Summary of Ryszard Kapuscinski's Travels with Herodotus

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#1 Before Herodotus travels to many different places and sees many different things, he will appear in a lecture on ancient Greece delivered twice weekly to the first-year students in Warsaw University’s department of history. He will just as quickly disappear.

#2 The Histories of Herodotus, a book written about two and a half thousand years ago, was translated into Polish in the mid-1940s. But the book was suddenly halted due to the atmosphere of fear that existed following the death of Stalin.

#3 A person consumed by allusion will reach for Herodotus. He will find allusions everywhere, from the Histories, which consists of nine books. Each one is a pile of allusions.

#4 I was a novice reporter for a newspaper called Sztandar Młodych. I was assigned to follow the trail of letters sent to the editor back to their points of origin. I wanted to cross the border and come right back, but I didn’t know how to do it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822511378

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Insights on Ryszard Kapuscinski's Travels with Herodotus

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 26

Insights from Chapter 27

Insights from Chapter 28

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Before Herodotus travels to many different places and sees many different things, he will appear in a lecture on ancient Greece delivered twice weekly to the first-year students in Warsaw University’s department of history. He will just as quickly disappear.

#2

The Histories of Herodotus, a book written about two and a half thousand years ago, was translated into Polish in the mid-1940s. But the book was suddenly halted due to the atmosphere of fear that existed following the death of Stalin.

#3

A person consumed by allusion will reach for Herodotus. He will find allusions everywhere, from the Histories, which consists of nine books. Each one is a pile of allusions.

#4

I was a novice reporter for a newspaper called Sztandar Młodych. I was assigned to follow the trail of letters sent to the editor back to their points of origin. I wanted to cross the border and come right back, but I didn’t know how to do it.

#5

I was sent to India to cover the first premier of a non-Soviet-bloc country to visit Poland. I was excited and nervous. I had never been abroad before. I was flying west, and had been taught to fear the West like fire.

#6

I was amazed by the sights and sounds of Rome airport when I arrived. The city was full