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To: average joe who wrote (1004)	12/7/2012 11:03:10 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2133

That is good. Love how he admits to how speech and words can bewitch and fool and then calmly ends with, "Therefore, whichever of the four reasons caused Helen's action, she is innocent. I have expunged by my discourse this woman's ill fame, and have fulfilled the object set forth at the outset. I have tried to destroy the unjust blame and the ignorant opinion, and have chosen to write this speech as an encomium on Helen and an amusement for myself." One of my favourite authors is thucydides. classics.mit.edu