Herodotus Tells Tales From Egypt’s Hoary Past! Today’s installment: Helen of Troy! After Pharaoh died or was deposed, he was succeeded not by his own son but by a prominent aristocrat of Memphis, a man Homer called Polybus and Herodotus … Continue reading →
Herodotus Tells Tales From Egypt’s Hoary Past! Today’s installment: the Misogynistic Blindness Cure Story! Rameses II’s heir was, according to Herodotus, the unimaginatively-named Pharaoh. Seriously! Pharaoh was overall a pretty nebbishy king, neither an effective administrator nor a captain of … Continue reading →
Herodotus Tells Tales From Egypt’s Hoary Past! Today’s installment: Rameses II! Well, probably Rameses II. Maybe. Herodotus calls him Sesostris, and there’s a considerable amount of dispute as to whether he’s talking Rameses II or some later pharaoh, Sensoret III … Continue reading →
Herodotus Tells Tales From Egypt’s Hoary Past! Today’s installment: Nitrocris, Queen of Babylon! Wait, no. That can’t be right. We already covered Nitocris back in Book I, when Herodotus was listing off everything he knew about Babylon. According to our … Continue reading →
