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The Birds - by Aristophanes

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has violated our ancient laws; he has broken the oaths that bind all birds; he has laid a snare for me, he has handed us over to the attacks of that impious race which, throughout

Times and Seasons Volume 4, Number 13

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as Balaam's charger. An ancient poet endeavors to explain it, and says, "All men are mad, in spite of all finesse, Madness differs but in more or less." Indeed, Sir, I think there

Abridged History of Rome - PART I - X - A CENTURY OF TURMOIL

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January 2024.   - Ancient Rome   (left to right: Emperor Marcus Aurelius , Pope Innocent III and Pope Sixtus IV ) X - A Century of Turmoil In this page: Commodus Se
The abridged history of Rome in 32 pages: Chapter X - A Century of Turmoil

Etruscan and Roman Arezzo

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representative of the ancient Arretium or Aretium, a venerable city of Etruria, and one of the Twelve of the Confederation. (..) Of the origin of Arretium we have no record. The e
A description of Etruscan and Roman memories at Arezzo in Tuscany, north of Rome

James Halliwell (ed): William Baldwin 'Beware the cat' (1570, reproduced 1864 from a transcription)

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elders, that is to ay, ancient men of the citie, which among them builded it, as bi hops did Bi hops’ Gate, or els of elder tre s which be chaunce as they doe in the gardine
William Baldwin's 'Beware the Cat', 1570. This version, of what is now considered the first English novel, was the first modern republication by James Halliwell from an existing

Can Environmentalist Escape Philosophy?

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These universal and ancient concerns include an attempt to find order and harmony in nature, a design and purpose for this natural order, and the role of humanity in nature. . . E

Chapter 13 of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire

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that of the Danube, the ancient camps, towns, and citadels were diligently re-established, and, in the most exposed places, new ones were skilfully constructed; the strictest vigi
Chapter 13 of 'The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire'; - The reign of Diocletian and his three associates, Maximian, Galerius, and Constantius.

Mankind's Downward Spiral

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the images of the ancient Greek and Roman world. These, of course, are merely symbols of ideas that men worship, and we still have such images today. But these images invalidate G

Julius Caesar: Historical Background

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with Marius and the ancient nobility of his family, descended from the first kings on his mother's side and from the gods on his father's (revealing a notable talent for self-dram

Myths & Legends of China

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assumptions that the ancient Chinese ideograms include representations of tropical animals and plants; that the oldest and purest forms of the language are found in the south; and

Latter Day Pamphlets,  No. 7 - Hudson's Statue

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come again, and the ancient mud-gods have dominion! The Ne-plus-ultra of Statue-building was within sight; but it was not attained, it was to be forever unattainable. If the world

E.S. Drower: Peacock Angel, Part 2.

https://www.avesta.org/yezidi/peacock2.htm

olive-oil lamp, of the ancient shape, sending its thread of yellow flame upwards to illumine the gloom and add to the perfume of sanctity. A schoolmaster followed us in and volunt
Drower's memoirs on visiting the Yezidis.


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