New Investigation of Aristotle's Ancient School

Archaeology Magazine ^ | September 4, 2025 | editors / unattributed

[Verginius Rufus]

Socrates had a wife (who supposedly was something of a shrew) and children who were still young when he died.

When a young man asked Socrates if he should get married or not, Socrates told him, "Whichever you do, you will regret it."

Plato in the Republic (549c-550b) in his description of the "timocratic man" says his mother complains that her husband is too easygoing, "adding all the other complaints about her own mistreatment which women are so found of rehearsing."

Husbands may have ruled the roost in ancient Greek households, but evidently they had to put up with a lot of complaining from their wives.

[Carry_Okie]

Husbands may have ruled the roost in ancient Greek households, but evidently they had to put up with a lot of complaining from their wives.

To cite Joseph Daniel Unwin, such are the indications of imminent social decline and ultimate national fall.

[Red Badger]

Back Taxes?.................

[SunkenCiv]

That explains the ReTax the Back store ruins across the street.