[redmalang]

I really enjoy his writing, which is why I really want to know what this might be:

"Asked about the Etruscans, Mr. Levine said he thought Mr. Mystal might be referring to one of his favorite anecdotes from Herodotus. It was actually about the Persians, he said. He fetched his copy of “The Histories” and read it to me.)"

[fluster]

From a section on Persian customs, somewhere in 130-135 of book one (which is as precise as my copy gets): “If an important decision is to be made, they discuss the question when they are drunk, and the following day the master of the house where the discussion was held submits their decision for reconsideration when they are sober. If they still approve it, it is adopted; if not, it is abandoned. Conversely, any decision they make when they are sober, is reconsidered afterwards when they are drunk.”

[Ericson2314]

The interview should have done an homage footnote with this. Can't believe they missed the opportunity.

[redmalang]

Thank you :)

[Tomte]

According to his Twitter account, it's Herodot, The Histories, 1.133.

http://perseus.uchicago.edu/perseus-cgi/citequery3.pl?dbname...

[redmalang]

Thank you :)