk about a few of my favorite stories that are just too good to pass up. Warning: I am a complete amateur who just finds ancient history incredibly cool. If that sounds at all like you, you might enjoy this course.

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