1.31 2nd happiest? Not Croesus, but Cleobis and Biton, who died after yoking themselves to a wagon and conveying their mother to a temple. | |
Posted on 02-11-15 | |
1.32 Solon explained to his angry host: trouble may fall in any of the c. 26,250 days of one's life. CALL NO MAN BLESSED UNTIL HE IS DEAD. | |
Posted on 02-12-15 | |
1.33 Croesus sent Solon away, thinking him stupid for disregarding the king's riches and for requiring that one always look to the end. | |
Posted on 02-13-15 | |
1.34 Later Croesus dreamt a spear wd kill his son Atys (1 of 2; the other was deaf/dumb). He thus kept Atys home & put all the weapons away. | |
Posted on 02-14-15 | |
1.35 Adrastus of Phrygia came seeking purification for accidentally killing his bro. Croesus purified him and welcomed Adrastus to his home. | |
Posted on 02-15-15 | |
1.36 Mysians came to Croesus asking for help against a great boar that was ravaging their land. He agreed to send men out--but not Atys. | |
Posted on 02-16-15 | |
1.37 Atys, worried he would seem cowardly, asked why he was barred from the hunt & from military actions. Let me go or explain! he demanded. | |
Posted on 02-17-15 | |
1.38 Croesus said he wanted to save Atys from dying by spearpoint as his dream prophesied. Atys was his only son: the deaf one didn't count. | |
Posted on 02-18-15 | |
1.39 Atys pointed out that boars don't carry spears. The boar hunt thus posed no danger to him, he said, and he should be allowed to go. | |
Posted on 02-19-15 | |
1.40 Good point! Croesus said. I've changed my mind: you can go on the hunt. | |
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