No Money in the Arts: A Visit from Pericles
Sadly, there must not be enough money in Arts and Literature these days.
A short time ago, Pericles visited my blog and left a comment.
As my astute readers are no doubt aware, Pericles was once an Athenian general and statesman during Athens’ Golden Age. He promoted the arts and literature, making Athens a cultural center of the ancient world. (His political challenges are not all together different from the stuff that goes on today.)
Sadly, however, Pericles has fallen on tough times. In addition to being dead, he is apparently struggling to make ends meet, and is now something of a used car salesman.
His comment on my blog was nothing more than spam for half a dozen car sites. I don’t know what they were selling; I didn’t look that closely.
Poor Pericles. I had to delete his comment, but I am hopeful that he will find a more honorable way to make a living in the future.
Apparently, things are no better for Hippocrates, who just visited my blog a short time ago and tried to post a comment with a list of links to car sites. One must pity these poor, ancient Greeks.