The History
March 2, 2007 – 10:12 amby Herodotus
Finally made some progress on my “Read back through the SJC books” goal. Like Plutarch, I read the whole thing, not just the selections that we read for seminar. This one was easier to get through.
One thing I noticed the other day is that the Melians were the only islanders that did not pay tribute to Xerxes (book VIII). They are just a group of independent minded citizens, because they also resist the Athenians later, when Athens became an empire.
(Just to be clear, I’ve been reading this for a while… I didn’t squeeze the whole book in between the OT and NT :D )
