He was in exile in Athens, and did not have much money if any while in exile. I don’t remember him ever marrying, but he was definitely not rich when he lived in the jar.
One of his nicknames was “the dog” which was supposed to be derogatory, but he took it as a compliment because he thought dogs basically had it figured out - they spend all their time socializing or napping, eat whatever they can scrounge up, and generally seem pretty chill with it all.
Wasn’t his wife bringing him food and drink regularly and occasionally go “you know you can come home anytime, right?”.
Maybe I’m hallucinating. It’s been a long time since I studied Greek history…
He was in exile in Athens, and did not have much money if any while in exile. I don’t remember him ever marrying, but he was definitely not rich when he lived in the jar.
Was curious about this jar because I was imagining a glass jar lol. I looked it up and a few portrayals show him hanging with dogs too
One of his nicknames was “the dog” which was supposed to be derogatory, but he took it as a compliment because he thought dogs basically had it figured out - they spend all their time socializing or napping, eat whatever they can scrounge up, and generally seem pretty chill with it all.
That makes much more sense than the “ship in a bottle” situation I was imagining