Re: battles and, well, the rest of that stuff

What are the figures for frogs and mice?

feliciter.

On Fri, Feb 15, 2019, 02:20 DANIEL P. Tompkins <[email protected]> wrote:

> Someone just announced pub of yet another book on ancient battles. These
> were clearly meaningful events!  But so many books! (And how many say new
> and meaningful things?)
>
> Going to JSTOR and searching the "classical studies" category from 2010
> reveals what might be called an imbalance.  Others may disagree. But
> findings are below.
>
> Best,
>
> Dan
>
> 1532 battle refs
> 1128 food
> 1086 sex
> 499 agriculture
> 349 disease
> 240 elections
>
> What's the proper proportion?  What's more important?  On other hand:
>
>
> 2345 women
> 1564 water
>
> From a quick glance, I'd say "water" gets the best titles.
>