Leafing through this old A-to-Z of celebrities is like finding a Mad Magazine from the nineteenth century. The book's lyrics and images wondrously lampoon the– mostly– old men of European civilization. Instead of being revered as timeless sages, they are brought low, returned to us as fallen flesh-and-blood creatures. Their everyday lives get the tabloid treatment. And, just like today, lust is the common sin that most often brings these high and mighty men crashing down to earth.
Tag: Alcibiades
A is for Albert Edward, King Arthur, Alcibiades and Aphrodite
A’s Albert Edward, well meaning but flighty, Who invited King Arthur, the blameless and mighty, To meet Alcibiades and Aphrodite.
Socrates: An Ugly Face, A Beautiful Soul
Socrates invented the art of cultivating a beautiful soul, perhaps because he was been born with such a famously ugly face.