05-14-2007, 12:04 PM
Dan , could you give alittle more evidence for this ----Herodotus, I believe, describes extremely fine linen when speaking of Amaris' gifts to greek temples to dress the Godesses with, but calls this "remarkable", implying that it was something special in his day.....
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff