The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon Quotes

“In some strata of Greek and Roman society the engineer was actually denigrated, higher esteem being accorded to poets, playwrights and sculptors. According to Plutarch, Archimedes was praised for refusing to contaminate his theoretical and mathematical science with practical applications, although under extreme pressure at the siege of Syracuse in Sicily he did design practical machinery.”
― Stephanie Dalley, The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon: An Elusive World Wonder Traced