March 23, 2006
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Sailing Into Greece
Here I am, trudging through the end of Herodotus. I have 100 pages to go. Collin finished last week. Sigh. It’s actually more interesting at the end with the battles and all. I made it through Marathon, we’re crossing the Hellespont with Xerxes and I figure Salamis will be coming up soon. It’s been great to listen to Doug Wilson’s sermons on Ezra and Nehemiah while we’ve been studying Persia. A lovely dovetail. I’m glad that I’m reading from the Father of History (I guess) but except for some excerpts, I don’t think I’ll be going through it again in my lifetime.
The point is that we’re leaving Persia and coming into Greece. Now that is exciting! Isn’t that one of your favorite historical periods, Bonnie? In anticipation I checked out Thomas Cahill’s book Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Why the Greeks Matter. Other books about Greece are popping out at me from my bookshelf and reading. Where are the Kalamata olives? It’s taking discipline, a quicksilver element in my life, to finish the Histories before I start another book.
