Write a 1500 word mini essay (plus/minus 5%) about one of the following questions.
1. Do you think the passage in Herodotus, The Histories, book 7 chapters 140-141 features one or two oracles? How does this change our reading of the passage?OR2. In book 6, chapter 86 the Spartans tell the Athenians the story of Glaucoma of Sparta. What is this story about and what does it reveal about the role of storytelling in the Histories? OR3. Have a look at the story Herodotus tells in 9.93-94 about Euenius of Apollonia. What key themes that also feature elsewhere in the Histories feature in this passage? Which theme is the most significant one for an interpretation of this passage?