How to Travel: An Ancient Guide for the Modern Tourist

A transporting anthology of ancient Greek and Roman travel writings that capture the thrill of exploration and discovery-from Europe to the Holy Land and Egypt to India
At long last, a travel guide to the ancient world for the modern tourist-written by the ancients themselves.How to Travelgathers classic texts from Greek and Roman writers to explore what today's readers can learn from ancient encounters with unfamiliar peoples, places, and customs.
The Greek historian Herodotus (ca. 484-425 B...