Tag: Classics
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The Histories – Herodotus
When I decided to give myself a classical education, one of the first works I decided to read is The Histories, by Herodotus. Where to begin when talking about Herodotus? To start, Herodotus invents the notion of writing down accounts of events and so this is the first book of history. His Histories are just…
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A Classical Education
In 2020, I decided that I wanted to give myself a classical education. I had this feeling that a modern education was only enough education to get someone a modern job. Not an education for a person and their life as a whole. I wanted more. to know more. To understand more, on a deeper…