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"And now I give her my life” - The death of Lord Byron and the birth of Modern Greece
Iowa City Press-Citizen via Yahoo News· 2 months agoOn April 19, 2024, mournful Greece will commemorate the bicentennial of the death of her dazzling...
What Greek myth tells us about modern witchcraft
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFear about women's power was an essential part of ancient anxiety about witchcraft. Vinicius Rafael / EyeEm via Getty ImagesLiving on the North Shore in...
Love may be timeless, but the way we talk about it isn’t − the ancient Greeks’ ideas about desire...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoConventional stereotypes about romance portray it as a passionate, irrational game. Ancient...
UI library gets rare first edition of Plato’s works
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 4 months agoURBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — The University of Illinois’ Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML) has purchased a “mint condition” first edition of the works of...
Emily Wilson Wants to Make You Cry
Esquire via AOL· 8 months agoEmily Wilson Wants to Make You CrySarah Kim Few names loom larger over literature than Homer. The great blind bard was purported to have lived some 2,700...
Can these 1,800-year-old-wellness tips help you live better?
The Guardian via Yahoo News· 3 months agoI needed to determine my balance of the four humors – four bodily fluids that Galen saw as key to...
How to Spend One Perfect Day in Athens
Travel+Leisure via Yahoo News· 12 months agoWhat to see and do, and where to stay, in Greece's capital city. Gautier Houba/Travel + Leisure Ready to explore all the best sights, hotels, and dining...
The ultimate guide to the Cultural Olympiad and what to expect for Paris 2024
Euronews via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoBaron Pierre de Coubertin may have stood at a modest 5'3", but his impact on the 20th century was...
Mothers' lives in ancient Greece were not easy – but celebrations of their love have survived across...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn ancient Greek relief depicting a baby with its mother and grandmother. David Lees/Corbis/VCG via...
One man tackles the entirety of classical poetry – and triumphs
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe heart of the reviewer can sink upon receiving a doorstop titled something like The Penguin Book...
