Histories

Visiting Scholars

Open House | Herodotus, with Alexander Hollmann

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

Book Club

Book Club | March: Herodotus Histories

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