Sunday, September 1, 2019
The most interesting character in the Matyszak chapters
Although in the Matyszak chapters characters with interesting stories like, Brutus, Cleopatra, Cicero, and Antony are mentioned, I think Julius Caesar is still the most interesting character. He served with military distinction in Romes army. At one point when he was returning to Asia he was captured by pirates, when he was free he tracked down his captors and crucified them. In 73 he regained his priestly honors. He had the power to rearrange the calendar and named a month after him, I feel like that alone makes him the most interesting character. Something that really surprised me was that Caesar was accused of having a homosexual relationship with king Nicomedes of Bythynia. Lastly I think it's interesting how he manged to accomplish so much and gain so much power without having a father figure to guide him or some one to look up to since his father died when he was young.
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The little song about Caesar's alleged relationship with king Nicomedes is the kind of irreverent song that the soldiers marching in a general's triumph would sing about him, as a way to keep the envy of the gods from their beloved general. So I am not sure how much we can trust the evidence of that song. What's true is that Caesar was very attractive, that he had lots of love affairs, that he served at King Nicomedes' court, and that Greeks like Nicomedes did practice pederasty. ;-)
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