anglos=literal bloodsuckers. not wholesome folks

  • Pezevenk [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Lol ancient Greeks sure knew how to dunk. I try uphold the tradition by posting on chapo.chat. One of the most awesome parts of ancient Greek language lessons in school was reading the part of Xenophon's history where he talks about the execution of Theramenes by other oligarchs who dubbed him a traitor:

    Accordingly, after conferring with the Thirty, Critias ordered men with daggers to line the stage in front of the audience and then struck Theramenes' name from the roster of the 3,000, denying him his right to a trial.[67] Theramenes, springing to a nearby altar for sanctuary, admonished the assemblage not to permit his murder, but to no avail; the Eleven, keepers of the prison, entered, dragged him away, and forced him to drink a cup of hemlock. Theramenes, imitating a popular drinking game in which the drinker toasted a loved one as he finished his cup, downed the poison and then flung the dregs to the floor, exclaiming "Here's to the health of my beloved Critias!"

    King oligarch shit.