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From: "Steven K Ross" <skross@lsu.edu>
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Subject: Re: Oliver Stone, Thucydidean
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 09:51:44 -0500
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Elizabeth Vandiver wrote:

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<<Oliver Stone's statement about his reason for making "Platoon":

"As Thucydides said, I wanted to record that there was a time when
people did these things. I did not want this to be forgotten."

I wonder how he justifies "JFK" ...>>

And *I* wonder how he justifies mixing up Thucydides and Herodotus like
that!

Steve Ross
LSU



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