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Robert Graves' poem imagining how the Persians would have spun the defeat at Marathon was quoted, with lines including 'truth-loving Persians do not dwell upon the trivial skirmish fought near Marathon.'

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Tom Holland quotes Walter Burkert's book on the lasting influence of Plato on theology: 'Since Plato, there has been no theology which has not stood in his shadow.'

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Referenced in the Empire podcast clip at the end, where the author mentions 'a wonderful account in my book' of Pepys buying nutmeg on the docks in a backhanded deal.