On April 13 at 11:00 a.m. EDT, Kosmos Society welcomed back Dr. Maria G. Xanthou of Leeds University to an Open House discussion on Herodotus’s Histories, Book 1. Our focus was on gold, kraters and treasur(i)es. These are the Focus passages (PDF) handout You can watch the event below or on our You Tube channel . For further videos please visit the Watch page. Maria G. Xanthou Maria G. Xanthou (PhD… Read more
A guest post by Laura Ford Plutarch’s essay on Herodotus has been described as “the world’s earliest known book review.”[1] We all have seen examples of this type of writing: a scathing review by a reviewer whose negative comments reveal an underlying bias against the author or his work that seems to obviate any pretense of an objective appraisal. Such an approach is puzzling in this case in that it… Read more
In this Gallery, you will see some familiar people from the past. Writers, heroes, politicians, philosophers, among them: Pittacus, Epicurus, Socrates, Pericles, Alexander the Great, Cesar, Augustus… Are also present Zeus and his wife Hera (or Juno), Medusa, and don’t be scared to look at her… If you want to know more about these famous people, Plutarch wrote many biographies. Among them, he offers a long, and beautiful physical description… Read more
We were pleased to welcome Alexander Hollmann (University of Washington) for an Open House discussion about Herodotus. The event was recorded. His book, The Master of Signs: Signs and the Interpretation of Signs in Herodotus’ Histories, is available online. You can watch this discussion in the frame below, or on our YouTube channel. To prepare for this event you may like to read the following passages below. Members may like to… Read more
This is the display of the inquiry of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, so that things done by man not be forgotten in time, and that great and marvelous deeds, some displayed by the Hellenes, some by the barbarians, not lose their glory, including among others what was the cause of their waging war on each other. (Herodotus Histories 1.1.0) Our next Book Club will feature selections from Herodotus Histories: Book 1… Read more