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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Marozzi, Justin, 1970-     Subjects     Herodotus. History.     Herodotus.     Herodotus -- Travel.     Marozzi, Justin, 1970- -- Travel -- Mediterranean Region.     Marozzi, Justin, 1970- -- Travel -- Iraq.     History, Ancient -- Historiography.     History, Ancient -- Historiography.     Travel writing -- History.     Mediterranean Region -- Description and travel.     Iraq -- Description and travel.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Marozzi, Justin, 1970-       by title:      The way of Herodotus...       by call number:      910.92 M356w     Search the Web     Marozzi, Justin, 1970-     Herodotus. History.     Herodotus.     Herodotus -- Travel.     Marozzi, Justin, 1970- -- Travel -- Mediterranean Region.     Marozzi, Justin, 1970- -- Travel -- Iraq.     History, Ancient -- Historiography.     History, Ancient -- Historiography.     Travel writing -- History.     Mediterranean Region -- Description and travel.     Iraq -- Description and travel.       MARC Display

The way of Herodotus : travels with the man who invented history / Justin Marozzi. by Marozzi, Justin, 1970- Da Capo Press, 2008. Call #: 910.92 M356w Subjects Herodotus. History.   Herodotus.   Herodotus -- Travel.   Marozzi, Justin, 1970- -- Travel -- Mediterranean Region.   Marozzi, Justin, 1970- -- Travel -- Iraq.   History, Ancient -- Historiography.   History, Ancient -- Historiography.   Travel writing -- History.   Mediterranean Region -- Description and travel.   Iraq -- Description and travel. ISBN:  9780719567117 (John Murray cloth ed.) 9780306816215 0306816210 Alternate title:  Man who invented history : travels with Herodotus Travels with Herodotus Edition:  1st Da Capo Press ed. Description:  xv, 348 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-333) and index. Contents:  Introduction: Dog-headed men, gold-digging ants and flying snakes, or, Why we should all read Herodotus -- Turkey. Priestesses with beards ; Underwater Herodotus -- Iraq. Fools and wars ; Baghdad, evangelicals and mocking madmen ; Babylon -- Egypt. Memphis and Thebes : tall stories and self-immolating cats, or, No sex in temples, please, we're Egyptian ; Herodotus in Hollywood (and the Sahara) ; Cairo, mother of the world -- Greece. Athens, city hall of wisdom ; Herodotus meets Aristotle ; Thessaloniki : history on the front line ; An exorcism ; Lunch (and a good deal of Retsina) with Patrick Leigh Fermor ; 'Fill high the bowl with Samian wine!' ; Wassailing gods, pious preists and tearful monks. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 910.92 M356w Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Adult Nonfiction 910.92 M356w Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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