330. Herodotus: The Birth of History

[@mackmoore9044]

I love listening to you guys as I go to sleep. Thanks for such an interesting way to portray history.

[@williamwayland1888]

Give tom the spotlight. If i ever wrote even a childrens book, i wouldnt stop talking about it. Congrats Tom

[@naomiseraphina9718]

Thank you for this one, lads. Herodotus rocks, and so does your podcast. Blessed Be, --N

[@dustyfairview9062]

I've worn/ torn, dog eared and love my copy of Tom's herodotus. I love that tome

[@CL-we8tn]

Thanks for the coronation episodes, most entertaining.

[@chrlmmartin7776]

Fascinating

[@Waterhorse1]

Brilliant

[@halcyon8280]

Amazing episode. I have a copy of Herodotus' Histories in the attic and have had no inclination to read it ... until now.

[@martijn1111]

Hekataeos of Milete is the Cassandra of the Histories. He warned twice against the war against the Persians en if the people in Milete had been careful, Herodotus' book would not have existed. Hekataeos said in his Geographia, that Egypt is a gift of the Nile. I imagine, that Herodotus read his books om his visit in Egypt and then wrote, that everybody could see, that Egypt is the gift of the Nile. When Tom Holland says, that Herodotus hated Hekataeos, this is not understandable to me.

[@deusvult5247]

Thanks Dan Carlin for guiding me here.

[@BilldoDilldo]

# Yes My Guys

[@corinaijac4381]

Yes, incredible, all starts with preparations for a wedding, a warrier Cli woman from Sparta and a man from Athen, they had...music...😊

[@corinaijac4381]

It's like Ali grandmother who defense the mountain of ...? With friendship she is running up to the mountain comes back and tells an aunt.story, everytime

[@raoulduke8003]

That last story about the eunuch... George RR Martin must have read Herodotus, one of his characters (Varys - "The Spider") has the same story.

[@Kernowcornwall]

Love this channel BUT for us mere mortals they do need to set scene and lay out the theme in a simple way, at a high level, before diving into the details.

[@lukavukcevic6429]

I love the idea that the egyptian priests were pulling Herodotus's leg with the flying snakes 😂

[@corinaijac4381]

Probably forbidden places-Athos, -Nepal, -Vatikan, - a place republik in the Oceania islands forgotten the name

[@noahholland1795]

The Egyptian priests weren’t lying to Herodotus. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadi_al_Hitan

[@corinaijac4381]

Immanuel Kant never got out from his city and was a philosopher. Kant means ,,edge" So, heroes, Herodot could be an other knot. Only one did cut the knot...! The others were waiting pacently that women priests are ....de..

[@2msvalkyrie529]

" I am a Spartan Queen !! ". Oo...er.....Matron ?!?!?

[@corinaijac4381]

The other wedding is in ,,x" between a lier and a smally..., so the small father was like Rigoletto...

[@corinaijac4381]

The aunt is the ancestors, like you spell...

[@kindnesslove5482]

First ♥️🙏

[@corinaijac4381]

Herodot is a persian from the Polynesia-islands, and Homer is the humor story for us? Phenicians, sailers, gave the name of our continent-Europa, coming from Evrika meaning-look, land!...? Wich is the first notice of the name of Europe and how does it look like? Greeks and Jews had only consonants and the vocals weren't noted, teached us at the easy school, but...yes...should try more in the past ? Thank you.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

You MAY have had a point hidden somewhere in there ? Difficult to tell . Are there men in white coats standing near you ??

[@corinaijac4381]

Bad translation...henry he ate, the others killed them, like Ilya- his mother by birth and his father for grief, or, just run away so he killed them like the son who was lost and...found again...on the bottom of a fountaine full of ...waters, oil, salt, copper, silver, gold, what is deeper? The smile of the end.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Your medication is wearing off again ! .......Nurse ! !!!

[@noahholland1795]

The Egyptian priests weren’t lying to Herodotus. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadi_al_Hitan