Comments on: Ancient History Competition 40 http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-40/ A historical perspective of current events Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:54:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: constantinakatsari http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-40/#comment-468 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:18:06 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=797#comment-468 This was a tiny bit difficult, wasn’t it? Diogenes is the right answer. He was talking to Alexander the Great at the time. The reference can be found in Dio Chrysostom.

]]> By: tracey rockett http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-40/#comment-467 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:02:34 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=797#comment-467 No, somebody may have said that to a Syracusan tyrant. No clue, really.

]]> By: tracey rockett http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-40/#comment-466 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:00:44 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=797#comment-466 Plato?

]]> By: gidgetwidget http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-40/#comment-465 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:30:15 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=797#comment-465 Okay, seriously, this drove me and several other folks absolutely BONKERS trying to answer. First I thought, maybe it was Solon? Then immediately scratched that and threw the question out to the hive mind that is Twitter. I got all kinds of answers, mostly, Aristotle to Alexander The Great. But Aristotle just doesn’t quite fit the tone. Diogenes, however, does.

So, unless the answer is from Eastern Civilization OR Thucydides OR an ancient philosopher to one of Great Persian Kings, like Cyrus the Great…. I think Helfield there, has it right, Diogenes to Alexander. But for the life of me, I have yet to find the direct reference for citation. **PLEASE POST THE ANSWER SOON!!**

Thank you for tweaking my brain—GW

]]> By: gidgetwidget http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-40/#comment-464 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:29:30 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=797#comment-464 Okay, seriously, this drove me and several other folks absolutely BONKERS trying to answer. First I thought, maybe it was Solon? Then immediately scratched that and threw the question out to the hive mind that is Twitter. I got all kinds of answers, mostly, Aristotle to Alexander The Great. But Aristotle just doesn’t quite fit the tone. Diogenes, however, does. So, unless the answer is from Eastern Civilization OR Thucydides OR an ancient philosopher to one of Great Persian Kings, like Cyrus the Great…. I think Helfield there, has it right, Diogenes to Alexander. But for the life of me, I have yet to find the direct reference for citation. **PLEASE POST THE ANSWER SOON!!**

Thank you for tweaking my brain—GW

]]> By: Michael Helfield http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-40/#comment-463 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:36:13 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=797#comment-463 Diogenes?

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