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Nov 25, 2023Liked by Classical Wisdom

I’ve always appreciated how Odysseus gets over on the Cyclops by getting him hammered.

I love the suggestion that civilized people are able to handle their booze while more barbaric people cannot

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Also not to be ignored ...

If being one eyed, bigger, stronger and cruel, often along comes that greater opportunity, initiating from the receiving end others in the moment, to employ counterintuitive actions and save the day...

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