Citation with stable link: Philip A. Harland, 'Herodotos of Halikarnassos: A guide for reading ethnographic passages,' Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World, last modified May 20, 2023, https://philipharland.com/Blog/?p=15774.
This post is aimed at providing a guide for reading through Herodotos’ (late-fifth century BCE) ethnographic passages on this website in somewhat sequential order:
Peoples with dedicated and substantial accounts:
- Persians and Medes, primarily in book 1 (link)
- Egyptians, primarily in book 2 (link)
- Ethiopians, primarily in books 2-3 (link)
- Indians, primarily in book 3 (link)
- Scythians, primarily in book 4 (link)
- Libyans, primarily in book 4 (link)
- Greek colonization of Libya in book 4 (link)
Peoples dealt with somewhat piecemeal: