Late night thoughts on Herodotus
Dear sirs,
Last night while perusing the pages of the Histories deeply, I stumbled upon a variety of fascinating stories:
Firstly, Herodotus learns that years ago, a tribe of Ethiopian soldiers abruptly deserted and set forth to find a new place of inhabitance. The king, upon learning of their desertion, sought to confront them, asking how they might justify leaving their wives and children behind. In response, the lead soldier points to his "privy", stating that wherever his "privy" ventures, there shall the wives and children be.
Later, Herodotus relates that in his lifetime he did witness a "he-goat" copulating with a woman, and that when the goat later dies of old age and infirmity, the people of the area are so beset with grief that this day becomes a national remembrance of sorts. He continues in stating that the Egyptians depict the god pan, who is truly human in appearance, as having the features as a goat, but as to the reason why this depiction persists he refuses to relate. I myself find this line of logic quite humorous, as clearly the Egyptians intimated a most raunchy story, perhaps so raunchy that he finds it too improper to hand down to posterity. In conclusion: I have a great joke about the sexual practices of the young urban professionals residing in Bushwick and their expensive dog breeds, but I simply cannot relate the joke as the HR department will precipitately crawl up my ass with a microscope.
Good Day