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Spartan Wit
Spartan wit was famous. Laconic (Laconia was another word for Sparta) means short, pithy, to the point. Plutarch, the old Greek historian, gives some examples: Once a Spartan king was watching a show with a sword-swallower. “That’s easily done here … Continue reading
Posted in 1, books, history, Sparta, The Greeks
Tagged Greece, jokes, Sparta, Spartan wit, wit
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The Delphic Oracle
The Priestess of Delphi by Hon. John Collier There is endless fantasy writing on this subject. Writers have been outdoing each other for over two thousand years. Here are some unromanticized views. H. W. Parke in his A History of … Continue reading
Posted in books, oracle, religion, Romans, sanctuary
Tagged Delphic Oracle, Greece, oracle, romanticism, sanctuary, spiritual medium, superstition, vapors
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