‘This Generation of Fools’
Obscure Greek Poets on Conspiracy #6
The three genius poets of the Classical Age of Hellas are lightly examined below. There work is celebratory, coming with the flowering of sacred agons, community and tyrannical patronage of the arts, and the victories of the Greeks over the invading Persians at Marathon, Salamis, Plataeu and other martial actions. The growth of the Athenian League as a …