Re: battles and, well, the rest of that stuff
"DANIEL P. Tompkins" <[email protected]>
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Frog: 41 Mice, Mouse: 47, 51, likely some overlap On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 8:25 PM Lorenzo Smerillo <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > >