Editorial

Abstract

The first issue of any new journal must invite the obvious question: ‘why?’ In the case of Syllogos, it is a question that can only be answered, first, by a story of origins. The journal has its roots in an online seminar series that began in the context of the first COVID-19 lockdown of 2020. The choice of Herodotus as a focus for that seminar was made in part simply because of his centrality in the study of antiquity, but also as a symbol: of the value of contact across boundaries and of a boundless intellectual curiosity.