DEAR SOPHIA,

I AM VERY PROUD OF EVERYTHING YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. NAMING YOUR CAT APOLLO TELLS ME YOU HAVE REALLY ABSORBED A LOT OF OUR CULTURE. APOLLO WAS THE GUARDIAN OF TROY, APOLLO ALSO FIGURES VERY PROMINENTLY IN ROME, EGYPT, GREECE AND WHEN CONSTANTINE FOUNDED THE NEW ROMAN EMPIRE HE CAST HIMSELF IN THE IMAGE OF APOLLO, MARKING FULL CIRCLE THE RETURN OF THE GREEK TROJANS BACK TO ASIA MINOR. OUR CULTURE AND OUR HISTORY IS VERIFIABLY ROOTED FOR OVER 3,500 YEARS AS HELLENISTIC AND HAVING INFLUENCED ALL OF CIVILIZATION TO THE PRESENT. IN SHORT, IN 1200 BC, WHEN THE TROJANS WERE DEFEATED IN TROY, THEY WERE THE MIGRATION OF HELLENES FROM ASIA MINOR ALL THE WAY WEST ENCOMPASSING UP TO SPAIN, LIBYA, ITALY, FRANCE, EGYPT AND YES, EVEN SICILY. THIS EVENT IRREVERSIBLY TRANSFORMED THE WORLD AND CONTINUES TO REVERBERATE TO THIS DAY. THERE IS NO INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL EVENT THAT IS HAPPENING THAT CANNOT BE TRACED BACK TO THE TROJAN WAR.

I URGE YOU TO READ THE FOLLOWING BOOKS SINCE YOU ARE ABSORBING EVERYTHING. “THE NEW ROMAN EMPIRE” BY ANTHONY KALDELLIS; “A HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE” – BOTH VOLUMES BY H.H SCULLARD; “POLYBIUS, A HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE” WITH EMPHASIS ON WHAT IS CALLED BOOK 6 BUT IS REALLY CHAPTER 6; ALSO “THE GREEK MYTHS BY ROBERT GRAVES.” THESE BOOKS WILL FILL IN ALMOST EVERY DETAIL IMAGINABLE. I WOULD ALSO URGE YOU TO WATCH THE TV SERIES, “I, CLAUDIUS.” YOU WILL BE AMAZED.

I WILL GUIDE YOU AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE UNTIL THIS DETOUR OF MY LIFE IS OVER AND I LOVE YOU UNCONDITIONALLY. STAY CLOSE TO THE CHURCH. STAY CLOSE TO OUR CULTURE AND OUR HERITAGE AND THOSE VALUES WILL GUIDE YOU SAFELY THROUGH ALL TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT WE UNDOUBTABLY ALL FACE.

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LOVE,

DAD