tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post8532422957270055470..comments2023-04-18T00:44:59.351+10:00Comments on A dead man fell from the sky...: Pictures of drunk Greeks!Gary Corbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-14315737990261602952011-05-11T08:46:14.725+10:002011-05-11T08:46:14.725+10:00Hi Ladies,
In order to have paparazzi, one must f...Hi Ladies,<br /><br />In order to have paparazzi, one must first have paper. They imported papyrus from Egypt but it was expensive stuff so I doubt anything like a newspaper existed. <br /><br />The Romans did though! They had a rag (if you can call something chiseled in stone a rag) called the Acta Diurna. Which would translate colloquially as The Daily News. For all I know, Acta Diurna might count as the world's first newspaper.Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-86129864638947667912011-05-11T06:12:37.880+10:002011-05-11T06:12:37.880+10:00Thank you!
I'll bet Samuel Johnson would have...Thank you!<br /><br />I'll bet Samuel Johnson would have loved to have been allowed to do the same to Boswell, though for different reasons.Sarah Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13265589529909793312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-73508344203886097782011-05-11T05:08:00.592+10:002011-05-11T05:08:00.592+10:00Thanks for the shout-out, Gary. And you're rig...Thanks for the shout-out, Gary. And you're right--I can't WAIT to see what you come up with next!<br /> <br />RE: Sarah W's question--don't know about paparazzi, but they did have their own publicity people. Alexander the Great traveled with a guy named Callisthenes whose job was to make Alex look good to the Macedonians and other Greeks back home. And when poor Cal stopped spinning the PR in a way that Alex liked, he paid for it--with his life. And they say PR work is lightweight! ;-)Vicky Alvear Shecterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570828339389206203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-4389617900176493342011-05-11T00:00:45.557+10:002011-05-11T00:00:45.557+10:00So, did the ancient Greeks have paparazzi, too?So, did the ancient Greeks have paparazzi, too?Sarah Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13265589529909793312noreply@blogger.com