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The Greek Mirror World News Riots and Riches A story of justice and penance By Judith Doane A stranger arrived in the city of Athens yesterday morning, and with him came stories of a land far away. He told of a land called Egypt, which lies just across the Mediterranean Sea, on a continent called Africa. He told elaborate stories of criminals and justice. We, the people of Greece, are unfamiliar to the justice systems of other faraway places and perhaps we could learn and grow by their example. In Egypt, men and women are considered equals. Even this sets us apart from their people. Men and women stand together as
equals in the country of Egypt. This is not the case in Greece. The Egyptians’ law is based on a The above picture shows an Egyptian execution scene as “common portrayed by an onlooker. sense” approach named Ammon and he was that encourages agreements said to have murdered the to be reached rather than guard at the entrance of the using a complicated set of tomb to the former emperor's laws. This is another tomb, robbed the tomb of its difference between the riches, and decapitated the Greeks and the Egyptians, as remains of the deceased we follow the laws that our ruler. This is a major crime in leaders set for us. Egyptian culture and would The stranger, named have a severe punishment. Seti, told of a man being tried And it did. for his crimes. This man was continued on page 2
Exclusive Interview with Aesop of Corinth The story of a Druid sacrifice By Sophie List Aesop of Corinth returned from Gaul a week ago. As he is one of the few people who has traveled to Gaul, he agreed to come to Athens to retell his experience of the Druid sacrifices. While Aesop was away, he experienced many other aspects of The Gauls religion. The
following paragraphs contain a graphic and disturbing account of a human sacrifice as recounted by Aesop, readers discretion is advised. continued on page 5