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Iliad, Book 13 Book 13 of the Iliad describes a crucial battle for the ships. It starts with the following lines: But once Zeus had driven...

Herodotus & Anacharsis The famous Greek historian Herodotus is the earliest author who mentioned Anacharsis. Here is what the Father of History wrote around 450...

https://youtu.be/Q2IFGWQJrrs Achilleid of Statius Achilleid is an unfinished epic poem by Publius Papinius Statius that was intended to present the life of Achilles from his youth...

https://youtu.be/GgNPqrBVy8U Side Tomb In May of 1971, archaeologists began clearing the Side Tomb of the Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan, which reached a depth of 6.2 m. It...

“There is Shakespeare for literature, Karinska for costumes!” (George Balanchine) "When George Balanchine was asked by the Ford Foundation in 1963 what was the thing...

“The Rus, who belong to the Slavic race, go from the most remote regions of the country of the Slavs, on the coasts of...

"The picture of Russian manners varies little with reference to the prince or the peasant. The first nobleman in the empire, when dismissed by...

"This is the first time that somebody who grew up on this town and played minor hockey in this town has come back to...

"Since March, MassChallenge’s world-class network of investors, serial entrepreneurs, corporate executives, academics, and more have evaluated applications based on each startup’s ability to demonstrate...

"When he was fifteen years old, in 1030, Harald fought in the Battle of Stiklestad together with his half-brother Olaf Haraldsson (later Saint Olaf). Olaf sought to reclaim...

Vera Rich (born Faith Elizabeth Rich, 24 April 1936 – 20 December 2009) was a British poet, journalist, historian, and translator from Belarusian and Ukrainian. English speakers interested in...

"The Simpsons” is the best satire of contemporary American culture. For those interested in Mennonites involved in mass culture, it is also a case...

In Buddhism, the Dharma Chakra is widely used to represent the Buddha's Dharma (Buddha's teaching and the universal moral order), Gautama Buddha himself, and...

“We have to get something. We can’t continue to pay this money,” U.S. president said as quoted by Politico in Trump demands $500B in...

"The Kremlin is not like any other palace, it is a city in itself; a city that forms the ioot of Moscow, and that...

Paul of Aleppo (1627 - 1669) was a Syrian archdeacon, traveler, and writer. He accompanied his father, Patriarch Makarios III of Antioch, on a journey from Aleppo...

After the Bolshevik Coup of 1917, the Russian Orthodox church was forbidden and many cathedrals were ruined. But for some reason, almost a quarter...

Merab Dvalishvili has been a supporter of Ukraine for some time already. After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Merab made a statement...