Archives for May 2010

Herodotus Book I, Verses 196-206

Now the Caspian Sea is apart by itself, not having connection with the other Sea: for all that Sea which the Hellenes navigate.Translated by

For it is the willingness of people to give of themselves over and above the demands of the job that distinguishes the great from the nearly

Good Susan Blake in royal estateArrived at last at Heaven’s gate.- His epitaph at her urgent entreaty. Two years later, they broke up and he

by Jack Le MoineImmense volumes have been written to expound our knowledge, and conceal our ignorance, of primitive man.- Will DurantThe

This series has six easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionJulius Caesar is the first writer who gives us an authentic and enlightening account

Today's installment concludes Battle of Pavia,our selection by William Robertson.If you have journeyed through all of the installments of this

Babylon then had thus been taken for the first time.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project presenting the complete Herodotus

No man who continues to add something to the material, intellectual, and moral well-being of the place in which he lives is left long without proper

Beneath this stone, a lump of clay,Lies Arabella Young,Who on the 21st. of May,Began to hold her tongue.