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In this post we present and analyze an excerpt from Euripides the tragic dramatist. Continue reading “If the middle class collapses, then the whole polity is doomed to collapse”
In this post we present and discuss an excerpt from Valerius Maximus.
That all existing things are subject to decay and change is a truth that scarcely needs proof; for the course of nature is sufficient to force this conviction on us. Continue reading “Polybius on the decay of states”
In this post we present and anayze an excerpt from Homer’s Odyssey.
Continue reading “Homer on the importance of Family (the House)”
In this post we present and analyze nine quotes from the ancient Greek Philosopher Cleobulus, one of the so-called ‘seven sages’. Continue reading “‘Life tips’ by Cleobulus from Lindos”
In this post we present and analyze a very interesting excerpt from Homer’s Iliad. Continue reading “Social & Theological views in Homer”
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