I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.' It doesn't mean the hippo will eat you, it means the person really wanted his tomb to be protected.
I think that songwriting changed when groups started spending more time in the studio.
Archimedes will be remembered when Aeschylus is forgotten, because languages die and mathematical ideas do not.