Hello and welcome to the Victor Davis Hansen show. Victor is an author, scholar, columnist,

essayist, political, cultural critic. He is currently working on his 27th book, obviously

2026 already completed. So that current book is the end of everything. And so we're expecting

it out hopefully next spring. So we've got a little ways to go. Victor's almost done with

a first draft of it. We have a lot on the agenda this Saturday. This is our Saturday

episode. So we do do things a little different often culturally. And today we're going to

start a chronology of looking at wars in history and the Persian War is the first thing

on deck. And we'll look at of course some news as well. But stick with us and we'll be right

back after these messages. Welcome back. Victor is the Martin E. Nile Anderson senior fellow

in military history and classics at the Hoover Institution and the Wayne and Marsha Busky

distinguished fellow in history at Hillsdale College. You can find Victor at his website,

victorhansson.com. The name of the website is the blade of Perseus. And Victor if I could

entertain you for one second. Exactly what is the meaning of the blade of Perseus? Just

for people maybe who haven't gone to it yet or are still wondering why the blade of Perseus.

Thank you. And in Greek mythology we always remember Medusa. And she was,

she's referred to by a proper name Medusa but she's also known as Gorgon and we know Gorgon

and English from it. So there were lots of Medusa and these were sort of females. Remember all the

hate to say it but all of the more venomous characters in Greek mythology whether it's

Cersei or Colipso or Medusa they tend to be female the more deadly of the species. And they have

these various venomous, dangerous deadly snakes in place of hair. And the idea is if you look

or gaze or stare into her eyes she has the ability to turn you in stone. And there's a word in

I guess anthropological lexicon that apotrall pay. It's a way of turning you away from something.

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