Richard Janko, “The Derveni Papyrus” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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Athens and the Athenians
In 423, aristophanes put on a play making fun of all the new learning. So alcibiades defected to the spartans and gave them tremendous intelligence which they used against athens. The in sicily was an absolute disaster. A illustrates this atmosphere of religious hysteria. And it illustrates er once again, how e the scientists who actually knew what caused eclipses of the moon were not being listened to. This hipatus had a very profound, real effect on point of the war.
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