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Tag Archives: herodotus
Thus ends Tales From Herodotus
The previous post marked the last of the stories from Farnell & Goff’s heavily abridged Tales From Herodotus. Although it is quite short, I’m nevertheless pleased that I got all the way through it. And the timing is good—classes start … Continue reading
Tales From Herodotus XX. The Power of Custom
Translated from Tales From Herodotus. Every single person believes that their customs are by far the most noble. And it is possible to surmise this by many other proofs, but particularly by the following. Darius, when he was king, called … Continue reading
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Tagged burial rites, cannibalism, customs, greek, herodotus, moral relativism
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Tales From Herodotus XIX. Scythian Prophets
Translated from Tales From Herodotus. (a) How they attribute any illness of the king to the perjury of one of his subjects, who is accordingly beheaded. The prophets of the Scythians are many, who prophesy with many willow sticks as … Continue reading
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Tagged beheading, burning at the stake, greek, herodotus, prophecy, scythians
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Tales From Herodotus XVIII. Curiosities of Arabia
Translated from Tales From Herodotus. (a) The spices of Arabia and the methods by which they are gathered. In Arabia alone of all lands, there grows frankincense, myrrh, cinnamon, and ladanum. The Arabians procure all these things with difficulty, except … Continue reading
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Tagged arabia, cassia, cinnamon, frankincense, greek, herodotus, myrrh, sheep
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Tales From Herodotus XVII. How Gold is Procured in India from Ant-hills
Translated from Tales From Herodotus. In the land of the Indians there is a wasteland on account of the sand. And in this wasted and sandy region there are giant ants that are smaller than dogs but larger than foxes. … Continue reading
Tales From Herodotus XVI. The Battle of Salamis, 480 B.C.
Translated from Tales From Herodotus. Farnell and Goff provide a synopsis of the events to this point: [Ten years after the defeat of the Persians at Marathon in 490 B.C. Xerxes, who came to the throne in 485, executed another … Continue reading
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Tagged battle of salamis, greek, herodotus, persians, trireme, xerxes
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Tales From Herodotus XV. Exploration of Africa
Translated from Tales From Herodotus. B. The Ethiopians §1. Cambyses, king of Persia, sends men to spy on the Ethiopians, in preparation for an expedition against them; description of the so-called ‘table of the sun.’ Cambyses once planned an expedition … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient somalia, cambyses ii, ethiopia, greek, herodotus, macrobians
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Tales From Herodotus XV. Exploration of Africa
Translated from Tales From Herodotus. A. The Pygmies and the Source of the Nile The Nile is known only as far as four months of sail and road beyond the flow in Egypt. It flows from the west and the … Continue reading
Tales From Herodotus XIV. Two Stories of the Alcmaeonid Family
Translated from Tales From Herodotus. (a) How Alcmaeon was enriched by Croesus. The Alcmaeonids were both ancient and illustrious amongst the Athenians, from Alcmaeon and again from Megacles they became very illustrious. For Alcmaeon became an assistant to the Lydians … Continue reading
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Tagged agariste, alcmaeon, breakdancing, chiton, cleisthenes, greek, herodotus, megacles
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Translation Blues
Sometimes even a simple phrase can give me grief, such as the following: ὁ δὲ Ἀλκμαίων ἐνδὺς χιτῶνα μέγαν καὶ κόλπον βαθὺν καταλιπόμενος τοῦ χιτῶνος translated very literally, this reads and Alcmaeon having worn a tunic great and fold deep … Continue reading
μεταφραστής, -οῦ, ὁ: translator 