“It is an interesting, though idle, speculation, what would be the effect on us if all our reformers, revolutionaries, planners, politicians, and life-arrangers in general were soaked in Homer from their youth up, like the Greeks. They might realize that… — H.D.F. Kitto Copy Share Image
“The city-state was the means by which the Greek consciously strove to make the life both of the community and of the individual more… — H.D.F. Kitto Copy Share Image
“It is an interesting, though idle, speculation, what would be the effect on us if all our reformers, revolutionaries, planners, politicians, and life-arrangers in… — H.D.F. Kitto Copy Share Image
“Typical of the limitations, even the contradictions of life, is the fact that what is most worth having can often only be had at… — H.D.F. Kitto Copy Share Image
“...unless our standards of civilization are comfort and contraptions, Athens from (say) 480 to 380 was clearly the most civilized society that has yet existed.” — H.D.F. Kitto Copy Share Image