Restore removed statues to return truth and sanity to American history? Plutarch, Precepts of Statecraft 820b (Full text on the Scaife viewer) “Cato, since Rome was then already getting full of statues, would not allow one of himself. He said, “I would rather have people ask why there isn’t a statue of me rather than why…

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02.04.2025

The Strong and the Weak: Reading Some Thucydides For No Particular Reason – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

“These well-known speeches have so many unclear and odd phrases that they barely make sense….” Ipsae illae contiones ita multas habent obscuras abditasque sententias vix ut intellegantur-- Cicero, Orator 9.31 “One could easily count the number of people who are able to understand all of Thucydides, and even these people need to rely on a…

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02.04.2025

Reading (and Performing) Tragedy Online: Episode 2, Philoktetes – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

5 years ago we debuted the 2nd episode of Reading Greek Tragedy Online https://youtu.be/UtvR3TAuvbI A reading and discussion of Sophocles' Philoctetes. Tim Delap, Evelyn Miller, Paul O'Mahony, and Jack Whitam perform select scenes, with Joel Christensen (Brandeis) and Norman Sandridge (Howard) moderating the discussion. Reading Greek Tragedy Online is presented by the Center for Hellenic…

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03.04.2025

A Solid Gold Colossus: Why Tyrants Spend Other Peoples’ Money – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Suda, Κυψελιδῶν ἀνάθημα At Olympia. Plato claims in the Phaedrus that a metal Colossos was set up next to the dedication of the Kypselids at Olympia. But they claim that this from Kypselos himself and not the Kypselids. Agaklutos speaks about this in his On Olympia. “An ancient temple of Hera, dedicated by the Skillians.…

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Only Bad Dudes Want Statues in the First Place – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

The Strong and the Weak: Reading Some Thucydides For No Particular Reason – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Reading (and Performing) Tragedy Online: Episode 2, Philoktetes – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

A Solid Gold Colossus: Why Tyrants Spend Other Peoples’ Money – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

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