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These Times History Took a Turn for the Batty

Khalid Elhassan November 3, 2019 34 min

Draco, as depicted in the library of the United States Supreme Court. Pintrest

2. Draco Was Praised to Death

Draco’s laws seriously favored the haves and seriously penalized the have-nots. Whatever the poor and indebted might have thought about him, wealthy Greeks apparently liked Draco and his laws so much, that they reportedly killed him with applause. Literally.

Ancient Greeks applauded and showed their approval by throwing hats and items of clothing at the subject of their adoration. During a visit to Aegina, its citizens showered Draco with so many hats and shirts and cloaks, that he suffocated to death under the barrage.

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Khalid Elhassan

A lifelong history buff, I developed a particular passion for WW2 history as a child, when I spent hours listening to my grandfather, enraptured, as he recounted his wartime experiences in the British East African Campaign and with the British 8th Army in North Africa.

I graduated with a history BA from George Mason University, then went on to get a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. After lawyering for a decade, I moved to sunny Rio de Janeiro and a less demanding career, opening a tourism agency in Copacabana.

A big chunk of my free time is spent blogging (you can follow me on Quora https://www.quora.com/profile/Khalid-Elhassan ) or freelance writing, mostly about my favorite subject, history.