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From: Elizabeth Vandiver <ev23@umail.umd.edu>
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I heartily concur with SW's praise for the Mondadori Herodotus.  His message
reminded me to look at Vol. IV's beautiful plates of Scythian gold work, and
those in turn reminded me of something I've been meaning to say on list:
Anyone who possibly can should go to the Walters Gallery in Baltimore to see
the exhibition "Gold of the Nomads." This is an exhibit of Scythian art,
astonishingly beautiful  in its own right and downright fascinating to anyone
with an interest in Herodotus.

The exhibit  closes in Baltimore on May 28, and then goes on to other
American cities, though I'm sorry to say I don't remember which ones. I
believe it will end up in Paris some time next year.

Elizabeth Vandiver

"Steven J. Willett" wrote:

> Thanks to someone who posted the URL of the Internet Bookshop
> Italia (http://www.internetbookshop.it), I've found one of the best
> online book stores and a source of very cheap Italian books.  A
> personal example follows.
>
> <snip>
>
> For those not familiar with the Mondadori Herodotus, each volume
> has a substantial introduction, full bibliography, numerous excellent
> maps (and often beautiful color plates), Greek text, Italian translation
> and commentary.  Only v. 7 is now misssing.  I might add that the
> Italian translation is more accurate to the Greek than anything
> currently available in English.  This edition, like Oxford's three-
> volume Odyssey commentary derived and expanded from the
> Mondadori, needs to be made available in English.
>

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