Comments on: Manvotional: Report from the Attack on Thebes http://artofmanliness.com/2009/10/24/manvotional-report-from-the-attack-on-thebes/ Men's Interests and Lifestyle Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:04:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pete Miller http://artofmanliness.com/2009/10/24/manvotional-report-from-the-attack-on-thebes/comment-page-1/#comment-60670 Pete Miller Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:21:04 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=6706#comment-60670 This was very moving: one to send to my brothers. This was very moving: one to send to my brothers.

]]> By: Z. J. Kendall http://artofmanliness.com/2009/10/24/manvotional-report-from-the-attack-on-thebes/comment-page-1/#comment-55642 Z. J. Kendall Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:22:29 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=6706#comment-55642 Not bad content but I didn't care for it. I bet it reads better in the original Greek :P Not bad content but I didn’t care for it. I bet it reads better in the original Greek :P

]]> By: Isi http://artofmanliness.com/2009/10/24/manvotional-report-from-the-attack-on-thebes/comment-page-1/#comment-55613 Isi Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:07:54 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=6706#comment-55613 I am just starting to teach my boys what it is to be a man - assuming that i understand such myself. To read in plain simple terms what that means helps to inspire them to be men. Statements such as these go a long way: My word is my bond. Wise in deeds, not words. I am still not convinced that manliness can be taught outright - but time will tell. I am just starting to teach my boys what it is to be a man – assuming that i understand such myself. To read in plain simple terms what that means helps to inspire them to be men. Statements such as these go a long way:

My word is my bond.
Wise in deeds, not words.

I am still not convinced that manliness can be taught outright – but time will tell.

]]> By: Nik http://artofmanliness.com/2009/10/24/manvotional-report-from-the-attack-on-thebes/comment-page-1/#comment-55606 Nik Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:28:47 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=6706#comment-55606 What I found most admirable about the whole passage was the speaker's desire to praise his deserving friends who seemed to all be men who asked for no praise. Obviously the 7 all had very admirable qualities, but I think the messenger's heartfelt desire to express praise and appreciation is a virtue that is often overlooked and undervalued. What I found most admirable about the whole passage was the speaker’s desire to praise his deserving friends who seemed to all be men who asked for no praise. Obviously the 7 all had very admirable qualities, but I think the messenger’s heartfelt desire to express praise and appreciation is a virtue that is often overlooked and undervalued.

]]> By: Quinn http://artofmanliness.com/2009/10/24/manvotional-report-from-the-attack-on-thebes/comment-page-1/#comment-55493 Quinn Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:24:23 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=6706#comment-55493 An interesting passage, but colored by poetic interpretation. In Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes he ascribes the seven defenders of Thebes these qualities, while marking out the attackers as the greediest and most evil of men. I wonder what that says about the interpretation of manliness even in Euripedes' days? An interesting passage, but colored by poetic interpretation. In Aeschylus’ Seven Against Thebes he ascribes the seven defenders of Thebes these qualities, while marking out the attackers as the greediest and most evil of men. I wonder what that says about the interpretation of manliness even in Euripedes’ days?

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