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> was homer an amateur or professional? a careerist or an honest
> part-timer? aren't labels interesting.
He was a professional. Likely a careerist full timer, at least if
the tradition that he was blind is accurate, since there wasn't much
else he could do in that society. Labels can yield interesting
information about the labelers.
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When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty,
and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up
some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
-- Plato
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