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Orestes Pursued by the Furies by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1862) (Public Domain) — 01 May 2020

Aristophanes and Euripides: The Comedy and Tragedy of Fifth Century BC Greek Women

By MartiniF

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Euripides (circa 480 – 406 BC) was the last of the three great tragedians of Classical Greece - the other two being Aeschylus, the ‘Father of Tragedy’ who, among many others wrote Agamemnon (458 BC) and Seven Against Thebes (467 BC), and...
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Orestes Pursued by the Furies by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1862) (Public Domain) — 01 May 2020

Aristophanes and Euripides: The Comedy and Tragedy of Fifth Century BC Greek Women

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Euripides (circa 480 – 406 BC) was the last of the three great tragedians of Classical Greece - the other two being Aeschylus, the ‘Father of Tragedy’ who, among many others wrote Agamemnon (458 BC) and Seven Against Thebes (467 BC), and...
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The mechanics of a Germanic thing drawn after the relief on the Column of Marcus Aurelius (193 AD) (Public Domain) — 29 Apr 2020

Things: Old Viking Parliaments, Courts And Community Assemblies

By ashley cowie

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Ancient governmental terminology such as monarchy, oligarchy and democracy have been used for more than 2,000 years and have Greek and Roman origin, but in Early Germanic societies, right up to the Vikings of modern Scandinavia and Britain, the...
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The mechanics of a Germanic thing drawn after the relief on the Column of Marcus Aurelius (193 AD) (Public Domain) — 29 Apr 2020

Things: Old Viking Parliaments, Courts And Community Assemblies

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Ancient governmental terminology such as monarchy, oligarchy and democracy have been used for more than 2,000 years and have Greek and Roman origin, but in Early Germanic societies, right up to the Vikings of modern Scandinavia and Britain, the...
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The Family of Henry VIII: An Allegory of the Tudor Succession by Lucas de Heere (1572) National Museum Cardiff (Public Domain) — 27 Apr 2020

History Repeats Itself On The Television Screen

By ashley cowie

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Even if school’s history class was a bit of a drudge, historical movies and television series delivered the same old stories with much more passion and intrigue than tweed wearing professors. Television series and films are not only massively...
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The Family of Henry VIII: An Allegory of the Tudor Succession by Lucas de Heere (1572) National Museum Cardiff (Public Domain) — 27 Apr 2020

History Repeats Itself On The Television Screen

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Even if school’s history class was a bit of a drudge, historical movies and television series delivered the same old stories with much more passion and intrigue than tweed wearing professors. Television series and films are not only massively...
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Depiction of Rasputin in the Basement of the Jusupov Palace on the Moika in St. Petersburg. (Allan Fetherolf / adobe stock) — 24 Apr 2020

Rasputin: The Rise And Fall Of The Charismatic Thaumaturge

By Alessandra Filiaci

History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure

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Gregory Efimovich Rasputin was a country man with course manners and an immoderate passion for women and wine, a charismatic personality, a mystic with healing abilities and the scapegoat for the Russian empire. He is a legend. He was born in...
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Depiction of Rasputin in the Basement of the Jusupov Palace on the Moika in St. Petersburg. (Allan Fetherolf / adobe stock) — 24 Apr 2020

Rasputin: The Rise And Fall Of The Charismatic Thaumaturge

By Alessandra Filiaci

History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure

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Gregory Efimovich Rasputin was a country man with course manners and an immoderate passion for women and wine, a charismatic personality, a mystic with healing abilities and the scapegoat for the Russian empire. He is a legend. He was born in...
Read More

Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt by Peter Paul Rubens, (1616) (Public Domain) — 22 Apr 2020

Ancient Sharks and Crocodiles’ Nemesis: Man

By Aaronne Colagrossi

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Since ancient times, people have feared sharks and crocodiles. But how long have these two species actually been on earth and how did they evolve? Crocodiles and sharks have one thing in common: the fact that they have remained completely unchanged...
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Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt by Peter Paul Rubens, (1616) (Public Domain) — 22 Apr 2020

Ancient Sharks and Crocodiles’ Nemesis: Man

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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Since ancient times, people have feared sharks and crocodiles. But how long have these two species actually been on earth and how did they evolve? Crocodiles and sharks have one thing in common: the fact that they have remained completely unchanged...
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