Eleutheria: Freedom “Hanson daringly brings the facts to life and unearths the often surprising ways in which the past informs the present.” Western Civilization’s basic social norms and values traced back to Ancient Greece, were ultimately threatened by the overwhelming numbers and wrath of the Persian army. The Persians were distinctly divergent from the Ancient Greeks in the sense that their culture did not agree with the concepts of Western Civilization. An interesting fact talked about by Victor David Hanson in an interview by Hoover Institution was, the Persian language it self did not even contain a word or phrase that meant freedom. This spoke to me on behalf of the Persian Culture, and infers that, that way of life is one neither
