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Bibliography: History by Herodotus
- Title
- History
- Author
- Herodotus
- Date
- Genre
- nonfiction
- Note Source
- The Song of the Lark Book I, Chap. 6
- Note Relating to Cather
- In The Song of the Lark, when trouble threatens, Mrs. Tellamantez soothes herself by combing her long black hair. Thea reflects, "Mexican women are like the Spartans; when they are in trouble, in love, under stress of any kind, they comb and comb their hair." See Herodotus, book 7, chs. 207-209, for a description of a spy reporting that the Spartans were combing their hair--as if they were in danger (March 724).
