http://dagblog.com/what-thucydides-would-have-thought-donald-trump-21457 Comments for "What Thucydides Would Have Thought of Donald Trump" en http://dagblog.com/comment/230947#comment-230947 <a id="comment-230947"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/what-thucydides-would-have-thought-donald-trump-21457">What Thucydides Would Have Thought of Donald Trump</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>If you read the <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126%3Abook%3D2&amp;force=y">original Herodotus</a> (father of history 450BC, and remarkable tell it like it is skeptic)  the Trojan War was not an heroic tale but a scam by "unconstrained monarchs" to loot Troy. Helen was knocked up by ship captain 'Alexandrus' and absconded voluntarily with him to Egypt. </p> <p>Herodotus says the Homerian fable provided cover later for an operation whose sole purpose was to pillage Troy.</p> <p>Sort of like Trumps bold fables used to allow him to pillage the Treasury.</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 30 Nov 2016 04:09:17 +0000 NCD comment 230947 at http://dagblog.com