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Monthly Archives: June 2016
Why Boris should have remembered the Ostracism of Hyperbolus
UK Politics is just too distracting these days. Today we arrived at a point where both main parties are in the middle of differently shambolic leadership contests. These last few crazy days have brought to mind quite a few ancient parallels … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, Greece, Politics
Tagged Alcibiades, Ancient Athens, Democracy, Hyperbolus, Nicias, Ostracism
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How to make history historical…
Yesterday, an entirely farcical event took place on the Thames in London, as a stunt by the Brexit campaign, designed to highlight the concerns of fishermen, turned into a scuffle carried out with water hoses, sound systems and rude gestures. … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, History, Inventing the Past
Tagged Brexit, campaigns, historiography, history, maps, referendum, Wikipedia
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Why we should all get our roofs from Sparta*
Work on my Peloponnesian League book is finally starting to happen, so it’s time to dust off the blog again. I hope odd little things like today’s discovery will go here. At the moment I am working on what might … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Greece, History, Peloponnese
Tagged Olympia, Ottoman Greece, Peloponnese, Temples
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