Recent content by Stephanos

Just my opinion here: there is no objective truth, not even in cold, hard science. But it's not a free-for-all either. It's always an approximation, but there's no reason for Cartesian anxiety. Some truths are more true than other truths. Societies (of which science is a part), not individuals...

As far as I know, from the archaic period onward, there were Greeks in Rome, as in other Etruscan territories. Romans, or whatever they called themselves back than, were interacting with Greek mythology from the very start. Emphasis on interacting. They had ideas of their own about it, had their...

Meh, it's a moot point because Rome as a city/empire pretty much grew up with those myths. Copying or stealing does not apply, especially since Roman authors added plenty of original stuff themselves. Plus I'll take my Ovid over Hesiod or Apollonius any day if I want to dip into classical...

Absolutely epic. There, only needed 2 words. The whole "we're jerks" thing is a bit angsty and simplistic, don't you think?

"What is art?" is a question we've been asking ourselves as a species for at least 5000 years or so now, not really likely that anyone is going to answer that anytime soon. Besides, I can't imagine why anyone would want to have a definite answer to that question. Games, of course, have the...