ancient philosophy, which is really woven into a tight and beautiful wreath. Truly, it is a laurel one, but it is also a thorns crown of ancient Hellas, for the path to truth is always torn through thorns. The fate of the wise man is woven into his philosophy, and this fate is usually so difficult, the mocked Geraklit wanders in the mountains and it is not known where and how he dies.

The captive Zeno of Elea bites off his tongue and spits it to the tyrant face, now he can no longer say anything to him.

Democritus blinds himself so that his vision does not interfere with his inner speculation.

On the night before his execution, Socrates refuses to escape and calmly takes death in the morning.

Slandered, Boethius, whiletest against a side that defended deep was passed comfortably.

"They are an intelligent group of men and they kept probing the opposition and looking for gaps, to that end they kept their composure and found small little chinks of light along the way," reflected Dublin's manager Jim Gavin.

Monaghan played with just three players in advanced positions. The rest dropped deep and sought to make up the ground when the counter-attack presented itself. In Croke Park it is such a difficult tactic to deploy successfully.

But it was worth trying and for 22 minutes it worked with Dublin frustrated into snatched shots. It took 11 minutes for the champions to add a second point to their first in the opening minute. When have they gone as long without score?

Throughout that