What can we learn from Athens?
The interesting thing about the Peloponnese War was how it started. On of the interesting parallels is that it started really with the Athens at its height and with a level of hubris that sent them down the road towards ruin. Perhaps they felt that they were superior. Couldn’t make any mistake. They knew better. And they ended up destroying their society as a result. (Demetri Kofinas, financial commentator) There was a play written shortly after the Peloponnese wars, about the worthlessness of the copper flecks and that are where their coinage at the time. “The ancient gold are excellent in point of standard; they are assured the best of all moneys; they alone are well struck and give a pure ring; everywhere they obtain currency, both in Greece and in strange lands; yet we make no use of them and prefer those bad copper pieces quite recently issued and so wretchedly struck.” – The Frogs. Written by Aristophanes in 405 B.C. Plays of the Greek Dramatists, page 344. We go fr...
