Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Dionysius of Halicarnassus

Born: 60 BC
Bio: Dionysius of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Caesar Augustus. His literary style was Atticistic imitating Classical Attic Greek in its prime.
Known for:
- The critical essays
- On Thucydides
- La composición literaria