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Greece could rule the world.
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Why is it master, in myth these lands
you speak of are known?
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India, where Heracles, and Dionysus traveled.
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All these men who went east: Thesius,
Jason, Achilles...were victorious?
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From generation to generation their stories
have been past on. Why?
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..unless there was truth to them?
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Tales of amazons?
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No, Alexander, only common people believe these tales.
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..As they believe most anything.
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We are here precisely to educate ourselves
against such foolish passions.
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But if we are superior to the persians as you say,
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why do we not rule them?
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It is, it has always been our greek dream to go east.
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The east has a way of swallowing men and their dreams.
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Master, master...
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Yes?
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Master?
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Out with it, out with it.
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Why are the persians so cruel?
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That is not the subject for today, Nearchus.
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But it is true, the oriental races are known for their barbarity,
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and their slavish devotion to their senses,
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Excess in all things, is the undoing of men!
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That is why we Greeks are superior.
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We practice control of our senses,
moderation. We hope!
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And what of Achilles at Troy master? Was he not excessive?
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Achilles simply lacks restraint. He dominates
other men so completely,
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that even when he withdraws from battle, crazed with grief,
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..over his dead lover Patroclus, he seriously
endangers his own army!
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He is a deeply selfish man.
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Then would you say that the love between
Achilles and Patroclus is a corrupting one?
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When men lie together in lust, it is a
surrender to the passions,
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and does nothing for the excellence in us,