Herodotus

Ancient Histories

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics

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Lapham's Quarterly

Ethnically distinct from their Georgian neighbors, South Ossetians were separated from what became North Ossetia (and Russia) in the 13th century, when Mongol invaders pushed them southward into the Caucasus.

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Eight-Hundred-Year-Old Jong Responds to Callow Youth Taibbi

Erica Jong | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Freud, Matt Taibbi, Herodotus, Matt Taibbi Hillary Clinton, Erica Jong, Plato, Erica Jong Matt Taibbi, Erica Jong Hillary Clinton, Aesop, Sappho, Politics News
Erica Jong

I love your tirade about how much malice you've spat at male politicians as well as female. Congratulations. You are an equal opportunity insulter. But insults are not arguments.

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Ancient Historian Herodotus: Proto-Feminist?

moreintelligentlife.com | A.P. David | Posted 01.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Herodotus, Herodotus Feminism, Herodotus History, Herodotus Father of History, Living News

In a second article about the pleasures of reading Herodotus (see the first one here), A.P. David discusses the portrayal of women in history, all too...

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Lapham's Quarterly: Cutting-Edge Journalism From The Distant Past

Tony Hendra | Posted 12.03.2007 | Media

Read More: Lewis Lapham, Harpers, General Patton, Herodotus, Neo-Conservatism, Fox News, Arthur Schlesinger, George Santayana, Israeli Defense Force, Media News
Tony Hendra

It wouldn't surprise me if a Fox News couch-commando had a very different but just as satisfying takeaway from reading the Lapham's Quarterly's 'States of War' as a lily-livered peacenik like me.

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