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Unknownc. 150 BCE
The Debate of the Three Guards — on whether wine, the king, or women are strongest (with truth ultimately winning) — became a popular text in medieval wisdom literature and a model for rhetorical contest narratives.
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Why It Matters
The Debate of the Three Guards — on whether wine, the king, or women are strongest (with truth ultimately winning) — became a popular text in medieval wisdom literature and a model for rhetorical contest narratives.