Thursday, September 24, 2015

POETS AND WRITERS OF ANTIQUITY


Facing the entrance to the Reference Room one sees on the left (in descending order) the philosophers  Aristotle, Socrates and Plato.  Relaxing with his dog is Diogenes the cynic who actually did live in a tub. These gentlemen were all relative contemporaries having been born within 100 years of each other.

To the right are the military historians (note the helmets and shield), chief among them Xenophon who was a student of Socrates. Seated is Aesop the fable writer about whom little is known. 




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