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Holding Out for a Hero(dotus) - Dirt 138

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It's Amber's birthday episode! Since she loves historiography, we're taking it back to one of the earliest historians, Herodotus. How did he think about the past, and how did that influence historians who came after him? What did he get right, and what did he get wrong? What's up with that weird boat, those mummy enemas, the flying snakes, and the giant ants? Listen and find out!Links Herodotus (World History Encyclopedia) Guide to the classics: The Histories, by Herodotus (The Conversation) Herodotus (Livius.org) Herodotus’ Histories (Livius.org) The Histories (Perseus) From Herodotus to H-Net on WorldCat 2,500 Years Ago, Herodotus Described a Weird Ship. Now, Archaeologists Have Found it. (LiveScience) 10 Historical Facts That Herodotus Got Hilariously Wrong (Listverse) Herodotus on the gold-digging "ants" (Livius.org) The Winged Snakes of Arabia and the Fossil Site of Makhtesh Ramon in the Negev (Wiener Zeitschrift Für Die Kunde Des Morgenlandes, via JSTOR) Herodotus on the phoenix, on the horned serpent, and on winged snakes (Hyde and Rugg) DNA Boosts Herodotus’ Account of Etruscans as Migrants to Italy (The New York Times) Darius, Herodotus and the Scythians (British Museum Blog) The Real Amazons (New Yorker) ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Amber's birthday episode! Since she loves historiography, we're taking it back to one of the earliest historians, Herodotus. How did he think about the past, and how did that influence historians who came after him? What did he get right, and what did he get wrong? What's up with that weird boat, those mummy enemas, the flying snakes, and the giant ants? Listen and find out! Links * Herodotus (World History Encyclopedia) [https://www.worldhistory.org/herodotus/] * Guide to the classics: The Histories, by Herodotus (The Conversation) [https://theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-the-histories-by-herodotus-53748] * Herodotus (Livius.org) [https://www.livius.org/articles/person/herodotus/herodotus-3/] * Herodotus' Histories (Livius.org) [https://www.livius.org/articles/person/herodotus/herodotus-histories/] * The Histories (Perseus) [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126%3Abook%3D1&force=y] * From Herodotus to H-Net on WorldCat [https://www.worldcat.org/title/from-herodotus-to-h-net-the-story-of-historiography/oclc/1121443517&referer=brief_results] * 2,500 Years Ago, Herodotus Described a Weird Ship. Now, Archaeologists Have Found it. (LiveScience) [https://www.livescience.com/65028-herodotus-ship-discovered.html] * 10 Historical Facts That Herodotus Got Hilariously Wrong (Listverse) [https://listverse.com/2015/04/08/10-historical-facts-that-herodotus-got-hilariously-wrong/#:~:text=Historians%20don%27t%20agree%20on,grand%20as%20Herodotus%20boldly%20claimed] * Herodotus on the gold-digging "ants" (Livius.org) [https://www.livius.org/sources/content/herodotus/the-gold-digging-ants/] * The Winged Snakes of Arabia and the Fossil Site of Makhtesh Ramon in the Negev (Wiener Zeitschrift Für Die Kunde Des Morgenlandes, via JSTOR) [https://www.jstor.org/stable/23861425?seq=1] * Herodotus on the phoenix, on the horned serpent, and on winged snakes (Hyde and Rugg) [https://hydeandrugg.wordpress.com/2014/06/19/herodotus-on-the-phoenix-on-the-horned-serpent-and-on-winged-snakes/] * DNA Boosts Herodotus' Account of Etruscans as Migrants to Italy (The New York Times) [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/science/03etruscan.html] * Darius, Herodotus and the Scythians (British Museum Blog) [https://blog.britishmuseum.org/darius-herodotus-and-the-scythians/] * The Real Amazons (New Yorker) [https://www.newyorker.com/books/joshua-rothman/real-amazons] Contact * Email the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/]

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