Quote of the day
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
John Pentland Mahaffy
Born: February 26, 1839
Died: April 30, 1919 (aged 80)
Bio: Sir John Pentland Mahaffy was an Irish classicist and polymathic scholar.
Known for:
- Greek Life and Thought (1887)
- Rambles & studies in Greece (1876)
- The empire of the Ptolemies (1893)
- A History of Classical Greek Literature (1880)
- Problems in Greek history (1892)