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It would be nice to see a timeline of this guys life correlated to his writings. If the writings are isolated, that's one thing. If they occur after being kicke
by divbit 10y ago
It would be nice to see a timeline of this guys life correlated to his writings. If the writings are isolated, that's one thing. If they occur after being kicked down a well with a "this is SPARTA!!" then that is something else.
Perhaps similarly, no one calls Caesar a misanthrope for 'et tu Brute?'
- huxley 10y agoThe Internet provides: http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/swift/chron.html http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/swift/chron.html http://jonathanswiftarchive.org.uk/chronology.html http://jonathanswiftarchive.org.uk/chronology.html https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/johnathan-swift https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/johnathan-swift re: Julius Caesar, a guy should get a bit of slack after being stabbed repeatedly, or perhaps it's because "et tu, Brute?" wasn't strictly historical, more of a Shakespearean gloss. According to Suetonius, Julie's last words were in Greek, "Kai su, teknon?" (even you, my son?). Plutarch though says that Julie said nothing but merely drew his toga over his head.
- divbit 10y agoThanks for the links - helpful to put things in context.