It holds before us a mirror or ‘progression’ of civilization.
ADDED: A friend mentioned that todays predominance of sports (and actors before that) is more an indication of contemporary interests that will be forgotten before long. Probably the athens also had sport stars at their time that were talked about a lot.
Behold and despair.
People optimizing for popularity and fame are most famous. What a surprise.
It holds before us a mirror or ‘progression’ of civilization.
ADDED: A friend mentioned that todays predominance of sports (and actors before that) is more an indication of contemporary interests that will be forgotten before long. Probably the athens also had sport stars at their time that were talked about a lot.
Amazingly depressing! Still, amazing.
Compelling evidence that one should name one’s son ‘Stephen’.
Not really surprising. The most popular anything will always be whatever pleases the lowest common denominator.