Author: Herodotus

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• Kamila Shamsie (1)
  • IN: A God in Every Stone (2014) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: The greater part of Asia was discovered by Darius, who had wished to know where it was that the sea was joined by the River Indus...
    FROM: The Histories, (-430), Book, Turkey
• Gene Wolfe (2)
  • IN: Soldier of Sidon (2006) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The Aethiopians were clothed in the skins of leopards and lions, and had long bows made of the stem of the palm-leaf, not less than four cubits in length. On these they laid short arrows made of reed, and armed at the tip, not with iron, but with a piece of stone, sharpened to a point, of the kind used in engraving seals. They carried likewise spears, the head of which was the sharpened horn of an antelope; and in addition they had knotted clubs. When they went into battle they painted their bodies, half with chalk and half with vermilion.
    FROM: NULL, (-430), [NA], Greece
  • IN: Soldier of the mist (1986) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: First there was a struggle at the barricade of shields; then, the barricade down, a bitter and protracted fight, hand to hand, at the temple of Demeter…
    FROM: NULL, (None), [NA], Greece
• Robin Cook (2)
  • IN: Sphinx (1979) Thriller, American
    EPIGRAPH: Concerning Egypt itself I shall extend my remarks to a great length, because there is no country that possesses so many wonders, nor any that has such a number of works that defy descriptions.
    FROM: The History of Herodotus, (-440), Book, Greece
• Rick Yancey (1)
  • IN: The Monstrumologist (2009) Gothic Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The Androphagi [Anthropophagi] have the most savage manners of all. They neither acknowledge any rule of right nor observe any customary law… [They] have a language all their own, and alone of all these nations they are man-eaters.
    FROM: The Histories of Herodotus, (-440), Book, Greece