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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (59653)	9/24/2002 11:23:34 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

However, the question of how accurate is the narrative in Thucydides is unavoidable, whether or not it can be resolved.. Why? I do see your distinction. But I'm not sure I agree that it makes any difference. What does it really matter whether Thucydides was a reliable or unrealiable historian? There is a lot of history for which, IMO, we are better off with the myths than the realities. That's just my opinion, but I personally deplore the modern tendency to try to dig up all the possible dirt one can on historical figures to try to argue that they aren't as worthy of the admiration they receive.