I've just finished writing a lecture on Plato's views on poetry. One thing that really needs to be understood is that, for the Greeks, poetry was their mass entertainment, something like East Enders today, as well as being regarded as providing education in moral values (not for nothing do poets feature prominently in the first two books of the Republic).
It's gratifying to once more see similar concerns raised in contemporary society - this time teachers complaining about the effects of reality TV on children.
If your world is the mediterranean, then Troy kind of is in the East end...
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