![]() ![]() ![]() Because each year the playwrights were given one theme or topic, Aristotle was able to make comparisons and seek general principles of good playwriting without the distraction of different subjects. Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, sat in the audience and observed. Judges watched the plays from the front row of the theatre, and on the final day chose the winners. (Satyr plays were in the light, burlesque style, and usually contained themes of drinking and overt sexuality). ![]() Three playwrights performed three tragedies and one satyr play each – one set of plays per day – in the theatre of Dionysus. Three days of the festival were devoted to the performance of tragic plays. The Dionysia was a religious festival held once a year in ancient Athens to honour the god Dionysus. ![]()
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No one's afterlife is as dispiriting as Audrey's-at least that's what she believes after waking up dead without her memories and being promptly assigned to hunt demons for the rest of eternity.She's convinced there's been a cosmic mistake after all, she'd rather discuss the color of her nails than break them on angelic weapons. ![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, it is very likely that some will.Ĭonsider for example a cohort of 10,000 investors who, for the sake of argument, are relatively incompetent: each year they only have a 45% chance of being profitable. Unfortunately, the inherent randomness of stock markets means that, just like millions of monkeys hammering on typewriters for long enough can eventually produce Shakespeare, so can unskilled investors produce great track records. ![]() In some professions, one simply cannot succeed without skills: A plumber or a dentist is extremely unlikely to have a long career without knowing what he’s doing. ![]() Nowhere is this discrepancy more evident than in the stock market, where “capable investor” should usually be substituted with “lucky idiot”. We use terms like “skills”, and “determinism” when “luck” and “randomness” are called for. We are all frequently fooled by randomness, meaning that we underestimate the impact of luck and random events on our lives. ![]() ![]() Siege and Storm is the second book in The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo. Somehow, she will have to choose between her country, her power, and the love she always thought would guide her–or risk losing everything to the oncoming storm. But as her power grows, Alina slips deeper into the Darkling’s game of forbidden magic, and farther away from Mal. With the help of a notorious privateer, Alina returns to the country she abandoned, determined to fight the forces gathering against Ravka. The Darkling has emerged from the Shadow Fold with a terrifying new power and a dangerous plan that will test the very boundaries of the natural world. But she can’t outrun her past or her destiny for long. ![]() ![]() Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, all while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. The second book in The Grisha Trilogy by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Six of Crows. ![]() |