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but artistic representations show
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that this is not how hoplites fought."
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I would say that the crux,
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the kernel of the critique,
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a lot of things you can argue about--
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The kernel of the critique lies in this assertion
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which derives its force from an interpretation
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of pictures on pottery.
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You can see I'm not too friendly to that interpretation,
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but it is being taken very, very seriously.
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So seriously, you fortunate Yalies,
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that they will be here on April 9 and 10 of 2008,