The Xenophile Historian

Figure 29: Spartan warriors.

Figure 30: Solon.

Figure 31: The battle of Thermopylae.

Figure 32: Pericles.

Figure 33: Colossus of Zeus in the Temple of Olympia, one of the "seven wonders of the ancient world."

Figure 34: Homer.

Figure 35: Socrates.

Figure 36: Closeup of the painting "School of Athens" by Raphael. Plato holds one finger up to symbolize his interest in spiritual matters, while Aristotle spreads his hand to show that he would rather talk about things of this world.

Figure 37: Relief from the Arch of Titus in Rome, showing the Romans carrying away a menorah, trumpets, and other treasures of the Second Temple.

Figure 38: Theodore Herzl.

Figure 39: David Ben-Gurion.

Figure 40: Moshe Dayan peeks out of a bunker on the Golan Heights, 1973.

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