He brought up all kinds of shit hoping to walk away from his half a dozen murders. His reasoning was the men he killed were of less value to the commu...ity than average people. Therefore he should not be held to the same standards as those who kill valuable humans. He was hoping his value system make him crazy enough to do some time in a mental hospital.He didn’t really grasp where he was standing trial. The state of Mississippi had a different view of sanity. The test here was if a man was. Venice regained the Peloponnese a century later. But the Turks retook the Balkans and many Thessalonikans, like me, became part of the Turkish navy." And this battle?" Russians against the Turks. But you ... Aren't you a shade? Are you real?" Sadly, I am real. I await Apollo."We have a good deed to our credit in fighting the Amazons, who came from the river Thermodon and invaded the land of Attica. – Herodotus, The History 9.27"Have you ever read Diodorus?" Sorry. What did you ask, child?" Have. My calm didn't last very long. When I got to the History classroom I could see something wrong immediately. Pamela was alone, without her usual companion. Maybe Linda was delayed in a previous class or a restroom. Pamela was paler than I've ever seen her. In fact she looked like she might throw up at any point."Pamela, what's wrong?" I hugged her, only wondering afterwards if she wanted to be seen that closely to me. My fear of her reaction was immediately relieved by her clutching me tightly.. Now, when I read this book and other books again, I can see the similarities to current day dilemmas and I wonder why more educated and more involved parties have not focused on the lessons of the past in open print and use the lessons learned to help solve some of the issues of the day.To some respect, I attribute that lack of insight to the attitudes of modern day communications and the prostitution of the media world. The miracle of the internet did open a lot of doors to areas of Historical.