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History According to Herodotus

Can you guess these facts from the "Histories" of the Greek writer Herodotus circa 430 BC?
Some of these are likely true. Some are certainly false.
Herodotus himself was often skeptical but just reported stories as he was told.
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Persians debate ideas twice, once while drunk and the other time _____
Sober
300 men from ____ fought at the Battle of Thermopylae, helping to delay a
Persian army numbering in the millions
Sparta
The Persians built a canal connecting the Nile River to this sea
Red Sea
Every 500 years, Egypt is visited by this type of bird
(other myths say it rises from its own ashes)
Phoenix
This large Asian peninsula is the home of frankincense, myrrh, and flying snakes!
Arabia
Every 19 years, the god Apollo visits the Hyperboreans, a prosperous people
who live in the far _____
North
King Croesus tested all the oracles, but only the one located in ____ was correct
Delphi
This Asian city has a wall 325 feet high, 81 feet thick, and 55 miles around
Babylon
It took 100,000 workers twenty years to build this monument
The Great Pyramid
Phoenician sailors circumnavigated _____
Africa
In India, fox-size ants dig up ____ dust, which is then collected by people
Gold
The Scythians drink from the _____ of their vanquished enemies
Skulls
Inside a tent, the Scythians burn the seeds of this plant whose vapor causes
them to "shout with delight"
Hemp
These half eagle, half lion creatures guard hoards of gold
Griffins
This celestial occurrence happened during a battle between the Medes and Lydians
Solar eclipse
Herodotus describes this Egyptian creature, calling it a "river horse"
Hippopotamus
Herodotus mentions this race of warrior women, who he calls "husband slayers"
Amazons
FreeStater
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Level 66
Apr 23, 2024
I can believe the hemp one. Maybe it led to the others?
PynchonsOverbite
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Level 91
Apr 23, 2024
Now THAT's the way history's supposed to be written.
sarielise
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Level 66
Apr 23, 2024
Great quiz!
overtired
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Level 84
Apr 23, 2024
So there's a wikipedia page on gold-digging ants...

"French ethnologist Michel Peissel says that the Himalayan marmot on the Deosai Plateau in Gilgit–Baltistan province of Pakistan, may have been what Herodotus called giant "ants". Much like the province that Herodotus describes, the ground of the Deosai Plateau is rich in gold dust. Peissel interviewed the Minaro tribal people who live in the Deosai Plateau, and they have confirmed that they have, for generations, collected the gold dust that the marmots bring to the surface when digging burrows."

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JoanSR
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Level 74
Apr 23, 2024
you can always trust in OG Herodotus to tell. He had a friend of a friend that was there. He listened to the old sailor and the drunken merchants. He learned the facts from an old scroll. He traveled the world and back again. The master of gossips and the FanFic Lord of the antiquity.
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