Today's installment concludes The Great Plague at Athens,our selection by George Grote.If you have journeyed through all of the installments of
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Athens’ Great Plague – 4
In his capacity of strategus or general, Pericles convoked a formal assembly of the people.Continuing The Great Plague at Athens,our selection
Athens’ Great Plague – 3
Men cared not to abstain from wrong, under circumstances in which punishment was not likely to overtake them.Continuing The Great Plague at
Athens’ Great Plague – 2
There were also some whose recovery was attended with a total loss of memory, so that they no more knew themselves or recognized their
The Great Plague at Athens
This series has five easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionAlmost at the beginning of the Peloponnesian war, when the prosperity of Athens had
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 – 5
Today's installment concludes San Francisco Earthquake of 1906,the name of our combined selection by Jack London and Herman Scheffauer. The
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 – 4
The stony pales of exclusive society have been broken down by a common suffering and a common sympathy.Continuing San Francisco Earthquake of
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 – 3
San Francisco lay like the crater of a volcano, around which were camped tens of thousands of refugees.Continuing San Francisco Earthquake of
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 – 2
At nine o'clock Wednesday evening I walked down through the very heart of the city.Continuing San Francisco Earthquake of 1906,with a selection by