“ Periclean Greeks employed the term , without any connotation of stupidity or subnormality, to mean simply 'a person indifferent to public affairs.' Obviously, there is something wanting in the apoliti… Christopher Hitchens
“ For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men; not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions in their own country, but in foreign lands there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them, gr… Thucydides
“ What is democracy? It is what it says, the rule of the people. It is as good as the people are, or as bad. Mary Renault
“ I want to build / and raise anew / Theseus' Temple and the Stadiums / and where Pericles livedBut there's no money, too much spent today / I had a guest over and we sat together. Friedrich Holderlin
