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Latest revision as of 18:08, 15 November 2020
"The Triumphalism of Herodotus" is a short poem by Karl Jones.
Poem
Herodotus would have declared that "Adversity makes us stronger" as if trying to convince himself.
Then he would belittle Persian luxury at length with surprisingly intimate familiarity in a faintly envious tone.
School of Hard Knocks triumphalism.
History
Jones wrote the poem on the evening of Sunday, 15 November 2020 in a post on Twitter.