#Herodotus

[entrapdaknation]

It's fascinating to learn about how ancient people struggled with the same traumas as modern people.

Physicians' records from the Assyrian empire describe symptoms among soldiers such as unintelligible speech, disorganized thoughts, depression, and nightmares involving ghosts. That certainly sounds like PTSD.

Nothing New Under the Sun: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders in the Ancient World

In Histories, Herodotus mentions an Athenian soldier names Epizelus who suddenly became blind in the heat of battle, despite having sustained no injuries to his eyes. Perhaps Epizelus experienced a conversion disorder due to war trauma?

Histories -- Epizelus

Sumerian Veteran: *has severe PTSD but doesn't know it because the term won't be invented for another 5000 years* I fight the same battle in my dreams every night and my relationship with my family has fallen apart.

Sumerian Healer: *saw hundreds of veterans with the exact same affliction before* You're cursed by desert demons.

[thoodleoo]

personally i think we should stop calling herodotus the father of lies (cool nickname, kind of sexy) and start calling him the first absent father of history

[mapsontheweb]

Map of Egypt under Sesostris according to Herodotus

[whencyclopedia]

Historical Bias in Ancient Sources

In this lesson plan, students will learn about historical bias in ancient sources based on the example of Herodotus.

Essential Questions

What is historical bias, and how can it affect our understanding of past events?

How do the perspectives and backgrounds of historians shape their accounts of events and cultural customs?

What can the biases in ancient sources tell us about the societies and values of the authors who wrote them?

Why is it important to recognize and account for bias when studying historical sources?

Learning Objectives

Understand historical bias and its impact

Gain insight into the historical context of ancient sources

Apply bias analyses to modern contexts

Skill-Based Objectives

Analyze primary sources

Enhance communication and discussion skills

Develop critical thinking, inquiry, and reflection skills

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Lesson plan

Teacher instructions

Answer keys

Primary source material

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[incorrect-xena-quotes]

Herodotus: You're not good enough for my daughter.

Xena: You're not good enough for your daughter.

Herodotus: Excuse me!?

Xena: You heard me.

[beluosus]

studium classicorum

[sarafangirlart]

Funniest bit of tumblr revisionism is that Medusa was an African goddess before “Greek colonialism” reduced her to a monster (or whatever variation of that claim its all bs) meanwhile Perseus has more evidence of being worshiped in Africa, albeit in one not very reliable source but still more evidence than Medusa.

[classics-cassandra]

Me: I promise I won’t get drunk and mess up the marriage contract

Me a few drinks in:

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

Vintage Greek imagery.

[mohammedosama91]

It is better to be envied than pitied..

Herodotus

من الأفضل أن يحسدك أحد على أن يشفق عليك ..

هيرودوت

[ghostlycircaea]

Some of the Adrestia crew! I didn’t really change Barnabas much, but I leaned into the concept art for Herodotus a bit more for a more interesting silhouette. The third guy is meant to be Reza, who I’m pretty sure only shows up in the novel.

[theoi-crow]

Not the ancient Greeks making a very tall but handsome woman cosplay as Athena in order to trick Athens into accepting a tyrant (rumored to be gay or at least bi) who was also having anal sex with his 2nd wife to avoid her getting pregnant with a cursed child (because he believed her side of the family was cursed)....

The shit I learn when doing research for a paper that has nothing to do with any of this but here we are....Thanks Herodotus, that was irrelevant but I appreciate the historical lesson on avoiding cursed children....

[irate-iguana]

Somebody stop me from making these.

Bonus: the autogenerated text the website gave me when I uploaded Alcibiades and Achilles’ images:

Thank you to @gallopinggallifreyans and @mythosphere for helping me with these! The de-herming one was entirely @mythosphere’s idea.

[mapsontheweb]

The world according to Herodotus, Erathosthenes, and Ptolemy; work by Eckart Olshausen

[hetairoi]

Herodotus, Histories 2.41

I love this passage because it kinda sounds like Herodotus tried it on with an Egyptian and they were like "yeah nah, I can't because of uh.... religious reasons"

[incorrect-xena-quotes]

Herodotus: I don't want my favorite daughter dating a screw up!

Xena: Well I don't want my favorite girlfriend daughter-ing a jerk dad! Burn on you!