At 08:59 PM 1/2/2003 -0600, you wrote: >Chopin Cusachs wrote: >place to check would be the first volume of John Julius Norwich's Byzantium. >>Second, probably would be a good encyclopedia, but I don't have one either. >>I'll be content to accept an early statement from the article you cite, >>that the >>problem isn't lack of information, but contradictory claims. At the end, the >>summary is >>"The real tragedy of course is not the uncertainty of knowing who to >>blame for >>the Library's destruction but that so much of ancient history, literature and >>learning was lost forever. " > >I consider this to be one of the most self-defeating crimes in history. Is >there any good in fanaticism?
I thought the burning of the Library was an accident? Indeed, that the fire had been started elsewhere and unfortunately found it's way to the Library. Of course, I have already been provded incorrect quite soundly on the original issue, so I could certainly be wrong here as well. On another note, something that I lack, and I admire in many here, is the ability to remember where you read what. I cannot quote a person, essay, book, movie, actor, or name to save my life. My famous line tends to be "I read somewhere that..." --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
