"The Praise Singer" [.]

[fiefoe]

The book ends with the murder of Hipparchos by Harmodios and Aristogeiton, and the swift downfall of the house of Pisistratids. Curiously, the most vividly portrayed tragic episode in the book is perhaps the immolation of a chariot team that won the Olympic crown three times. The unnamed charioteer looked on, as his four graceful mares were sacrificed in turn at their owner's tomb.

• It's with things looked forward to that disappointment bites.
• The girls seek perfection before unknown eyes they have only seen in dreams.
• We are all children of Time, however much we may wish to kill our father.
• A city is not as great as its rulers only. It is as great as its gods.