35thOVI  | 22 Nov 2024 3:33 p.m. PST |
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 John the OFM | 22 Nov 2024 3:40 p.m. PST |
How do you say in Attic Greek, "See? I wasn't making it up!" |
| thedrake | 22 Nov 2024 4:10 p.m. PST |
Amazing what modern archaeology is uncovering. |
 Herkybird | 22 Nov 2024 4:19 p.m. PST |
How do you say in Attic Greek, "See? I wasn't making it up!" Ἴδε, οὐκ ἐψεύσατο. |
| John the OFM | 22 Nov 2024 4:21 p.m. PST |
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| 79thPA | 22 Nov 2024 6:16 p.m. PST |
Very cool find. 100% true, thedrake. |
| robert piepenbrink | 22 Nov 2024 6:49 p.m. PST |
So the archeologists have discovered Thonis? Send for a (much younger) Indiana Jones! Yeah, Herodotus is generally an accurate reporter for his own time and place. The stuff he gets beaten up about--Pharoh's daughter soliciting materials for the pyramids, gold-hoarding ants and such--was long ago or far away even for him. The only contemporary issue which still raises controversy is the size of Xerxes' army. If anyone finds a way to settle that one, phone the Journal of Hellenic Studies, Slingshot and me. |
| John the OFM | 22 Nov 2024 7:20 p.m. PST |
To be fair to Herodotus, he would often say, but not always, "Here's some crazy  I heard about!" |
 Parzival | 22 Nov 2024 7:22 p.m. PST |
Fascinating find. It's always amazing when archaeology matches the written record, especially for things we haven't encountered anywhere but in the text. |
| batesmotel34 | 22 Nov 2024 7:52 p.m. PST |
More detail about the ship and photo and diagram are at link Chris |
| NCC1717 | 23 Nov 2024 5:14 a.m. PST |
A book on this discovery was published in 2019: link |
| 35thOVI | 23 Nov 2024 7:32 a.m. PST |
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| John the OFM | 23 Nov 2024 9:14 p.m. PST |
Εδώ είναι μερικά τρελά σκατά που άκουσα! |
| Marcus Brutus | 27 Nov 2024 6:04 a.m. PST |
Ἴδε, οὐκ ἐψεύσατο. That is more, "see, he didn't lie." A bit different connotation. |
| John the OFM | 27 Nov 2024 1:32 p.m. PST |
I trusted Google Translate. 🤷 |
| John the OFM | 27 Nov 2024 6:51 p.m. PST |
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paints the prototypes for the Eureka Amazon Army.