Dr. Roel Konijnendijk
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The Ancients
Fall of Sparta
But also because he's a very amusing figure as a character that appears in his own work or that appears through the interest that he writes about.
The Ancients
Fall of Sparta
You can kind of relate to him in certain ways.
The Ancients
Fall of Sparta
And in that sense, he feels closer to you than somebody who stands very aloof of his material, like a Thucydides, who is just like kind of laying it out as it is.
The Ancients
Fall of Sparta
And you have to kind of accept his authority.
The Ancients
Fall of Sparta
And sometimes he will say that or imply it and other times he will leave it sort of quietly.
The Ancients
Fall of Sparta
He gives a lot of detail about the defense of the oligarchy of the 30 in Athens after the Peloponnesian War.
The Ancients
Fall of Sparta
He's very conspicuously able to give a very detailed account.