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The Persians and Other Plays: The Persians Prometheus Bound Seven Against Thebes the Suppliants by Aeschylus
epub |eng | 2009-11-26 | Author:Aeschylus

[By now the CHORUS are all seated close to the altar, on which they have laid some of their suppliant-branches. PELASGUS enters from the direction of the city, in a ...
( Category: Medieval July 17,2020 )
The Digest of Roman Law: Theft, Rapine, Damage and Insult by Justinian
epub |eng | 2007-02-22 | Author:Justinian

CONCERNING THEFT BOOK 47, TITLE 2 1. (PAUL) Labeo says that the very word for theft (furtum) is itself derived from a Latin word meaning ‘black’, because it is committed ...
( Category: Comparative Politics July 16,2020 )
Life of St Columba by Adomnan of Iona
epub |eng | 1995-02-23 | Author:Adomnan of Iona

Every conscientious reader who has finished reading this three-part book should mark well how great and special is the merit of our reverend abbot; how great and special is his ...
( Category: Saints July 16,2020 )
The History of the Church From Christ to Constantine by Eusebius
epub |eng | 1989-11-23 | Author:Eusebius

The deviation of Beryllus 33. Beryllus, who was mentioned some pages back as Bishop of Bostra in Arabia, perverted the true doctrine of the Church and tried to bring in ...
( Category: Women in History July 16,2020 )
Selected Letters by Cicero
epub |eng | 2005-09-29 | Author:Cicero

67 CICERO TO ATTICUS Formiae, 1 March 49 My clerk’s hand will serve as an indication of my ophthalmia and likewise as an excuse for brevity, not that there is ...
( Category: Rome July 16,2020 )
The Nature of the Gods by Cicero
epub |eng | 2004-10-28 | Author:Cicero

Or a quality which manifests some great power is itself named as a god, such as Faith and Reason, both of which we have actually seen consecrated in the Capitol ...
( Category: Rome July 16,2020 )
Conversations of Socrates by Xenophon
epub |eng | 2004-02-05 | Author:Xenophon

5 I shall now tell how he made his associates more efficient. Believing that self-discipline was a good thing for anyone to have who intended to achieve a creditable result, ...
( Category: Greek & Roman July 16,2020 )
Inca Land: Explorations in the Highlands of Peru (Illustrated) by Hiram Bingham
epub |eng | 2014-05-08 | Author:Hiram Bingham [Bingham, Hiram]

The Urubamba Canyon A reason for the safety of the Incas in Uilcapampa. The fugitives returned to Cuzco and reported their misfortune. The importance of the reverse will be better ...
( Category: Incan July 11,2020 )
On the Path of the Immortals: Exo-Vaticana by Thomas Horn & Cris Putnam
epub |eng | 2015-05-14 | Author:Thomas Horn & Cris Putnam [Horn, Thomas & Putnam, Cris]

Chapter 8 The Science of Portals By Cris Putnam Black holes may be entrances to Wonderlands. But are there Alices or white rabbits?—Carl Sagan[381] The 2014 epic space adventure film ...
( Category: Christian Books & Bibles July 10,2020 )
India by Andrew Robinson
epub |eng | | Author:Andrew Robinson

SEVEN European Incursions and East India Companies EUROPEAN INCURSIONS AND EAST INDIA COMPANIES Long before the Jesuits visited Akbar at the Mughal court in the 1580s, Europeans had made their ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations July 9,2020 )
Priestess of Truth (Forgotten Gods Book 4) by Laura Greenwood
epub |eng | 2019-08-15 | Author:Laura Greenwood [Greenwood, Laura]

I laughed and took another sip of the sweet wine. The whole atmosphere around us was electric. Everyone was having a good time. Each and every person here was carrying ...
( Category: Mythology & Folk Tales July 8,2020 )
Between the Lies by A J Wills
epub |eng | 2018-01-31 | Author:A J Wills

Chapter Twenty-Eight The duty lawyer had a pleasant, avuncular face, with a drooping moustache and whiskery sideburns that wouldn’t have been out of place in a Dickensian novel. ‘The name’s ...
( Category: Psychological July 6,2020 )
Stonehenge by Rosemary Hill
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2010-07-05 | Author:Rosemary Hill

22. The First Preaching of Christianity in Britain, by J. R. Herbert, 1842, from an engraving of 1847 by Charles George Lewis. The converted Druid is seen removing his pagan ...
( Category: Tourist Destinations & Museums July 6,2020 )
Genghis Khan: A Captivating Guide to the Founder of the Mongol Empire and His Conquests Which Resulted in the Largest Contiguous Empire in History by Captivating History
epub |eng | 2019-09-30 | Author:Captivating History

Chapter 7 – Innovation The early days of Genghis Khan’s rule were a time of rapid social change and development. Everything had changed for the tribal peoples of Mongolia, and ...
( Category: History July 6,2020 )
Early Greek Thought by Luchte James.;
epub |eng | 2019-11-22 | Author:Luchte, James.;

Part Two Tragic Thought Chapter 6 The Question of the First: Thales and Anaximander Prelude: The Context of Emergence and the Ionian Movement It is my wish – at this ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations July 6,2020 )

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