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Oliver Goldsmith again:
"This answer was was by no means agreeable to the vain monarch, who, by his question, only hoped for a reply that would tend to flatter his pride. Willing, therefore, to extort one still more favourable, he asked, whether, at least, he did not think him happy? Alas! cried Solon, what man can be pronounced happy before he dies?"
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Solon's Interview with Croesus, king of Lydia
Oliver Goldsmith continues (History of Greece):
"Solon's interview with Croesus, king of Lydia, is still more celebrated. This monarch, who was reputed the richest of all Asia Minor, was willing to make an ostentatious display of his wealth before the Greek philosopher; and, after showing him immense heaps of treasure, and the greatest variety of other ornaments, he demanded whether he did not think the possessor the most happy of all mankind. No, replied Solon: I know one man more happy; a poor peasant of Greece, who, neither in affluence nor poverty, has but few wants, and has learned to supply them with his labour."
"Solon's interview with Croesus, king of Lydia, is still more celebrated. This monarch, who was reputed the richest of all Asia Minor, was willing to make an ostentatious display of his wealth before the Greek philosopher; and, after showing him immense heaps of treasure, and the greatest variety of other ornaments, he demanded whether he did not think the possessor the most happy of all mankind. No, replied Solon: I know one man more happy; a poor peasant of Greece, who, neither in affluence nor poverty, has but few wants, and has learned to supply them with his labour."
At the Court of Periander of Corinth
In the words of Oliver Goldsmith, The History of Greece:
"Upon a certain occasion, when Solon was conversing with Anacharsis, the Scythian philosopher, about his intended reformations in the state; "Alas!" cried the Scythian, "all your laws will be found to resemble spider's webs; the weak and the small flies will be caught and entangled, but the great and powerful will always have strength enough to break through".
"Upon a certain occasion, when Solon was conversing with Anacharsis, the Scythian philosopher, about his intended reformations in the state; "Alas!" cried the Scythian, "all your laws will be found to resemble spider's webs; the weak and the small flies will be caught and entangled, but the great and powerful will always have strength enough to break through".
Corfu, May 2012 Election Results, and more updates of interest
Here are the results for Corfu (May 2012)
(Update: FOR JUNE ELECTION RESULTS, see here)
To note, May 2012:
4521 Corfiots voted for Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn)
7997 voted for KKE
There must be a lot of people with the Corfu blues. There may be a lot more yet:
Syriza won 12051 votes. Keep Talking Greece reports on a Syriza MP's statement about people's bank deposits
Reuters
Kathimerini, on lack of trust
Inside Greece, Nick Malkoutzis
Teacher Dude
Frankfurter Allgemeine
The New Athenian
Tsipras's Letter to EU and ECB (in Greek)
Angela Gerekou statement (in Greek)
Schaeuble interview
There is great scope for the misunderstanding of policies and of shifting party positions at the moment.
Detailed national results from in.gr
The impact on the UK (Telegraph)
(Update: FOR JUNE ELECTION RESULTS, see here)
To note, May 2012:
4521 Corfiots voted for Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn)
7997 voted for KKE
There must be a lot of people with the Corfu blues. There may be a lot more yet:
Syriza won 12051 votes. Keep Talking Greece reports on a Syriza MP's statement about people's bank deposits
Reuters
Kathimerini, on lack of trust
Inside Greece, Nick Malkoutzis
Teacher Dude
Frankfurter Allgemeine
The New Athenian
Tsipras's Letter to EU and ECB (in Greek)
Angela Gerekou statement (in Greek)
Schaeuble interview
There is great scope for the misunderstanding of policies and of shifting party positions at the moment.
Detailed national results from in.gr
The impact on the UK (Telegraph)
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
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