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Histories
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One of my favorite books that I've read in the last couple years is the Histories by Herodotus, I mean basically considered the father of history.
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- Calls it a favorite“one of my favorite books”2
The best things said about it
I'm reading uh herodotus if you ever it's funny it's the histories it sounds like it's it sounds more academic than is this really cool man.
Duncan Trussell The Joe Rogan Experience · Apr 2022 It is the Delphic Oracle said to Croesus of Lydia in the Histories that if you cross the Halys, you will destroy a great empire.
This book, the Histories by Herodotus, is this fascinating history book, and actually many of the stories that we have come to us from, like, he's one of the first ones to tell us the story of the 300 Spartans for instance.
Ryan Holiday The Jordan Harbinger Show · Jan 2026 I think it was called uh histories it's by Herodotus the like Greek historian um and the reason why it really like sticks with me is it like a lot of the stories in there don't seem to make a lot of sense like factually.
He had a book called Histories where he tells a a funny story about how people just love getting high in like hemp saunas, hemp seed saunas in Scythia.
One of my favorite books that I've read in the last couple years is the Histories by Herodotus.
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Histories by Herodotus is an ancient Greek work by the writer widely regarded as the father of history, chronicling the traditions, wars, and clashes of ancient civilizations. On the Lex Fridman Podcast, Hikaru Nakamura named the book as one of his favorite reads of recent years. Duncan Trussell discussed reading it on The Joe Rogan Experience to explore ancient empires and parallels to modern political paranoia. On Breaking Points, Emily Jashinsky referenced the Delphic Oracle's famous warning to Croesus from the text as a historical parallel to modern political warnings. Ryan Holiday mentioned the work on The Jordan Harbinger Show while discussing early travel writing, noting that it contains some of the earliest accounts of events like the 300 Spartans. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Ben van Kerkwyk brought up the book to describe the ancient labyrinth in Egypt, while Michael Novati told The Pragmatic Engineer that the book stuck with him because many of its stories challenged factual realism and taught him about storytelling. On Conversations with Tyler, Jeff Holmes discussed Tom Holland's translation, and Ben Bowlin brought up the book on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know to share a story about Scythians using hemp seed saunas.
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Hikaru Nakamura I think I mean one of my favorite books that I've read in the last couple years is the histories by Herodot… 2
“I think I mean one of my favorite books that I've read in the last couple years is the histories by Herodotus uh I mean basically considered the father of history”
“so I think I mean one of my favorite books that I've read in the last couple years is the histories by Herodotus”
Duncan Trussell i'm reading uh herodotus if you ever it's funny it's the histories it sounds like it's it sounds more acade… 1
“i'm reading uh herodotus if you ever it's funny it's the histories it sounds like it's it sounds more academic than is this really cool man”
Ben Bowlin He had a book called Histories where he tells a a funny story about how people just love getting high in li… 1
“He had a book called Histories where he tells a a funny story about how people just love getting high in like hemp saunas, hemp seed saunas in Scythia.”
Ben van Kerkwyk So this is the this is from Heroditus' histories in the fifth century BC. 1
“So this is the this is from Heroditus' histories in the fifth century BC.”
Emily Jashinsky Please forgive me. I'm not as read up on Greek history, but it is the Delphic Oracle said to Croesus of Lyd… 1
“Please forgive me. I'm not as read up on Greek history, but it is the Delphic Oracle said to Croesus of Lydia in the histories that if you cross the Halys, you will destroy a great empire.”
Michael Novati I think it was called uh histories it's by Herodotus the like Greek historian um and the reason why it real… 1
“I think it was called uh histories it's by Herodotus the like Greek historian um and the reason why it really like sticks with me is it like a lot of the stories in there don't seem to make a lot of sense like factually”
Ryan Holiday And so this book, the histories by Herodotus is this fascinating history book and and actually many of the… 1
“And so this book, the histories by Herodotus is this fascinating history book and and actually many of the stories that we have come to us from like he's one of the first ones to tell us the story of the 300 Spartans for instance.”
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“you uh mentioned Tom Holland's translation of Herodotus Herodotus herod's histories”