Histories of Herodotus....

[Michelle in AL]

If you could only read parts or have assigned only parts to your students, which parts did you assign?

[Jane in NC]

My son did not read all of his ancients in the order suggested by TWTM. After reading books 7 & 8 in Herodutus, he read about Themistocles in Plutarch. This was followed by a paper on the Battle of Salamis. (Naval battles fascinate my son so he has probably spent more time than the average kid on Nelson and the War of 1812.)

We also did other selections from Plutarch, fitting them into time period in which not person lived--not when Plutarch wrote his work.

Jane

[Michelle in MO]

and although we got bogged down in some parts, neither I nor my girls found the reading that terribly difficult. (They had more trouble with The Confessions of St. Augustine. :) ) For me, it was one of our better reads of the ancients.

Like Jane suggested, don't miss the Battle of Salamis and the Battles of Marathon and Thermopylae, and, of course, the last stand of the 300 Spartans.

[Michelle in AL]

Hi Michelle in Mo, hope all is going well with your girls still. I really enjoyed Herodotus too, we're just taking longer with the Odyssey than I expected, and Herodotus is looking so long now. I need to plan out my whole year and see if I can fit everything I want them to read in that time period.

[Michelle in MO]

down with The Odyssey, too! Our first year of Omnibus did not go very well, due to a large homeschooling project in the fall which put us behind. The second year was a 180-degree turnaround from the first year!

[Michelle in AL]

I'm surprised they don't like the Odyssey as much. I really enjoyed it and thought it was beautifully written.
My girls are tolerating it :glare:

[hswarden]

I think the Persian Wars section is frequently assigned, but really I found the chapters on Egypt just as interesting.

[Michelle in MO]

I think the Persian Wars section is frequently assigned, but really I found the chapters on Egypt just as interesting.

Where else could you read about flying snakes? :D

[Moira in MA]

My favorite has to be the section on gold 'mining' in India we still laugh about it 2 years later.

Histories was the book that convinced my youngest dd - 12 at the time -- that the size of the tome did not mean that the text itself was unreadable. She developed a firm sense that she could tackle anything.