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Intrepid travel historian Justin Marozzi retraces the footsteps of Herodotus through the Mediterranean and Middle East, examining Herodotus's 2,500-year-old observations about the cultures and places he visited and finding echoes of his legacy reverberating to this day. The Way of Herodotus is a lively yet thought-provoking excursion into the world of Herodotus, with the man who invented history ever present, guiding the narrative with his discursive spirit.

ISBN-13: 9780306818578

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Hachette Books

Publication Date: 02-02-2010

Pages: 384

Product Dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

Justin Marozzi is a former Financial Times and Economist foreign correspondent. He has spent much of the past decade living and working in Iraq. His previous books include the highly acclaimed Tamerlane and The Way of Herodotus. He lives in London.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements xi

Maps xvi

Introduction: Dog-Headed Men, Gold-Digging Ants and Flying Snakes, or Why We Should All Read Herodotus 1

Part I Turkey 29

1 Priestesses with Beards 31

2 Underwater Herodotus 46

Part II IRAQ 67

3 Fools and Wars 69

4 Baghdad, Evangelicals and Mocking Madmen 87

5 Babylon 111

Part III Egypt 135

6 Memphis and Thebes: Tall Stories and Self-Immolating Cats, or No Sex in Temples, Please, We're Egyptian 137

7 Herodotus in Hollywood (and the Sahara) 164

8 Cairo, Mother of the World 179

Part IV Greece 195

9 Athens, City Hall of Wisdom 197

10 Herodotus Meets Aristode 224

11 Thessaloniki: History on the Front Line 247

12 An Exorcism 258

13 Lunch (and a Good Deal of Retsina) with Patrick Leigh Fermor 262

14 'Fill High the Bowl with Samian Wine!' 274

15 Wassailing Gods, Pious Priests and Tearful Monks 299

Bibliography 327