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Follow on Google News | Herodotus Uses Social Media To Share Ancient History With A Modern AudienceThe "Father of History" is tweeting his History of the Persian Wars one section at a time
By: The Father of History Herodotus has already tweeted the first three sections (paragraph-sized chunks) of the first book of his History: 1.1 Herodotus here! Writing so we don't forget stuff, esp. the Persian Wars. The Persians say the Phoenicians started it by kidnapping Io. 1.2 Some Greeks then kidnapped Europa from Phoenicia & Medea from Colchis. They refused to return Medea when her father, the king, demanded. 1.3 A generation later, Alexander/Paris carried off Helen. The Greeks demanded her back but the Persians refused, citing the Medea business. Updates posted on Twitter can be no longer than 140 characters, a limitation Herodotus regards as a challenge: "Over the years people have called me garrulous, and not always kindly. Twitter's character limitation will require that I rein in my natural tendency to digress. I'll endeavor to do my best. Still, I reserve the right to use more than one tweet a day if I feel the text requires greater amplification." You can follow Herodotus' progress on his Twitter account at http://twitter.com/ End
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