Newly published on the Herodotus Helpline website: Suzanne L. Marchand provides a fascinating account of Herodotus' multi-faceted reception in the early modern period herodotushelpline.org/what-was-the... #Herodotus #AsktheHelpline

What was the early modern reception and status of Herodotus?

Answer by Suzanne L. Marchand This is an excellent question, but as a full answer would take us across many fields of knowledge, national contexts, and time periods, I will try here simply to sketc…

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Newly published on the Herodotus Helpline website: Jessica Priestley offers a rich response to the question 'What is the origin of the tenuous claim that Herodotus may have died in Pella as the guest of King Archelaus I of Macedonia?' herodotushelpline.org/what-is-the-... #Herodotus #AsktheHelpline

How to spell Herodotus?

Answer by Christine Plastow Hello! You’ve reached the Herodotus Helpline. I hear you’re encountering problems with how to spell the name ‘Herodotus’. Don’t worry, I’ll be happy to help. Please try …

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The Herodotus Helpline is delighted to share details of its spring/summer 2025 edition of talks! All talks are freely open to everybody. Just register at herodotushelpline@gmail.com #Herodotus @classicsforall.bsky.social @archanchistleic.bsky.social

Newly published on the Herodotus Helpline website: Hugh Bowden explores Herodotus' knowledge of the occult and Mystery Cults herodotushelpline.org/what-does-he... #Herodotus #AsktheHelpline

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Rachel Wong's hugely rich and insightful talk for the Herodotus Helpline, 'Tragic Flotsam: Oceanic Resonances in Schiller's 'Ring des Polykrates', is now available to view on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWTB... #Herodotus #classicalreception

Rachel Wong on oceanic resonances in Schiller's 'Ring Des Polykrates' (1797)

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Newly published on the Herodotus Helpline website: @chrissieplastow.bsky.social answers the question 'How to spell Herodotus?' herodotushelpline.org/how-to-spell... #Herodotus #AsktheHelpline

Newly published on the Herodotus Helpline website: @chrissieplastow.bsky.social answers the question 'How to spell Herodotus?' herodotushelpline.org/how-to-spell... #Herodotus #AsktheHelpline

How to spell Herodotus?

Answer by Christine Plastow Hello! You’ve reached the Herodotus Helpline. I hear you’re encountering problems with how to spell the name ‘Herodotus’. Don’t worry, I’ll be happy to help. Please try …

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The third issue of the Herodotus Helpline's open access journal, Syllogos, is now fully published. Everything from the Greek gods' names to imperial Persia, and from Iliadic intertextuality to Hippocleides who just doesn't care! journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/sy...

Yes, wise advice!

Dr Christine Plastow@chrissieplastow.bsky.social · 2y ago

I'm having fun writing something for @herodotushelpline.bsky.social, but finding it very hard not to recommend that the reader try switching Herodotus off and then back on again.

This is indeed a fascinating talk

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Suzanne Marchand's fantastic seminar for the Herodotus Helpline, 'Herodotus and 'The Edges of the World' in the Nineteenth Century', is now available to view on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9TP... #Herodotus #classicalreception

Suzanne Marchand's fantastic seminar for the Herodotus Helpline, 'Herodotus and 'The Edges of the World' in the Nineteenth Century', is now available to view on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9TP... #Herodotus #classicalreception

Newly published in Syllogos, the Herodotus Helpline's journal: Alaya Palamidis on Ounomata and Epōnymiai: Knowledge of Divine Names in Herodotus journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/sy... #Herodotus #gods #Homer #Greekreligion #Hesiod

The Herodotus Helpline is delighted to publish another new answer on its Ask the Helpline page: Sheila Murnaghan examines Herodotus’ knowledge of choruses herodotushelpline.org/did-herodotu... Please get in touch with your questions on Herodotus and his world! herodotushelpline.org/ask-the-help...

How did Herodotus know so much about what was happening in Persia?

Answer by Samantha Blankenship This is a fantastic question. I like to think about this in terms of different networks of information flowing through Persia: some official, others not so official. …

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The Herodotus Helpline is thrilled to announce a new answer on its Ask the Helpline page: Samantha Blankenship examines Herodotus’ knowledge of Achaemenid Persia herodotushelpline.org/how-did-hero... We continue to invite all questions on Herodotus and his world!

How did Herodotus know so much about what was happening in Persia?

Answer by Samantha Blankenship This is a fantastic question. I like to think about this in terms of different networks of information flowing through Persia: some official, others not so official. …

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The Herodotus Helpline community are thrilled to be joining Bluesky. This evening we will host our final talk for 2023: Roberto Nicolai, 'From Hecataeus to Strabo via Herodotus: Pelasgians and Migration', 6pm GMT. Please contact herodotushelpline@gmail.com for the link to join. All welcome!