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> [It was this epic adventure and I had this mad idea that it would be interesting to follow the Greek hero Odysseus on his trail from what is modern day Turkey to the west of Greece. He took 10 years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/it-was-this-epic-adventure-and-i-had-this-mad-idea-that-it-would-be/)

[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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