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Online Maik

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Classics for the people
« on: Saturday, 20 June, 2015 @ 13:48:07 »
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Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks
The dazzling thought-world of the Greeks gave us our ideas of democracy and happiness. Yet learning classics tends to be restricted to the privileged few. It’s time for ‘elitist dinosaurs’ to embrace a citizens’ classics for all
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/20/classics-for-the-people-ancient-greeks

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Re: Classics for the people
« Reply #1 on: Sunday, 21 June, 2015 @ 20:26:02 »
Sysiphus might seem relevant to Greece right now! 

For those who missed him in school, if memory serves, Sysiphus was punished by the gods for some wrong-doing by being condemned for eternity to push a bloody great boulder up a hill.  Every time it reached the top it rolled back down again.   :(

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Re: Classics for the people
« Reply #2 on: Sunday, 21 June, 2015 @ 23:59:12 »
I thought Sysiphus was a STD until I discovered the troika.