Plutarch (in his “Romulus”) enters at length into the question, how the soul, when separated from the body, advances into the state of heroism, and from a hero develops into a demon and from a demon becomes a god. To Cicero the doctrine of Euhemerism is the core and fundamental ...
To this day his countrymen revere his memory for the heroism which marked his life and glorified his death. (Cf. the drama “Jon Arason”, by Mathias Jochunsson, Isefiordur, 1900.) It was not difficult to scatter the flock after the shepherds had been slain, especially since here, as ...
As will be seen below (in connection with IV Maccabees), this feature of the Maccabean heroism made a special appeal to the Christianity of the first four centuries. "The figure of the martyr, as the Church knows it, dates from the persecution of Antiochus; all subsequent martyrologies ...
The following is a list of characters that appear in Yggdra Union, its prequel Blaze Union, and its spinoff game Yggdra Unison. The games take place in the fictional world of Ancardia, on a large, unnamed continent that is home to a number of different c
(b) a series of six woes pronounced against insatiable greed (Isa 5:8-10), dissipation (Isa 5:11-17), daring defiance against Yahweh (Isa 5:18-19), confusion of moral distinctions (Isa 5:20), political self-conceit (Isa 5:21), and misdirected heroism (Isa 5:22-23); and (c) ...
The rest make do, observes the report from the focus groups, "dis- playing a tenacious resourcefulness, often patching together services and supports with limited means to pay for them. It's like they perform quiet acts of heroism, day in and day out."7 The loop in the public debate ...
rubber bands which have been too long on the stretch. On the other hand, young people may be expected to be equal to one great effort or perhaps to two. Such occasions may call out some heroism or self-denial, and these qualities are much needed. But for this purpose the teacher ...
was so far restored that he was able to put on a common boot. He was two years with Dr Glennie, and though he made little progress in his classical studies, he had the run of his master's library, and added greatly to his general information. Before he left for Harrow he had contra...
(in connection with IV Maccabees), this feature of the Maccabean heroism made a special appeal to the Christianity of the first four centuries. "The figure of the martyr, as the Church knows it, dates from the persecution of Antiochus; all subsequent martyrologies derive from the Jewish books...
Under Catherine II there took place the third Partition of Poland, which the heroism of Kosciuszko was not able to avert. By this partition Russia added Volhynia, Podolia, Little Russia, and the remainder of Lithuania to her empire (1795). Catherine died November 17, 1796, at the age of ...