Oct 29, 2017
Remember kids, 9/10 ex-Athenian tyrants called Hippias will tell you to have a dentist trip before attempting invasions.
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Remember kids, 9/10 ex-Athenian tyrants called Hippias will tell you to have a dentist trip before attempting invasions.
If there were any justice in this world Hippias and Hippiarchus and Horsa and Hengist would have lived in geographic/historical proximity so they could have hung out horseboy to horseboy
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HIPPIAS DE ELIS
Entre los sofistas se encuentra Hippias (2.a mitad del s.V); natural de Elis. Visitó Atenas hacia el 421. (more…)
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Hippias said to Socrates - "I have a wife, whom I love. However, my lover drives me crazy with the pleasure. Should I leave my wife to live with her, or should I give up on her and stay with my wife?" After some time of consideration, Socrates answered - "Either way, you will regret doing so."
In the passing of the night, Hippias saw a vision in his sleep: he dreamed that he lay in bed with his own mother… He then had the troops go ashore and get into battle formation. But as he was working on this, an unusually violent sneezing and coughing came upon him, and, as an older man, several of his teeth were loose - and a particularly strong cough made one fall out. It fell in the sand, and he took great pains to find it; but the tooth was nowhere to be seen… It was by this means, then, that Hippias thought the dream was fulfilled. - The Essential Herodotus, 6.107
Hippias : Hmmm. My tooth fell out. THE PROPHECY IS FULFILLED.
Herodotus pages 90-118
What was the significance and meaning behind the saying, “get your horns ripped with brass”?
It’s interesting that Hippias put so much stock into his dream that he allowed it to guide his actions, and that he was so easily swayed from his convictions by something like a sneeze.
Herodotus pgs. 99-118
Question:
In [6.97], Datis sends a message to the Delians (after they fled from Delos), asking why they fled and promising that he intends no harm. Finally, he burns an offering, which consists of 300 talents of frankincense, and sails to Eretria. Who was this offering for? At first, I assumed it was an offering to the gods, but upon second reading I’m unsure (because I think it would’ve stated to which god he was making an offering). Does that mean that this offering is to the Delians instead, and if so, does it act as a peace offering?
Comment:
In [6.107], Hippias has a dream that he is lying in his mother’s arms and interprets that as his being restored to Athens. After one of his teeth falls out, however, he realizes that Athens is no longer his land to hold power over. It was nice to see a king correctly interpret a message for once. We have read so many instances where the king has a prosperous kingdom and receives a message from an oracle or dream, and interprets it wrongly, which leads to destruction of that kingdom, so it was refreshing to read an instance of a king realizing his first impression (which stems from personal desires) of the dream was incorrect.
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Hippias and Hipparchus by AnotherStranger-Me