[SunkenCiv]

This figure shows the study area in Greece (Thermaikos Gulf). Red stars indicate drilling sites, where researchers have found high-energy layers, which are interpreted a of a tsunami origin. Credit: Klaus Reicherter, RWTH Aachen University

This figure shows the excavation area at Mende; the yellow box shows location of section. Credit: Klaus Reicherter, RWTH Aachen University

The image shows excavated deposits. Credit: Klaus Reicherter, RWTH Aachen University

[Verginius Rufus]

The passage in Herodotus is 8.129. Of course he doesn't call it a tsunami (he never uses Japanese words) but instead speaks of "a great ampotis of the sea" (translated as "a very low tide" by Robin Waterfield in the Oxford World's Classics translation).

Ampotis would be anapotis in Attic Greek--it means "ebb tide" or "being sucked back" from the verb anapino ("to drink up," "to suck up like a sponge").

Sort of like Obama's green industries sucking up stimulus dollars.

[combat_boots]

Well, here's warning from a new Greek tsunami. Athens Ministry of Finance: Source: ZeroHedge

[Silentgypsy]

On the plus side, it gives us something different to worry about than the usual....

[fanfan]

In the winter of 479 B.C., a tsunami was the savior of Potidaea, drowning hundreds of Persian invaders as they lay siege to the ancient Greek village.

That's amazing to think about, Civ. Imagine being on either side of that war, when the tsunami came in.

[worst-case scenario]

How i love Herodotus! He was reviled as a fabulist, when he was anything but. He reported what people told him; he reported what he knew; he traveled the known world to investigate leads.

And more and more of his “fables” have turned out to be facts.