So what made Athens so special?
>>25314855Power. The Delian League was the superpower of its era.
>>25314855What's this from? I'm extremely interested in reading it now.
>>25314877he seems very french to me
>>25314877sadly, porn
>>25314881He is literally Greek(-American)
A compelling argument, and well written too
This writing style is absolutely horrible
>>25314900Nah you got no taste
>>25314855They had the most ships first and the Lacedaemonians couldnt stop being corrupt as soon as they laid their eyes on foreign gold and silver.
>>25315731Relatable
>>25314855Economic might.
>>25314855it's pre-greek
>>25314855Drugs
>>25314855>Oedipus didn’t do anything for thirty years or more >
>>25314900He wrote it during a multi-year alcoholic haze and couldn't afford an editor, please understand.
>>25314900>t. pleb
>>25314855>>25314891Who wrote this shite?
>>25314855nietzsche seemed to think that athenians had a balanced and productive society and culture because they embodied both Apollonian and Dionysian schools of thought, and that this kept them from falling to nihilism and chaos. they also had a lot of anal sex, the cornerstone of any intelligent society.
>>25320347Christopher Lasch II: Crisiser of Confidencer Harder