On July 21, 356 B.C., a pyromaniac namedHerostratusburned the temple to the ground, hoping to achieve infamy. According to legend, Artemis couldn't save her burning temple because she was present at the birth ofAlexander the Great[source: Hillman]. The temple was later rebuilt, but we're...
We have a fair amount of information for events in mainland Greece, especially Athens, during the reign of Alexander, however events in Macedon in this period are undocumented and largely unknown. We certainly cannot say that there was a hiatus in Macedonian history, for Antipater kept Macedon p...
It was named after a village called Marathon where the Persians were defeated by a small Greek army. The news of the victory was brought to Athens by soldier, who ran the 26 miles from the village of Marathon to the capital. 26 miles was therefore adopted as the d...
How was the government of ancient Athens structured? How was ancient Greece ruled? How was the Holy Roman Empire governed? How was the Roman Republic organized? How have the governments of the Romans and Greeks influenced our modern Western governments?
aYao said."my school grades were so-ao and Iwas the sae as other kids at that time ,"Years later,his dream came true,He was the first carrier for China at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games 姚说。“我的学校等级是如此ao,并且Iwas sae,因为那时其他孩子, “几年后,他的梦想来了真实,他是第一...
athere was so much smoke that my first thought was to just get out as fast as i could 非常有烟我的第一想法是一样快速地出去,象我可能[translate] akeep dreaming 保留作梦[translate] a你的经历听起来太了不起了 Your experience sounded too greatly[translate] ...
Asylum seeker: Asylum seekers are people who have fled to another country and applied for refugee protection once abroad. Many asylum seekers are seeking protection for political reasons. Persecution in their home country must be well-founded to receive asylum. ...
"We birthed Baja Beach Fest because we wanted to create an inclusive event for Latinos, specifically young Mexican Americans on the West Coast, and that turned into this movement. It was almost the perfect storm," Den Uijl says. "As the brand has grown, we are now bringing...
Jakobides founded and was the first curator of the National Gallery of Greece in Athens. He lived in Munich for a long time, thus his work reveals Germanic influences. The setting of this painting, for example, is the traditional interior of a Bavarian home of the time. The setting is a...
"DEMOCRACY, noun [Greek. People, and to possess, to govern.] Government by the people; a form of government, in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the people collectively, or in which the people exercise the po...