Herodotus, Histories, Books 1.9-1.10

[timeripple]

Okay. I can understand that ancient Greece was a culture that needed three different words for "marriage-bed" (I've just looked them up). I can even remember two of them, since they are the masculine and feminine forms of the same word, which furthermore sounds slightly suggestive and is therefore easy to remember. But:

Does Herodotus really need to use all THREE of them?!

IN THE SAME BLOODY %&@#*!&$^@! PARAGRAPH?!?!

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Ah, Herodotus

[niare.livejournal.com]

Wow, you've just brought back a whole bunch of scary memories of being traumatized by Demetrius, my 9th grade history teacher, who made us read aloug long, boring, and sometimes disturbing passages from Herodotus. Generally speaking, the more disturbing the passage, the greater number of times we had to read said passage aloud.
Don't worry, hon. You'll get through it. I've blocked most of the memories, and I'm not too weird. (Oy! No comments from the Peanut Gallery!)

Re: Ah, Herodotus

[timeripple.livejournal.com]

Thanks... I think.