As Herodotus tells it, the Persian king Cambyses, already married to one of his sisters, wanted to marry another one of his sisters. So he asked the Royal Judges (appointed for life) whether there was a law that required someone who wanted it to marry his sister to do so.
Herodotus, from The Histories , trans. Tom Holland (2013).
The Madness of Cambyses, an excerpt from The Histories, is no. 78 in the Penguin Little Black Classics series (2015).
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
A Roberts Court in ancient Persia
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Did you see? Bovine is out!!!!
“Bovine” lol
I only saw I had missed spelled Bovino’s name as I hit publish. But I like it
PS. Not directly related to your post here, – – but not unrelated
Cambyses killed his brother because of a dream, which seems like a good summary of the MAGA Movement — a madman's dream that gets people killed.
Madness all around.
I saw that Bovino is out and will soon retire. Good riddance. But I think it's just cosmetic surgery.
Do you think they’ll keep killing people same as before?
I was hoping they’d stop that, at least
God, I hope not. But as long as Stephen Miller is in a position of power, the demonization of immigrants and protesters will continue.
The White House will step back from Minneapolis because it's unpopular, not be cause it's ethically, morally, and legally wrong.
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