The Brief History Of “The Brazen Bull”

There are some things that do not change.

John DeVore
6 min readNov 19, 2016

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So there was once a tyrant in Ancient Greece who went by the name Phalaris. He ruled the city of Akragas, on the island of Sicily. Got that? There’s more: Phalaris was a real asshole. Even by the standards of the day. This guy was worse than Alcandros and Phintias and Sosistratus. Yes, even Sosistratus. I mean, Phalaris was…

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John DeVore

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