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International Handbook of Historical Archaeology by David Gaimster & Teresita Majewski
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:David Gaimster & Teresita Majewski

( Category: Historical Study & Educational Resources April 19,2020 )
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights by William Harvey
epub |eng | 1954-04-18 | Author:William Harvey

THE TALE OF KAFUR THE BLACK EUNUCH KNOW, my friends, that when no more than eight years of age I had already cultivated a remarkable habit of telling one big ...
( Category: Short Stories April 19,2020 )
The All-Pervading Melodious Drumbeat by Ra Yeshe Senge
epub |eng | 2015-06-21 | Author:Ra Yeshe Senge

CHAPTER FOURTEEN TO INDIA AND BACK Council of translators—To Nepal and India—Return through southern Tibet—Translation activities—Liberation of Darma Dodé, son of Marpa—Farewells to the Master Around the same time Ralo ...
( Category: Religious April 19,2020 )
The Epic of Gilgamesh by N. Sandars
epub |eng | 2013-01-14 | Author:N. Sandars [Sandars, N. K.]

2 The Forest Journey Enlil of the mountain, the father of the gods, had decreed the destiny of Gilgamesh. So Gilgamesh dreamed and Enkidu said, ‘The meaning of the dream ...
( Category: Middle Eastern April 19,2020 )
Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness by Ibn Fadlan
epub |eng | 2012-05-21 | Author:Ibn Fadlan [Ibn Fadlān]

4. Zuhrī on Viking ships c. 1160 Abū ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Abī Bakr al-Zuhrī (d. between 1154 and 1161) was an Andalusian cosmographer about whom almost nothing is known. ...
( Category: Anthologies April 19,2020 )
The Roman History by Cassius Dio
epub |eng | 1987-04-18 | Author:Cassius Dio

6. While these events were in progress, Augustus visited Sicily to settle affairs in that island and in other territories, and travelled as far as Syria. While he was still ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical April 19,2020 )
Metamorphosis by Ovid
epub |eng | 2013-03-03 | Author:Ovid

Book 9 Hercules is the key figure in the next group of stories. Acheloüs and Hercules (1–97) is a lively account of how the river-god fought with the hero for ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical April 19,2020 )
Latin Literature by Michael Grant
epub |eng | 2015-01-27 | Author:Michael Grant

THE DEFEAT OF HANNIBAL After maintaining his army for fifteen years in Italy, he is driven out, followed to North Africa, and finally defeated at the battle of Zama.1 Over ...
( Category: Anthologies April 19,2020 )
The Satires of Horace and Persius by Horace
epub |eng | 2010-10-21 | Author:Horace

EPISTLE 16 After describing his Sabine estate, Horace reflects on the nature of goodness. My dear Quinctius, to save you asking about my farm – whether it feeds its master ...
( Category: Satire April 19,2020 )
Civil War by Lucan
epub |eng | 2012-01-30 | Author:Lucan [Lucan]

CORDUS BURIES POMPEY But before the victor reached the sands of Pharos, Fortune granted Pompey a hasty burial, lest he have a better tomb, or none at all. Out of ...
( Category: Epic April 19,2020 )
Hippocratic Writings by Hippocrates
epub |eng | 1983-04-18 | Author:Hippocrates

REGIMEN IN ACUTE DISEASES The effect of various regimens upon an ailing body. Apparently a polemic treatise written to refute certain doctrines held by the neighbouring school of medicine at ...
( Category: Historical Bibliographies & Indexes April 19,2020 )
Lives of Roman Christian Women by Carolinne White
epub |eng | 2009-12-26 | Author:Carolinne White

ON THE EDUCATION OF LITTLE PAULA by Jerome (Letter 107 to Laeta) Laeta Laeta Laeta married Paula the elder’s son Toxotius and was the mother of little Paula. According to ...
( Category: Women in History April 19,2020 )
The Cynic Philosophers by Diogenes Of Sinope
epub |eng | 2012-09-18 | Author:Diogenes Of Sinope [Dobbin, Robert]

126 On Self-Sufficiency [5] Just as a good actor should perform well any role the playwright assigns him, so a good man should play well whatever role fortune assigns him. ...
( Category: Professionals & Academics April 19,2020 )
Timaeus and Critias by Plato
epub |eng | 2017-05-21 | Author:Plato

23. The process of transformation further explained. The main bulk of each body tends to collect in a particular region. From all we have so far said about the four ...
( Category: Greek & Roman April 19,2020 )
The Civil War by Julius Caesar
epub |eng | | Author:Julius Caesar

4. The last stages 26. Meanwhile, Mithridates of Pergamum, a man of high standing at home, skilled and courageous in war, and a loyal and esteemed friend of Caesar’s, had ...
( Category: Rome April 19,2020 )

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