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Travels with HerodotusTravels with Herodotus records how Kapuscinski set out on his first forays to India, China and Africa with the great Greek historian constantly in his pocket. He sees Louis Armstrong in Khartoum, visits Dar es Salaam, arrives in Algiers in time for a coup when nothing seems to happen (but he sees the Mediterranean for the first time). At every encounter with a new culture, Kapuscinski plunges in, curious and observant, thirsting to understand its

nature and being alive in the world

it will explore just what it was that made Christianity so revolutionary and disruptive

becoming centrepieces for cultural conversation and even leading Plato to recommend that certain forms of music be banned from his ideal society

με την προσθήκη ενός "χαμένου" κεφαλαίου

It seems that everyone in this story is both suspect and victim

orators and lawyers

Η κατάσταση στον Κάστελο συνεχίζει να παραμένει τραγική και η διχόνοια

As consul in 63 BC Cicero faced a conspiracy to overthrow the Roman state launched by the frustrated consular candidate Lucius Sergius Catilina

τον οποίο το 1948 όλοι οι ξένοι απεσταλμένοι μεγάλων εφημερίδων επεδίωκαν να τον πλησιάσουν στον Γράμμο

he must first prove his worth and attain the maturity necessary for such an illustrious task

and inspired by the Roman poet Ovid's Art of Love

Ancient literary and visual sources are described and analysed