The Ancient Greeks were the first to have theatres, where people would put on plays. They could be funny (comedies) or sad (tragedies). If you wanted to find out everything that was happening in your city-state in Ancient Greece, the place to go was the agora. This was the marketplac...
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You see, ancient Greek plays were semi-religious affairs. And since religion seems to go hand in hand with death, naturally this meant a goat had to be sacrificed. (To the god of wine, of all people.) Then the chorus would sing a song of sacrifice. A‘goat song’. Some actors would...
Sappho Love and Life on Lesbos: Directed by Jack Macinnes. With Margaret Mountford. With a PhD in papyrology, Margaret Mountford goes in search of the truth behind the legend of Sappho, the most controversial writer of the ancient world and the first aut
Since Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt were communicating and sharing ‘secrets’ it is only natural that there are many influences, especially in the early Christian world. The Nile in Greek is called “Nilus” (Νείλος) and Saint Nilus the Elder of Sinai came from Asia Minor, the...
in lifestyle for many and paid no heed to actual physical or mental capacity, or the value of lifetime experience. Today, chronological age still sustains narrow norms for living and behaviour and takes no account of the fact that people age differently in terms of their abilities.There is ...
between Bart Stupak and Obama resulted in an unpopular Health Care Bill being rammed down the throats of millions of Americans through a total defiance of the representational process and the US constitution. Bartering the lives of the unborn for Obama’s grant of $700,000 to erect chain link...
The first half of the season also saw Brighton undertake their first ever European football campaign, as they were drawn in a Europa League group with Ajax (Netherlands), Marseille (France), and AEK Athens (Greece). The campaign started shakily, with the seagulls losing the first game 3-2 ...
Private group day tour of filming locations featured in the BBC drama Poldark. Step into the world of Ross Poldark and visit some of the breath-taking places featured on the show in this Poldark tour of Cornwall, with your local expert driver/guide. Visit over 5 key locations from the seri...
In the same way, democracy means the rule of the demos, namely, the people, directly by them as in ancient Greece and Rome, or indirectly through chosen representatives as in modern democracies. If the power of the people in the framing of the Constitution or in the framing of the laws ...