Men who have made a rapid advance from poverty to wealth, and who hold a number of offices without rendering an account of any, who instead of concord have created mutual suspicion, and who have declared war instead of peace, have caused us to be distrusted. Lysias. Defense against a Charge of subverting the Democracy. Book 25. Section 30.
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| Closeup of Relief depicting twelve deities Late Hellenistic or Roman possibly from Tarentum, Italy 1st century BCE photographed at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. L to R: Hephaestus (god of fire and metalworking) with staff, Hera (queen of the gods) with scepter; Poseidon (god of the sea with trident) and Athena goddess of wisdom and the arts) with owl and helmet. Partial of Zeus (king of the gods) with thunderbolt and staff. I chose this image because Poseidon (Neptune) is looking back at Hera as if she cannot be trusted, with her constant scheming to punish those seduced by her husband Zeus (Jupiter). |
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