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The former British PM’s memoir imagines him, like Cincinnatus, leaving his plow, saving Rome, and returning to it. But perhaps Alcibiades would fit him better
Peter Jones
His exploit gained him the prestige he longed for, and in 424 BC he was made a general
In Greek, dêmagôgos was a neutral term meaning ‘leader of the people.’ But it could be used to describe a rabble rouser
I shall never forget the first time an account of the Battle of Marathon was read to me
Taki
For Aristotle, and eventually Plato too, while personal autarkeia was an ideal, only a city-state could deliver it
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Pericles’s vision was that of a highly civilized man who loved his people