Oy With the Cows Already (Herodotus The Histories Book 2, Part 2)

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Liv Albert

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🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Herodotus continues on his narrative about Egypt talking now about the Egyptian people, priesthoods, oracles, and then animals. It's certainly a fascinating narrative, with lots of interesting information that is...completely believable? You never know, but hey it's entertaining and fun to read so let's get into it.

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Sources: Herodotus The Histories translated by Tom Holland.

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1:13.8	Music description. Thanks and happy listening. Hello, dear listeners.
1:17.5	We are back on a herodity and shit again this week.
1:18.5	Isn't that exciting?
1:24.1	And welcome back to Let's Talk About Myths Baby with Michaela Pangorish this week,
1:25.5	your resident history, babe.
1:29.0	If you missed last week, we have dove right back into Herodotus with Book 2. Last week, Herodotus started telling us about all the wonderful things
1:34.7	that he learned whilst in Egypt, and oh, the things he learned while wandering to and fro.
1:41.3	The biggest thing seemed to be an obsession with the Nile, which is so fair, honestly.
1:46.6	Like, I get it, whatever. Yet, that is enough about the Nile for the time being. We are about to get
1:52.3	into some more Egyptian history, as told, through Havartis. Now, it's really important to
1:58.7	situate Hervatus within his actual context.
2:02.0	This is a Greek man from Halicarnassus, but writing most likely for an Athenian audience.
2:08.0	This is happening in like the middle of the 5th century.
2:12.3	There are arguments about when Herodotus was writing, which is like such a fun argument
2:17.2	to be having. Like, oh, what do you do for research? I argue about when Herodotus was writing, which is like such a fun argument to be having.
2:17.9	Like, oh, what do you do for research?
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