Classical Vindication

Why Should They?

During the Golden Age of Culture in Athens, the city's fortunes were ably and wisely guided by the wisest of her rulers, one Pericles.

This great man's name comes ringing down the ages as one of the Athenian rulers who did most for the social, the cultural and the political life of his people. Under his patronage the Arts flourished apace. Classical culture developed while political consciousness was a byword.

Loved and honoured by a happy and intelligent people, he may be claimed to be one of the world's social benefactors and yet on examining his life closely, we make the truly astounding discovery that (for some reason hitherto undisclosed) "he was seen at only one social function in his whole life. This was the marriage of a near relative and he left halfway through."

In the face of such overwhelming justification, how can any person be so bold as to suggest that the consistent absence of the vast majority of the Prof. Board from student functions is evidence of their neglect of their social and their cultural activities? should they?

—Cothraige.