Who would you go back in time to meet and why?

Question

I would love to have met Lady Diana. She seemed like such a strong person. Not to mention I would want to ask her some questions about the royal family.

I would also have liked to meet Sojourner Truth and hear about all of her struggles with the underground railroad.

Answer 1

I think I'd like to meet the Venerable Bede. Who you say? He was a 7th century monk in England, so things around him were probably pretty peaceful, and his greatest claim to fame was that he decided and determined the system of BC and AD. Of course he got it all wrong, but that is part of his charm. You see, he was working with Roman Numerals, and they have no zero, hence he had Jesus born in one A.D. Of course even that was wrong because now they have pretty much settled on the idea that Jesus was born in 3 B.C. But that adds to the thrill of it all. Finally, just to confuse us all, we've decided it isn't politically correct to establish time based on Jesus. What if you're from another religion and don't care when and where Jesus was born? So now they've made BCE and CE ... which means, the exact same thing as BC and AD ... and it all started with the Venerable Bede in England.

Answer 2

If i could go back and time and meet one person, it would have to be Achilles the Myrmidon, who fought with the greek army under the command of Agammenon. His mother was the immortal goddess Thetis, and his father the mortal Peleus. As is well known, his only weakness was his heel. When he was a child, he was dipped in the river Styx, in an attempt to make him immortal, and the only part of his body that did not touch the water was his heel. Perhaps it was fate then that allowed Paris to aim his arrows in that very place, therby killing the warrior percieved by so many as an immortal.

Achillies is so great a character simply because of the choice he was forced to make. He was warned that leaving his home and fighting alongside the Greeks at Troy would lead him to his doom. He was warned that in the final moments, as the Trojans were fleeing from the burning citadel, that at last he would be slain. But also was he warned that if he did not travel to Troy, his name would be forgotten. That none would remember him , save his children and their children. That the name of Achilles would pass out of all memory, and the small mark he had left on the world would mean nothing so many thousands of years later.

To Achilles, the choice was clear. He wished for nothing more than honor and glory, for immortality. He wished only to have his name not merely remembered by those who knew him, but to be ingrained in legend and history alike, for as long time herself should live on. I respect and honor him more than anyone else in all of history, becuase he knew his doom. He took it by the hands and danced with it so that he would be remembered. And it has payed off hasnt it?? Here we are three thousand years later, with his name still on our lips, and in our hearts. He gives us inspiration to do things in our lifetimes that will be worth remembrance, even our own legacies cannot withstand the ravages of time as easily as his had done.

Answer 3

Jesus, Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig, Abe Lincoln, Clayton Moore(The Lone Ranger, The Three Stooges, WC Fields.

Answer 4

I would want to meet Ted Williams, cause he is one of my heros and such an inspiration to so many people.
if you exclude sports players then I would say Hitler, just to try and understand one of the most intelligent, yet truly evil, people ever

Answer 5

I have time-travel fantasies about the Beatles a lot, i'd like to meet them as a group and watch them in the studio.

Answer 6

gosh I am such a history geek this should be easy for me..lol

I obviously would want to meet Jesus..

But I would love to meet someone as artistically talented as Michalengo..watching his sculpt a statue like "David".
It would even be cooler to actually pose for one of his works..
imagine coming back to your own time and seeing yourself as a masterpiece..lol

I would meet shakespeare as he is writting the first draft of romeo and juliet...

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Answer 7

I would want to go back and meet my parents when they were teenagers. I would also like to go back and meet Jesus, harriet tubman, the virgin mary oh, so many people I would love to meet.

Answer 8

I would have loved to meet God, Jesus Christ in flesh. I mean, hes God! He is the one that created me for goodness sake! I love him

Answer 9

Jesus. I would have loved to been there at the beginning ... to follow the man ... as well as the faith.