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> [The massive grassroots success of movies such as Zack Snyder's Spartan gore-fest '300' demonstrates there is a vast appetite among 15-25 year olds to share in the experience of the long-dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/the-massive-grassroots-success-of-movies-such-as-zack-snyder-s/)

[Bettany Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bettany-hughes/)

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## More by Bettany Hughes

> [After I graduated, I carried on with my academic work, via grants but I often had a market stall on Camden Market selling hand-painted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/after-i-graduated-i-carried-on-with-my-academic-work-via-grants-but-i/)

[Bettany Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bettany-hughes/)

> [I think it's ironic when Plato makes the learned woman Aspasia Socrates' teacher, but I think women crop up more in the Platonic dialogues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/i-think-it-s-ironic-when-plato-makes-the-learned-woman-aspasia/)

[Bettany Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bettany-hughes/)

> [Even the picturesque prehistoric settlements at Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini were an exercise in problem-solving; white-washed homes and town halls built…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/even-the-picturesque-prehistoric-settlements-at-akrotiri-on-the-greek/)

[Bettany Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bettany-hughes/)

> [For the Spartans, it wasn’t walls or magnificent public buildings that made a city; it was their own ideals. In essence, Sparta was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/for-the-spartans-it-wasn-t-walls-or-magnificent-public-buildings-that/)

[Bettany Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bettany-hughes/)

> [Of all the human figurines discovered so far from 30,000-3,000BC, 92% are of the female form. This is not to say there was any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/of-all-the-human-figurines-discovered-so-far-from-30-000-3-000bc-92/)

[Bettany Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bettany-hughes/)

> [I think Socrates was fascinated by Alcibiades. It's almost the opposite of hypocrisy. I think it's like when you can see the potential in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/i-think-socrates-was-fascinated-by-alcibiades-it-s-almost-the/)

[Bettany Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bettany-hughes/)

> [Sophia - a mystical female presence whose appearance is only fleeting in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament - was clearly once a household…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/sophia-a-mystical-female-presence-whose-appearance-is-only-fleeting/)

[Bettany Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bettany-hughes/)

> [By day I am a historian, by night a broadcaster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/by-day-i-am-a-historian-by-night-a-broadcaster/)

[Bettany Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bettany-hughes/)

> [Ancient Egyptian women had rights under the law. They could own land. Many were literate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/ancient-egyptian-women-had-rights-under-the-law-they-could-own-land/)

[Bettany Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bettany-hughes/)

> [The word 'America' probably didn't appear in the Persian language until the end of the 18th century - but then with a documented past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/the-word-america-probably-didn-t-appear-in-the-persian-language-until/)

[Bettany Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bettany-hughes/)

> [History was invented as a tool, an engineered road down which human society could advance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/history-was-invented-as-a-tool-an-engineered-road-down-which-human/)

[Bettany Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bettany-hughes/)

> [“Herodotus, the ‘Father of History’, records the moment – and you can hear the emotion in his voice as he does so, a mixture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/herodotus-the-father-of-history-records-the-moment-and-you-can-hear/)

[Bettany Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bettany-hughes/)

> [I'm horrified at the idea of intimidating someone. I think that's the opposite of what we should be doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/i-m-horrified-at-the-idea-of-intimidating-someone-i-think-that-s-the/)

[Bettany Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bettany-hughes/)

> [Nefertiti is lovely, but we should use our wit and will to look beyond that beautiful face to discover and to enjoy a more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/nefertiti-is-lovely-but-we-should-use-our-wit-and-will-to-look-beyond/)

[Bettany Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bettany-hughes/)

> [Once universities, rather than religious orders, were established as the key repositories of learning, women would find it ever harder to prove the pen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/once-universities-rather-than-religious-orders-were-established-as/)

[Bettany Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bettany-hughes/)

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