No, I have taken the Shakespeare, Sun Tzu and Confucius out. There's more than enough good, topical and contemporary sources: we have barely touched Greek drama (only a few quotes from Euripides), and there are the Hellenistic poets as well, which no-one has gotten to yet. And there's lots more in Polybius, and no-one has even touched Vergil yet (unbelievable!) My goal is at least 300 quotes, roughly 200 of which will be new for EB2.




Urbs antiqua fuit, Tyrii tenuere coloni, Karthago, Italiam contra Tiberinaque longe ostia , dives opum studiisque asperrima belli;

There was an ancient city, held by Tyre as a colony; Carthage, opposite from afar to Italy and the Tiber, it's door; rich, ruthless and eager in war.

P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid, 1.12