Intrepid travel historian Justin Marozzi retraces the footsteps of Herodotus through the Mediterranean and Middle East, examining Herodotus's 2,500-year-old observations about the cultures and places he visited and finding echoes of his legacy reverberating to this day.The Way of Herodotusis a lively yet thought-provoking excursion into the world of Herodotus, with the man who invented history ever present, guiding the narrative with his discursive spirit.

Justin Marozzi is a writer, journalist, and historian who has traveled extensively throughout the Herodotean world. He is the author of the highly acclaimed Tamerlane. He lives in London.

Acknowledgements	p. xi
Maps	p. xvi
Introduction: Dog-Headed Men, Gold-Digging Ants and Flying Snakes, or Why We Should All Read Herodotus	p. 1
Turkey	p. 29
Priestesses with Beards	p. 31
Underwater Herodotus	p. 46
IRAQ	p. 67
Fools and Wars	p. 69
Baghdad, Evangelicals and Mocking Madmen	p. 87
Babylon	p. 111
Egypt	p. 135
Memphis and Thebes: Tall Stories and Self-Immolating Cats, or No Sex in Temples, Please, We're Egyptian	p. 137
Herodotus in Hollywood (and the Sahara)	p. 164
Cairo, Mother of the World	p. 179
Greece	p. 195
Athens, City Hall of Wisdom	p. 197
Herodotus Meets Aristode	p. 224
Thessaloniki: History on the Front Line	p. 247
An Exorcism	p. 258
Lunch (and a Good Deal of Retsina) with Patrick Leigh Fermor	p. 262
'Fill High the Bowl with Samian Wine!'	p. 274
Wassailing Gods, Pious Priests and Tearful Monks	p. 299
Bibliography	p. 327
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