Court of Antiochus

One of the Censor's duties was to uphold public morality, but perhaps they overdid it... blink.gif

 

Perhaps?

$100 is a good deal compaired to what is listed in BookFinder...

try Abebooks

Has anybody heard of Theodor Mommsen, R

Uhg, I told the librarian I was interested in purchasing this unfrequented book. The last time somebody checked it out was in 1972. She said no. :frusty:

That's stupid, lol. But then, if I were the librarian, I'd have bought the book myself

Uhg, I was kinda mad. If you have $100 lying around, you can buy it, then at least I'll know it's in good hands. I can't believe this old, inch-thick book costs so much!

Yea if I just had a hundred bucks lying around there's alot of things I'd love to have lol.

I can't help you with finding a cheap copy of the book, but the excerpt you put up, reminds me of a passage from The 18th Century Japanese martial manual; "Hagakure" which gives tips on how to cover the mouths when rude samurai wanted to yawn in front of their superiors. It was definately more socially unacceptable in the past, than it is today.

Unfortunately, there is no cheap copy of the book. I'm really enjoying what I've read so far. This is probably the book that will get me really interested in the Republic.