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Load More...I love tv history shows, and I get things are reframed to gain a wider audience. But this pseudo history stuff needs to disappear. There are more interesting 'mysteries' that have the benefit of not being fake! #BadAncient
This is what many people get wrong about Atlantis. It wasn’t a Greek legend. It’s not found in stories or folk traditions. It’s the sole product of Plato’s philosophical dialogues. Plato regularly invented hypothetical examples to make a point. Atlantis was a thought experiment. https://t.co/UszodEAasQ
Tag Archives: PTSD
Ancient PTSD Again, and again and again.
I think I should just give up and call this my Ancient PTSD blog! It is that time of year again when someone posts an idea which links modern PTSD with ancient experiences. However, there is a growing trend that … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient History & My Research
Tagged Ancient Warfare, combat trauma, Historian, Historiography, PTSD
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New blog: New Eyes on …
Book being read: My own! I have completely drafted my book on Great Battles of the Ancient Greeks and I am currently proofreading it to within an inch of its life! In other news I have just started a blog … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient History & My Research, History on the Internet
Tagged ancient PTSD, Blog, combat trauma, Internet, PTSD
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PTSD (again!): Nothing New Under the Sun?
Book being read, eds. N. Sekunda & B. Burliga, Iphicrates, Peltasts and Lechaeum, (Gdansk, 2014) The article A paper has just been publicised that is causing a mini-flurry of activity on many of the social media sites that I use. … Continue reading
PTSD in Ancient History … or, How to Disagree Amicably
Book being read: None at the moment, unless Thucydides counts, but I am always dipping into that so probably not! As regular readers and poor survivors of my obsessive monologues well know, I do a lot of work and research … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient History & My Research, History on the Internet, Tangents
Tagged ancient PTSD, Ancient Warfare, combat trauma, Owen Rees, PTSD, trauma
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Individualism
Book being read; back to Thucydides at the moment I’m afraid New article out: Battle of Bannockburn, MW IV.3 There is an historical movement, one that I am technically part of, which mirrors the modern day worship of individualism. That … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient History & My Research, Day-to-day, Tangents
Tagged Ancient Warfare, combat trauma, individualism, PTSD
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