Herodotus Helpline
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A charity that runs an online seminar series exploring Herodotus and his world and Syllogos - Herodotus Journal. Open to all. Register your interest at [email protected] https://herodotushelpline.org
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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 [email protected] #Herodotus @classicsforall.bsky.social @archanchistleic.bsky.social
Programme of talks for the April-June 2025 Herodotus Helpline series:
2 April Tom Harrison (British Museum) 
Divinity and History – 25 years on

30 April Ian Oliver (Regis)
Audiences of Herodotus 

14 May Round-table: Teaching Herodotus 

28 May Matteo Zaccarini (Bologna/Ravenna) 
Herodotus’ women 

11 June Rosalind Thomas (Balliol College, Oxford) 
Herodotus in Context – 25 years on
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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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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...
Ounomata and Epōnymiai: | Syllogos - Herodotus Journal
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Yes, wise advice!
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Hi, would it be possible to added to this excellent list?
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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 [email protected] for the link to join. All welcome!