Page 13 - Horley Carnival Programme 2019

Moments in History
Here’s a collection of di erent moments in history, some of which you may have heard of and some other more unusual ones...
Diogenes was an ancient Greek philosopher who believed people should live as simply as possible. He lived in a barrel in the middle of a market of Athens and, when asked by Alexander the Great if he wanted anything, Diogenes said, “Yes. Get out of my sunlight.”
The NHS was introduced in 1948; it was a hugely ambitious plan to bring good healthcare to all. For the first time, hospitals, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, opticians and dentists were brought together under one umbrella organisation to provide services that are free for all at the point of delivery.
Said the wrong thing? At least no one will remember it thousands of years from now - unlike poor Hegelochus, an Ancient Greek actor, whose mispronunciation of one word means he’s still remembered today. While performing the play Orestes he was supposed to say, “after the storm I see again a calm sea,” but instead he said, “after
Hippocrates, a Greek physician now known as the The Father of Western Medicine, would diagnose his patients by tasting their pus, earwax and urine.
the storm I see again a weasel”. His mistake was ridiculed in so many other plays that his name has survived through history!
The Roman Emperor Caligula once tried to invade Britain, then changed his mind, declared war on the sea instead and made his soldiers collect seashells from the beach as trophies of war.
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” L.P. Hartley, The Go-Between
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