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The Agora => Greek News => Greek History & Culture => Topic started by: Maik 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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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. :(
Tony
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I thought Sysiphus was a STD until I discovered the troika.