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Reading Herodotus
Debra Hamel's book is a lively introduction to "The History of the Persian Wars", Herodotus' account of Persia's expansion under four kings-Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius, and Xerxes - …
The Battle of Arginusae
A pivotal skirmish involving nearly three hundred Athenian and Spartan ships toward the end of the Peloponnesian War, the Battle of Arginusae was at the time the largest naval …
Trying Neaira
Neaira grew up in a Corinthian brothel in the fourth century B.C., became a high-priced courtesan and a sex slave, then settled into a thirty-year relationship with Stephanos of …
Killing Eratosthenes: A True Crime Story from Ancient Athens
Reading Herodotus
Hamel takes us on a delightful, audacious romp through The History of the Persian Wars.Debra Hamel's book is a lively introduction to The History of the Persian Wars, Herodotus's …
The Twitter Herodotus: An Abbreviated History of the Persian Wars for the Modern Age
In the 5th century B.C., Herodotus of Halicarnassus wrote a lengthy account of the expansion of the Persian Empire and its ultimate collision with the city-states of Greece. The …
The Twitter Thucydides: An Abbreviated History of the Peloponnesian War for the Modern Age
It Was a Dark and Stormy Tweet: Five Hundred 1st Lines in 140 Characters or Less
Debra Hamel has been tweeting the first lines of books since 2007. To date, she has posted more than 7000 first lines on her Twitter accounts @TwitrLit and @KidderLit. IT WAS A …