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re: The burial place of Plato has been found

Posted on 4/23/24 at 4:23 pm to
Posted by EvrybodysAllAmerican
Member since Apr 2013
11193 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 4:23 pm to
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text has revealed that Plato was sold as a slave following the conquest of the island of Aegina by the Spartans sometime around 404 BC to 399 BC


Crazy to think one of the greatest minds ever might have spent half his life working in a field somewhere.

Like a reverse Good Will Hunting.
This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 4:43 pm
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
27153 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 4:25 pm to
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Crazy to think one of the greatest minds ever might have spent half his life working in a field somewhere.

Possible, but probably not. What we would now call "academics", if enslaved, were very commonly "court slaves" used to teach the children of the nobility, advise on policy matters, etc.
Posted by North Dallas Tiger
United States of America
Member since Mar 2024
2541 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 4:28 pm to
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Crazy to think one of the greatest minds ever might have spent half his life working in a field somewhere.
Dionysius' Greece...

(yes I looked that up on Wiki just to make that lame joke)
This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 4:33 pm
Posted by PGAOLDBawNeVaBroke
Member since Dec 2023
778 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:07 pm to
Happens all the time bud, Einstein wasn’t an anomaly
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