Great Books Ep 85. Euripides - Andromache. Misinformation and the Cost of False Accusations

False accusations can have devastating consequences. A good example from history is people accusing others of practicing witchcraft and influencing society to punish them.

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“No! if, as thy daughter asserts, I am practising sorcery against her and making her barren, right willingly will I, without any crouching at altars, submit in my own person to the penalty that lies in her husband’s hands”

~ ‘Andromache’ by Euripides (Edward P. Coleridge translation. GB5 - p. 318)

Brief Summary

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