Dr. Roel Konijnendijk
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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.
The Ancients
Fall of Sparta
I mean, both because any source can tell you something more, even just about the kind of traditions that used to survive.
The Ancients
Fall of Sparta
Plutarch has access to a lot of sources that we don't have anymore.
The Ancients
Fall of Sparta
And he quotes them and he talks about them, compares them.