Luke Caverns

it won't step on the ego of a ruler, right? When there's no ruler, you can be critical of yourself. And so the Greek plays would call out politicians in the middle of the play. They would make a joke out of somebody and talk directly to this politician.

it won't step on the ego of a ruler, right? When there's no ruler, you can be critical of yourself. And so the Greek plays would call out politicians in the middle of the play. They would make a joke out of somebody and talk directly to this politician.

Or there would be in the play, the Lysistrata, the women of Greece from all around Greece come to Athens and they gather and they meet and they figure out, well, how are we gonna stop the war between Athens and Persia? And they all agree, all the women, well, Lysistrata, she proposes, she goes, well, what I say we do is I say we just stop having sex with our husbands.

Or there would be in the play, the Lysistrata, the women of Greece from all around Greece come to Athens and they gather and they meet and they figure out, well, how are we gonna stop the war between Athens and Persia? And they all agree, all the women, well, Lysistrata, she proposes, she goes, well, what I say we do is I say we just stop having sex with our husbands.

Or there would be in the play, the Lysistrata, the women of Greece from all around Greece come to Athens and they gather and they meet and they figure out, well, how are we gonna stop the war between Athens and Persia? And they all agree, all the women, well, Lysistrata, she proposes, she goes, well, what I say we do is I say we just stop having sex with our husbands.

And then the other women go, okay, I'm out of here. I'm not doing this now. And so it's this whole play where it's like the women decide that they're gonna restrain from having sex with their husbands. And throughout the play though, even though it's a comedy, there's these tragic elements and these self-aware elements where they kind of lament the fact that Athens and Sparta aren't close anymore.

And then the other women go, okay, I'm out of here. I'm not doing this now. And so it's this whole play where it's like the women decide that they're gonna restrain from having sex with their husbands. And throughout the play though, even though it's a comedy, there's these tragic elements and these self-aware elements where they kind of lament the fact that Athens and Sparta aren't close anymore.

And then the other women go, okay, I'm out of here. I'm not doing this now. And so it's this whole play where it's like the women decide that they're gonna restrain from having sex with their husbands. And throughout the play though, even though it's a comedy, there's these tragic elements and these self-aware elements where they kind of lament the fact that Athens and Sparta aren't close anymore.

This would have hit hard with the people watching this because the people watching this are literally the Athenian soldiers who have killed Spartans yesterday Literally yesterday they killed Spartans and tomorrow at the end of at the end of or you know in three days at the end of this they're gonna suit back up and go back out into the Peloponnese or wherever to fight the Spartans these are these are people who would sit and watch plays and gather and

This would have hit hard with the people watching this because the people watching this are literally the Athenian soldiers who have killed Spartans yesterday Literally yesterday they killed Spartans and tomorrow at the end of at the end of or you know in three days at the end of this they're gonna suit back up and go back out into the Peloponnese or wherever to fight the Spartans these are these are people who would sit and watch plays and gather and

This would have hit hard with the people watching this because the people watching this are literally the Athenian soldiers who have killed Spartans yesterday Literally yesterday they killed Spartans and tomorrow at the end of at the end of or you know in three days at the end of this they're gonna suit back up and go back out into the Peloponnese or wherever to fight the Spartans these are these are people who would sit and watch plays and gather and

And listen to people being critical of the own war that they're in. And it's just this amazingly intense self-aware society that you don't see anywhere else in the ancient world. And it's so personal. And I can see us in them. And the Founding Fathers did too. That's why Washington, D.C. is made of Greek architecture. The Founding Fathers were...

And listen to people being critical of the own war that they're in. And it's just this amazingly intense self-aware society that you don't see anywhere else in the ancient world. And it's so personal. And I can see us in them. And the Founding Fathers did too. That's why Washington, D.C. is made of Greek architecture. The Founding Fathers were...

And listen to people being critical of the own war that they're in. And it's just this amazingly intense self-aware society that you don't see anywhere else in the ancient world. And it's so personal. And I can see us in them. And the Founding Fathers did too. That's why Washington, D.C. is made of Greek architecture. The Founding Fathers were...

so many of them could speak Greek or Latin, you know? Um, and it's kind of this, it's kind of this jumped over, uh, chapter or it's this, I don't know. It's just overlooked. Like the connections between Americans and the Greeks is so far overlooked, but we're so similar to them. Studying them helps us understand ourselves.

so many of them could speak Greek or Latin, you know? Um, and it's kind of this, it's kind of this jumped over, uh, chapter or it's this, I don't know. It's just overlooked. Like the connections between Americans and the Greeks is so far overlooked, but we're so similar to them. Studying them helps us understand ourselves.

so many of them could speak Greek or Latin, you know? Um, and it's kind of this, it's kind of this jumped over, uh, chapter or it's this, I don't know. It's just overlooked. Like the connections between Americans and the Greeks is so far overlooked, but we're so similar to them. Studying them helps us understand ourselves.

And, um, and that felt like something that when I was deciding on whether or not I was going to go back to school, I had been on the fence about it. You know, I didn't know if I wanted to go get it. I don't know. I didn't know what I wanted to do. I felt like I wanted to go next step with doing something. And I think I wanted to connect with something that

And, um, and that felt like something that when I was deciding on whether or not I was going to go back to school, I had been on the fence about it. You know, I didn't know if I wanted to go get it. I don't know. I didn't know what I wanted to do. I felt like I wanted to go next step with doing something. And I think I wanted to connect with something that

And, um, and that felt like something that when I was deciding on whether or not I was going to go back to school, I had been on the fence about it. You know, I didn't know if I wanted to go get it. I don't know. I didn't know what I wanted to do. I felt like I wanted to go next step with doing something. And I think I wanted to connect with something that