ΔΕΞΑΙ

What is ‘ΔΕΞΑΙ’? When in Greek class in school, we were reading Xenophon’s Anabasis. One of the illustrations on a page I was reading was of the spearheads found in the region being discussed in that section of the book. On these spearheads was engraved the word ΔΕΞΑΙ, which is an imperative meaning “Take this!”. While I have never had any natural interest in war, I was quite struck by the thread of humanity which manifested in this inscription and my connection to these people so many thousands of years ago. When I say humanity, I do not mean it as it is now used, as another way to say “kindness to others”. I mean it as being human, as in the nature you yourself have. I cannot say for sure what the mood of the soldiers was at that time, but I could see the humour of whichever flavour it happened to be.

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