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Greek Homosexuality

by K.J. Dover

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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach

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Writing to Learn: How to Write--And Think--Clearly about Any Subject at All

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Andy’s Quotes

“the transcendent gladness of grapes and wine so beneficial to body, soul and psyche’s interior design.”
― Euripides, Bakkhai

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“Teiresias: Yes well, what is it they say, you’re as young as you feel? Kadmos: We must get to the mountain. Should we call a cab? Teiresias: That doesn’t sound very Dionysian. Kadmos: Good point. Let’s walk.”
― Euripides, Bakkhai

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“that shock of fear that runs right through an army before battle, that shock is Dionysos.”
― Euripides, Bakkhai

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“There’s a lot of wine involved and creeping off into corners with men. Meanwhile they call themselves a prayer group! Obviously it’s just sex. I’ve put most of them in jail.”
― Euripides, Bakkhai

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“A gambit that was unusual and highly charged at one time (say, the diminished seventh at the start of the nineteenth century) can come to seem ordinary and ineffective after repeated use (say, the diminished seventh by the end of the nineteenth century).”
― Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis, On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind

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