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The mind of man is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

Plutarch, Life of Alexander (100)
1d ago

For a start, the Odyssey was the first time a hero in Western culture was celebrated for smarts and cunning—and not just fighting and violence. It was as if Homer had grown up after creating the Iliad (in which 239 characters, identified by name, meet their death), and decided to tell a more civilized tale.

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