Reading The Ship Or The Wishes | Alexandria
Read The Ship Or The Wishes by Lucian. Discovering how ancient satire exposed humanity's greed, Lucian's "The Ship or The Wishes" reveals the timeless absurdity of excess through a story of sailors dreaming up increasingly outrageous wealth. Its surprising twist? True contentment comes not from limitless riches but from abandoning the pursuit entirely - a radical notion that challenged Rome's materialism and still confronts our consumer culture.