All, Sorry to bother folks about this, but has anyone heard from Lance Fletcher lately? I posted two messages to him this last month and have not received a...
Robert (Bob) E. Taylor
rtaylor@...
Dec 18, 2000 6:24 pm
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Please keep us informed about Lance. Last I heard, he was participating in a Proust group months ago... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
aruftu@...
Dec 18, 2000 7:10 pm
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What is 'herodotus@egroups.com'? Sounds interesting. Allan...
J.A.S. Evans
jaevans@...
Dec 18, 2000 10:32 pm
408
Hallo, May I ask a stupid question? A friend of mine needs a little 'bio' of Herodotus in the back of a book. I've come up with the below (I know his death is...
chronicler.geo@...
Feb 12, 2001 8:04 pm
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Rafe Major
rafem@...
Feb 12, 2001 9:29 pm
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But how would [Herodotus] or his contemporaries ... The truth is, we just don't know. "The Histories" seems the likeliest; at least, as early as Pliny's day...
Peter Green
peter-green-1@...
Feb 12, 2001 9:52 pm
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We cannot say for certain what Herodotus himself called his work, though I think we can infer from the first line of it that he called it 'The Publication of...
James Allan Evans
jaevans@...
Feb 13, 2001 3:15 am
412
See http://www.geocities.com/scribelist/setnakht.html for a brief discussion equating King Setnakht with the "Proteus" of Herodotus and others. Just another...
Nubkhas@...
Feb 13, 2001 12:06 pm
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Ciao a Tutti, On the math history list, someone states that Herodotus gives a simple geometric condition to explain the shape of the Great Pyramid that he says...
Robert (Bob) E. Taylor
rtaylor@...
Feb 14, 2001 5:08 am
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Hi Herodotus says (bookII :125) that the pyramid was square at its base, its height (800 feet) equal to the length of each side Regards Diane ... From: Robert...
Rilley
niloc@...
Feb 14, 2001 7:59 am
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I wonder if someone on the list can help me identify a story which surely sounds Herodotean although I can't find it in Herodotos. Perhaps there is another...
John Ayer
jdayer@...
Feb 14, 2001 9:21 am
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... Well, yes I could reead that, but is there anywhere else in H. that pyramids are mentioned and discussed?...
Robert (Bob) E. Taylor
rtaylor@...
Feb 14, 2001 2:26 pm
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I thought this one was Horace, but I can't find it there. ... Actually, I think it well may be Horace. Try Odes iii.26: Vixi puellis nuper idoneus et militavi...
Peter Green
peter-green-1@...
Feb 14, 2001 4:27 pm
418
Sleeping on the ground? I can't remember but it sounds like something from the Mabinogion. Katie ... From: Peter Green [mailto:peter-green-1@...] Sent:...
Katie
krask@...
Feb 14, 2001 8:48 pm
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What about Aesop's Fables? ... Anyway -- ... porsche, his ... the ... fear for ... at all ... department ... there. ... yes, I am ... for...
James Allan Evans
jaevans@...
Feb 14, 2001 9:55 pm
420
... Can you please translate the above? thanks Bacchus All praise and honor are yours/ As you journey to the world below. No sickness ravaged you,/ No sword...
Bacchus2020
bacchus2020@...
Feb 15, 2001 6:50 am
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Mary Lefkowitz has an interesting critique of "Black Athena" in the current issue of TLS. ... From: Peter Green [mailto:peter-green-1@...] Sent: Monday,...
Claude Caspar
claudecaspar@...
Feb 18, 2001 12:35 am
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I was surprised when I wrote my Ph.D. thesis on Herodotus to discover that his birth and death dates are very uncertain. I had always considered him to...
sidkeith@...
Feb 18, 2001 12:35 am
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Charles Fornara is probably the best defender of a late date for Herodotus. I think there is some ground for thinking that he lived beyond the end of the...
James Allan Evans
jaevans@...
Feb 18, 2001 9:11 pm
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on 2/18/01 1:27 AM, James Allan Evans at jaevans@... wrote: Charles Fornara is probably the best defender of a late date for Herodotus. I think...
Bacchus2020
bacchus2020@...
Feb 19, 2001 5:54 am
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The evidence for Herodotos's birth and death may not be precise, but nevertheless it does add up to a fairly consistent picture. It is true that the date given...
Peter Green
peter-green-1@...
Feb 19, 2001 4:34 pm
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Dear Prof. Green, I appreciate your help on this crux that has bothered me as well- I still wish we had even a legend that H recited before Pericles. If I...
Claude Caspar
claudecaspar@...
Feb 19, 2001 4:48 pm
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Prof. Green, If you have time, may I ask for your view on whether the Ancient Greeks (and to qualify for this forum, let me ask specifically Herodotus) had a...
Claude Caspar
claudecaspar@...
Feb 19, 2001 5:02 pm
428
Fascinating analysis of dates. Thanks Prof. Green. Hope you have the inclination (as well as the time) to be a regular contributor. Ben Ellison [Non-text...
Gooeyduk@...
Feb 19, 2001 5:35 pm
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... According to Atheneus (Deipnosophists), the first public libray in Athens was founded by Pisistratides (end of 6th century). But many scholars does not...
Sven Delille
sven.delille@...
Feb 20, 2001 3:55 pm
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Hello, I understand Herodatus is often considered the first "true" historian. A while back I saw some short reviews of this 1989 book, by Donald Lateiner, on...
David C. Hindley
dhindley@...
Feb 21, 2001 3:59 am
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Dear Mr. Hindley, For more information on Lateiner's book see the _Bryn Mawr Classical Review_ review by Mabel L. Lang ...
Tim Spalding
timspalding@...
Feb 21, 2001 5:02 am
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Well, there you go... First thing I'll put on my list is to learn how to spell "Herodotus!" <sigh> It's been a baaad day... <and so much for spell checkers...
David C. Hindley
dhindley@...
Feb 21, 2001 5:28 am
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No, it's not a silly question at all! Herodotus calls sections of his book "the Egyptian logos", "the Assyrian logos", etc., & my guess is that in conversation...
David Harvey
F.D.Harvey@...
Feb 21, 2001 12:19 pm
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Tim Spalding replied to my earlier post: Tim, Thank you for the kind reply! ... Easier said than done, I'm afraid. However, that *is* the purpose of this list,...
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