Heraclides amazingly proposed (back then) that earth has a 24 hour cycle of revolution on its axis. However he wasn’t as perceptive in other matters: “Dionysios had written a tragedy which he called Parthenopaeus. As a practical joke, he put Sophocles as the author when it was written . When Heraclides quoted as if… Continue reading Plagiarism detection tricks
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Tragedy saves lives
After the disastrous events in Sicily, many Athenians were saved thanks to Euripides. The Greeks that lived far from Athens yearned for his poetry. Sicilians were no exception. Even a small sample of his poetry recited by a traveler pleased them a lot. They memorised it and passed it on with great pleasure. Many of… Continue reading Tragedy saves lives