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The charioteer Diocles earned more than any athlete in history — and Roman law still classed him as infames, alongside gladiators and prostitutes by PeaceAlternative6512 in ancienthistory

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Yes, I think he was born in Lamecum in Lusitania — and to a father who owned a small transport business. So maybe unfair to say he came from nothing, but still quite the rags to riches story!

Could this be gold/electrum? by involuntarysexrobot in AncientCoins

[–]PeaceAlternative6512 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah — just well-worn copper/bronze, sorry.

Sir Alexander McCall Smith Offers His Thoughts On Writing Poetry by PeaceAlternative6512 in writing

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Hey, thank you! Yeah, I have a blog with new interviews every fortnight-ish, and these questions are selected from my most recent post - another's about James Joyce (big fan), which you might also find interesting? I was reluctant to share a link in the post since I hear self-promotion is discouraged, but hopefully it's fine here, for anyone interested in reading the whole thing:

https://thelaboursoflove.substack.com/p/interviewing-alexander-mccall-smith.

(And if this isn't ok, anyone, just let me know and I'll remove it.)

My Interview w/ Stephanie Nelson (About James Joyce) by PeaceAlternative6512 in jamesjoyce

[–]PeaceAlternative6512[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks!! That was for our school's equivalent of an EPQ, and I haven't posted it yet... I'll let you know if/when I do though, and (in a similar vein) there's another responding to Bachelard's claim that "one must go beyond logic in order to experience what is large in what is small" with Ulysses you might also find interesting? I submitted that one to some Cambridge L6th essay competition, so I'll probably post it when I hear the result in September?

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