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1 day ago · The fragmentation of Greece into independent city-states, such as Athens, Sparta, and Thebes, played a significant role in its eventual downfall. Greece was not a unified nation until 337 BC under Philip of Macedonia, and this unity disintegrated after the death of his son, Alexander the Great. Alexander’s expansive conquests left Greece ...
3 hours ago · 2) The Dead Sea Scrolls: Shapira's Secret. The Dead Sea Scrolls represent some of the most intriguing ancient manuscripts ever discovered. Found near the Qumran Caves in 1947, these texts have fascinated scholars and the general public alike. They provide significant insights into Jewish life and beliefs during the Second Temple period.
3 hours ago · In a corollary development, the 19th-century penchant for anthological or serial epics (Morris’s bestselling Earthly Paradise, 1868) made way for 20th-century readers’ willingness to hail as epic a work structured by additive compound affinity rather than plotted through-line (the Metamorphoses, Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales). 19 Parry’s South Slavic scholarship bid fair to dismantle the very hexameters of Homer, and yet in a way that permitted theoretic reconstruction of a Homeric ...
1 day ago · The British Empire (red) and Mongol Empire (blue) were the largest and second-largest empires in history, respectively. The precise extent of the Mongol Empire at its greatest territorial expansion is a matter of debate among scholars. Several empires in human history have been contenders for the largest of all time, depending on definition and ...
3 hours ago · Ovid’s tale about the Cercopes is particularly resonant for an actor, and would have been widely known after Golding’s 1567 translation of Metamorphoses. Footnote 79 Jupiter lost his temper with these ‘people slye’ because of their ‘leawdness and guylefull dealing’ and because they had been using the power of speech—confined, of course, to humans—for ‘wilfull perjurye’ (ll. 108–9).
3 hours ago · The Aztec civilization, known for its rich culture and complex mythology, had a pantheon of deities representing various aspects of life and nature. One of the most interesting and enigmatic figures in the Aztec mythology is Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, the god of the morning star, also known as Venus. His name, meaning "He Who Makes the Dawn to ...
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3 hours ago · Garta tuned in. She told him of the Flights, and the victory and fellowship now established for the first time since the dark betrayals of Neltharion. Even Bronze and Infinite, it seemed, were mending timeless wounds. A long swig of ale, and something stirred deep inside Garta. “But now, whispers of Void, and an ancient enemy.”.
