{"id":34734,"date":"2019-11-11T11:36:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=34734"},"modified":"2019-11-11T11:36:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T16:36:08","slug":"november-11-2019-look-him-up-oh-its-under-so-crates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=34734","title":{"rendered":"November 11, 2019 &#8211; &#8220;Look him up&#8230; oh, it&#8217;s under So-Crates.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>All we are is dust in the wind, dude. &#8212; Ted &#8220;Theodore&#8221; Logan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When traveling through time in a phone booth on a most excellent adventure, Bill and Ted collect historical figures for a final exam History presentation; the first one they encounter is Socrates. Not sure what to do, Bill advises Ted to &#8220;philosophize with him.&#8221; And Ted does.<\/p>\n<p>While I love Bill and Ted, my favorite comedy sketch about Socrates is from Steve Martin&#8217;s &#8220;Comedy Is Not Pretty&#8221; special from 1980. There are copies of it floating around YouTube in subpar quality&#8230; but even in degraded imagery format, the words and comedy shine brightly.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RVc8jwYexjE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I was therefore looking forward to seeing more about Socrates here in Greece&#8230; and while I missed out on various odds and ends, I did finally see the Prison of Socrates, a cave jail that purported held the master philosopher.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_145535.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34744\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_145535-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_145535-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_145535-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_145535-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_145535-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_145535-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_145535.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_150428.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34745\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_150428-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_150428-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_150428-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_150428-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_150428-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_150428-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_150428.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also saw a shoemaker&#8217;s stall in the Agora, the sprawling marketplace &#8220;shopping mall&#8221; of the 2nd Century BC into the Roman era of 4th Century AD. Socrates loved the cobbler and would stroll by to chat with him often&#8230; and this cobbler was the only contemporary who wrote down what Socrates said in the moment. The only other writings of his thoughts comes from Aristotle collecting his teacher&#8217;s wisdom after Socrates drank the Hemlock. This cobbler&#8217;s name was Simon&#8230; and I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s the derivation of &#8220;Simon Says&#8221; but I WANT to believe that it is.<\/p>\n<p>One other note on the agora &#8212; because it was a hustling, bustling mega-crowded area, there were people who avoided the marketplace. That&#8217;s where we get the term &#8220;agoraphobia&#8221; from &#8212; folks who were &#8220;afraid&#8221; of the &#8220;marketplace.&#8221; Hashtag &#8211; word etymology.<\/p>\n<p>There will be backfilled stories here later but in the meantime, suffice to say this was the part of the tour that involved excessively long &#8220;shopping opportunities.&#8221; Inevitably all tours seem to have this stretch of time &#8212; and I know some people really want to get souvenirs and the like but it always seems to take forever. Maybe I&#8217;m just agoraphobic.<\/p>\n<p>I did break down and buy a custom marathon shirt where they&#8217;d let you put your name in Greek on the back.\u00a0 I got overcharged I&#8217;m pretty sure but when in Greece&#8230; at least they were nice about overcharging.\u00a0 In any case, after much gesticulation and back and forth, I was able to get them to write out in Greek &#8220;Run Kevin Run.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_173757.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34747\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_173757-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_173757-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_173757-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_173757-660x880.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_173757-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_173757.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_173805.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34748\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_173805-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_173805-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_173805-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_173805-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_173805-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_173805-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191111_173805.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Having completed my shopping in about 10 minutes, I had about 3 and a half hours to kill.\u00a0 On the plus side, because we were in central Athens, I was able to wander about and see some touristy stuff I had missed or only seen from the bus window. That&#8217;s how I got to see Socrates&#8217;s prison. And that&#8217;s how I got to see the changing of the guard at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier. It being Veteran&#8217;s Day, I appreciated the place&#8230; and while I know it&#8217;s a serious and somber thing, the marching style of the guards can only be described as a slow motion &#8220;Ministry of Silly Walks&#8221; comedy sketch. Here&#8217;s a time lapse video&#8230; and even in &#8220;fast motion&#8221; there are long stretches that seemingly are still. Go figure.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mAcFkK5KrUY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All we are is dust in the wind, dude. &#8212; Ted &#8220;Theodore&#8221; Logan. 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