I’d add examples here, but I underlined too many to count you just have to read it for yourselves. Plutarch himself many a time gives us little quipy asides as he compiles scandalous gossip of important and zany Greek figures into the ancient equivalent of Before They Were Famous YouTube videos. There’s one point in the collection where Plato is described as a comic poet. I’ve come to the conclusion that the ancient Greeks were all comedians. the most outstanding exploits do not always have the property of revealing the goodness or badness of the agent often, in fact, a casual action, the odd phrase, or a jest reveals character better than battles involving the loss of thousands upon thousands of lives, huge troop movements, and whole cities besieged.
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