11-15-2006, 04:06 AM
If you could sit down and have a conversation (assuming being able to communicate freely) with any man of the ancient world, who would it be? Why?
For myself, I think I'd choose Pericles of Athens. To my mind, he is the most remarkable man of Classical Greece. He was a man of the highest nobility, and yet he worked to bring power to the people. Not to mention being able to rule the Athenian demos simply by persuasion and the force of his personality.
After that, I think Socrates would have been quite a unique man.
For myself, I think I'd choose Pericles of Athens. To my mind, he is the most remarkable man of Classical Greece. He was a man of the highest nobility, and yet he worked to bring power to the people. Not to mention being able to rule the Athenian demos simply by persuasion and the force of his personality.
After that, I think Socrates would have been quite a unique man.
Marshal White
aka Aulus FABULOUS 8) <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cool.gif" alt="8)" title="Cool" />8) . . . err, I mean Fabius
"Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it."
- Pericles, Son of Athens
aka Aulus FABULOUS 8) <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cool.gif" alt="8)" title="Cool" />8) . . . err, I mean Fabius
"Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it."
- Pericles, Son of Athens
