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Theseus and Romulus ✔️
Two statesmen who finished poorly.
Theseus reads like a hero trying to be a statesmen: full of gallivanting and Kleos, but he couldn’t settle down. The foundation of Athens showed some prudence and politic spirit, but he ended up being a case study of “feared rather than loved.”
Romulus is a consummate man of piety and action. But he let it get to his head. And there were shenanigans
— Mar 11, 2026 07:02PM
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Two statesmen who finished poorly.
Theseus reads like a hero trying to be a statesmen: full of gallivanting and Kleos, but he couldn’t settle down. The foundation of Athens showed some prudence and politic spirit, but he ended up being a case study of “feared rather than loved.”
Romulus is a consummate man of piety and action. But he let it get to his head. And there were shenanigans
Benjamin Phillips
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Starting a habit of reading a pair in-between other books.
Pericles and Fabius ✔️
Two prudent and cautious men. Fabius, however, was the more public-spirited of the two and took the reins of the state in more dire circumstances.
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Pericles and Fabius ✔️
Two prudent and cautious men. Fabius, however, was the more public-spirited of the two and took the reins of the state in more dire circumstances.
