Saksagan
Zoe and Theodora part 94
86. Herodotus, the famous Greek historian, is said to have beer the son of Lyxes and Dryo, and was born at Halicarnassus in 484...
Zoe and Theodora part 93
It is not my purpose at the moment to describe the object of their choice, but I will say that the man chosen was...
Zoe and Theodora part 92
While still subject to the limitations of human nature, they behave as though they were demi-gods among us. For the other attributes of Divinity...
Zoe and Theodora part 91
Her councillors, moreover, should have impressed this on her, instead of imagining that she would live for ever, always at the same age, or...
Zoe and Theodora part 90
If I had any information I was on no account to conceal it from her. This was not the first occasion on which I...
Zoe and Theodora part 89
To blazes with all those who tell us there is a spiritual life, and who then declare that its direction lies in the hands...
Zoe and Theodora part 88
9. This will explain why the gentleman I was talking about, by acting the philosopher in matters that were not the proper object of...
Zoe and Theodora part 87
I myself admire the inflexibility of such a mind, but its proper place, in my opinion, lies not in time, but in eternity: not...
Zoe and Theodora part 86
6. Nevertheless, the situation called for an energetic man, one who understood the functions of government, one thoroughly conversant with the imperial rescripts, but...
Zoe and Theodora part 85
2. Convinced that she was doing what was right, the empress proceeded to use her authority in all matters of government, quite openly. Without...
