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  • Hercules’ Ninth – The Girdle of Hippolyta

    Hercules’ Ninth – The Girdle of Hippolyta

    Thucydides the Athenian notes that of pre-history, he is obliged to accept what the poets say, although certainly this is unsatisfactory, and the poets are not to be trusted. Since Thucydides was an Athenian, he presumably shared in the general blase attitude which they took towards the rites and rituals. The Spartans would postpone invasions…