Andrew Lang Quote

They need only adapt to the circumstances that old Lydian tradition which says that games of chance were invented during great famine. Men permitted themselves to eat only every second day, and tried to forget their hunger by playing at draughts and dice.


Lost Leaders - Winter Sports, Longman, Green & Company. 1889


They need only adapt to the circumstances that old Lydian tradition which says that games of chance were invented during great famine. Men permitted...

They need only adapt to the circumstances that old Lydian tradition which says that games of chance were invented during great famine. Men permitted...

They need only adapt to the circumstances that old Lydian tradition which says that games of chance were invented during great famine. Men permitted...

They need only adapt to the circumstances that old Lydian tradition which says that games of chance were invented during great famine. Men permitted...