The Greek world will continue in almost constant cultural revolution from the time of Homer to the day Rome brings Greece to its knees in the second century B. C. ...the longest trajectory of fluid development in any society known to history. (Thomas Cahill)

The Greek world will continue in almost constant cultural revolution from the time of Homer to the day Rome brings Greece to its knees in the second century B. C. ...the longest trajectory of fluid development in any society known to history.

Thomas Cahill

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