tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post1305813644645459903..comments2024-03-26T05:04:15.369+00:00Comments on The Edithorial: Ideas of SUCCESS ancient and modernEdith Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518971064140009711noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-26322009146739563182016-10-01T11:48:33.552+01:002016-10-01T11:48:33.552+01:00That's the thing - how success is measure has ...That's the thing - how success is measure has changed. I am sure that if today's success was the same in Ancient Greece they would definitely have a word for it. A similarity and connection with the ancient world is perhaps Dionysus. Nowadays it seems to a lot of younger people success is going our on a Friday and/or Saturday and become almost insensible through drink in the shortest possible time. This causes a loss of control and a loosening of the grasp of reality often culminating in a brush with authority or a fight (Pentheus anyone?). If only they knew they success is a mirror from a Greek tragedy. So as Steve above has said not only Greek plays being performed but the are enacted.Classics Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15174854131810209067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-80081761112539620792016-09-26T10:10:30.661+01:002016-09-26T10:10:30.661+01:00You have such an interesting blog. Thanks for shar...You have such an interesting blog. Thanks for sharing. I'm a life coach blogger. Reading blogs is my hobby and I randomly found your blog. I enjoyed reading your posts. All the best for your future blogging endeavors. Please keep in touch with me in Google+, +sridharchandrasekaran Sridhar Chandrasekaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721452527795471802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-62177444539586728082016-09-25T18:08:10.129+01:002016-09-25T18:08:10.129+01:00Olympic (and other games) victors were given laure...Olympic (and other games) victors were given laurel crowns and, sometimes at least, were lauded in their home cities, even with statues and inscriptions. This doesn't seem to have happened to the same extent to the winners of poetry or music festival contests, though poets tend t suggest that their works can make their subjects famous for ever (that's more Roman than Greek?). The philosophers, from Plato onwards, saw the 'good life' in terms of balance and restraint - 'nothing in excess' - which makes their idea of success (if that's what it is) very different from Donald Trump's.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808235048826609099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-31199387954675793882016-09-25T13:40:03.213+01:002016-09-25T13:40:03.213+01:00I don't know if this helps, but there's th...I don't know if this helps, but there's the greater emphasis in ancient Greece upon the present. One example: the Classical Greek tragedies are still performed today, but at first they weren't written with any thought about long-lasting fame. There was intense competition among the tragedians, and prestigious prizes were given to those judged to be best, but until the early 4th century BC, each tragedy was only performed ONCE.Steven Bollingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215202747829300924noreply@blogger.com