Dr. Owen Rees

The independent woman, basically.

Yeah, absolutely. And it is revealing, really, because what they're not talking about is some bogeyman that's been created. We're actually seeing a Greek cultural reaction to a culture that is the opposite of itself or what it perceives to be the opposite of itself. And sometimes it elicits fear and sometimes it elicits intrigue and sometimes it elicits respect.

Yeah, absolutely. And it is revealing, really, because what they're not talking about is some bogeyman that's been created. We're actually seeing a Greek cultural reaction to a culture that is the opposite of itself or what it perceives to be the opposite of itself. And sometimes it elicits fear and sometimes it elicits intrigue and sometimes it elicits respect.

Yeah, absolutely. And it is revealing, really, because what they're not talking about is some bogeyman that's been created. We're actually seeing a Greek cultural reaction to a culture that is the opposite of itself or what it perceives to be the opposite of itself. And sometimes it elicits fear and sometimes it elicits intrigue and sometimes it elicits respect.

So we also see early on in some of the stories of Herodotus as well, a cliche of writing likeness throughout history, which is the idea of the noble savage. So sometimes the Scythians are presented as a pure way of living, a simpler way of living. And they have that kind of

So we also see early on in some of the stories of Herodotus as well, a cliche of writing likeness throughout history, which is the idea of the noble savage. So sometimes the Scythians are presented as a pure way of living, a simpler way of living. And they have that kind of

So we also see early on in some of the stories of Herodotus as well, a cliche of writing likeness throughout history, which is the idea of the noble savage. So sometimes the Scythians are presented as a pure way of living, a simpler way of living. And they have that kind of

wisdom that's supposed to come from that they understand you know without the the drive for money the drive for power the drive for this that and the other that they can just live a simpler way you know with nature and the way we're supposed to be so we do also see that as well so it is interesting that as you say but the basis of this we're not seeing an entirely fictionalized presentation

wisdom that's supposed to come from that they understand you know without the the drive for money the drive for power the drive for this that and the other that they can just live a simpler way you know with nature and the way we're supposed to be so we do also see that as well so it is interesting that as you say but the basis of this we're not seeing an entirely fictionalized presentation

wisdom that's supposed to come from that they understand you know without the the drive for money the drive for power the drive for this that and the other that they can just live a simpler way you know with nature and the way we're supposed to be so we do also see that as well so it is interesting that as you say but the basis of this we're not seeing an entirely fictionalized presentation

But again, we've got to be a bit careful as to where we assume Herodotus is still being right, where we assume that the Hippocratic writings are still correct, things like that. Before we move on, what's also this thing with headhunting? Headhunting. Another cliche, I'm afraid. that we get of the northern tribes or northern cultures from Rome and Greece.

But again, we've got to be a bit careful as to where we assume Herodotus is still being right, where we assume that the Hippocratic writings are still correct, things like that. Before we move on, what's also this thing with headhunting? Headhunting. Another cliche, I'm afraid. that we get of the northern tribes or northern cultures from Rome and Greece.

But again, we've got to be a bit careful as to where we assume Herodotus is still being right, where we assume that the Hippocratic writings are still correct, things like that. Before we move on, what's also this thing with headhunting? Headhunting. Another cliche, I'm afraid. that we get of the northern tribes or northern cultures from Rome and Greece.

Headhunting is like the antithesis of, shall we say, civilized life. It's the idea of going around and actually hunting people down, specifically to take trophies and things like that. It was for a very long time assumed, again, that this is just, like I said, a cliche. However, one of the sites we're going to talk about, there is actually potentially evidence, possibly,

Headhunting is like the antithesis of, shall we say, civilized life. It's the idea of going around and actually hunting people down, specifically to take trophies and things like that. It was for a very long time assumed, again, that this is just, like I said, a cliche. However, one of the sites we're going to talk about, there is actually potentially evidence, possibly,

Headhunting is like the antithesis of, shall we say, civilized life. It's the idea of going around and actually hunting people down, specifically to take trophies and things like that. It was for a very long time assumed, again, that this is just, like I said, a cliche. However, one of the sites we're going to talk about, there is actually potentially evidence, possibly,

of human skulls being worked to transform into drinking vessels, which is a story Herodotus tells us that the Scythians do. I say, allegedly, this is not accepted across the board by all scholars. It is a bit debated, but it just becomes more plausible. And ultimately, they are headhunting. That might also explain a lot of the cultural fear that goes with it.

of human skulls being worked to transform into drinking vessels, which is a story Herodotus tells us that the Scythians do. I say, allegedly, this is not accepted across the board by all scholars. It is a bit debated, but it just becomes more plausible. And ultimately, they are headhunting. That might also explain a lot of the cultural fear that goes with it.

of human skulls being worked to transform into drinking vessels, which is a story Herodotus tells us that the Scythians do. I say, allegedly, this is not accepted across the board by all scholars. It is a bit debated, but it just becomes more plausible. And ultimately, they are headhunting. That might also explain a lot of the cultural fear that goes with it.

Again, it's that idea of where reality and myth blend and where they are actually distinct from each other. So, you know, the bogeyman suddenly becomes a lot scarier.