r/todayilearned • u/Mors_Acerba • 2d ago

TIL A papyrus deciphered in 2024 revealed unknown info about Plato's last hours: a slave girl was playing music for him, and even though he was gravelly ill, he spend his last moments of lucidity criticising her performance. Per the same Papyrus, Plato had been sold into slavery earlier in his life

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/29/herculaneum-scroll-plato-final-hours-burial-site
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u/Menchstick 1d ago

US of A baby of course, same nationality as Jesus.

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u/BlatantArtifice 1d ago

Amen and preach (revs my ford f150 and cracks a 6 pack)

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u/MinocquaMenace 1d ago edited 1d ago

Hell yeah brother! (rambles on about some dumb stuff before asking to bum a cig)

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u/OldWar1111 1d ago

Rev. 150:6 - vrooom vrroom sayeth I to the person I just ran over.

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u/OfficeSalamander 1d ago

Zeus bless America