5. “Oderint dum metuant” (“Let them hate, as long as they fear”). Originally attributed to the tragic poet Lucius Accius (170–ca. 86 b.c.e.), it was a favorite expression of the Emperor Caligula. Minos, the mythic son of Zeus and Europa, and his wise brother Rhadamanthus sat in judgment over the souls of the underworld; Socrates evoked them on the eve of his death. See the final four paragraphs of Plato’s Apology.


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