More Bad Days in History by Michael Farquhar

Author:Michael Farquhar [Farquhar, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Disney Book Group
Published: 2021-06-04T00:00:00+00:00

In this fame-obsessed Instagram era, let’s not forget that human beings have always been willing to do just about anything for notoriety—from serial killing to simply being a Kardashian. Indeed, there’s a fancy name for such desperate attention-seeking, no matter the means: herostratus, lent by the ancient Greek arsonist who, on July 21, 356 B.C., deliberately set fire to the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Herostratus paid with his life for this incendiary moment in the spotlight. But no doubt having his name repeated here—nearly 24 centuries later—made it all worthwhile.

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