Why Would Alcibiades Destroy The Hermes?

[lynbrown]

Why would he do that, as he surely needed the goodwill of the Athens people before he sailed to war?

[Peter Pedant]

herms my love herms

I just checked to see if this were your prep

Didnt A and the young men of Athens mutilate the Herms - because they could ?
That is they were not too worried about the good will bit ?

I dont think they destroyed them - if you look at a Herm, (in a museum that is) they knocked off the well, you know, Cardinal O'Brien bit.

[lynbrown]

Prep? Im not at school. Also, I dont like your reference to Cardinal O'Brien, so please dont reply to my query again.

[Mosaic]

Penis envy.
Can I be banned from your thread too?
Cos I think the likes of O'brien should have been hermed before they harmed anyone else.

[atalanta]

Does that suggest that Alkibiades was the founder of the Bullingdon Club ?

[craft1948]

Are these serious answers?

[shoota]

http://www.myartprints.co.uk/a/greek/herm.html

[shoota]

No wonder he's smiling - he escaped destruction....