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Aeschylus died on a visit to Syracuse by accident: an eagle dropped a large tortoise on his head
Aeschylus died on a visit to Syracuse by accident: an eagle dropped a large tortoise on his head. Eagles do this to break the shell on rocks, but this time, in place of a rock, there turned out to be the bald head of the great dramatist
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Aeschylus's "The Persians" at the National Greek Theatre in 1934
Aeschylus's "The Persians" at the National Greek Theatre in 1934. One of the last works of the director Fotos Politis (1890–1934). On stage: Ioannis Avlonitis, Georgios Glinos, Tsavalas Karousos. The founding of the National Theatre in the spring of 1930 was of great significance for
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Katharine Hepburn, aged 80, clearing snow from the roof of her New York townhouse, 1988
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Bank of Russia issues a 2-rouble coin to mark the 200th anniversary of Saltykov-Shchedrin
The coin is struck in 925 sterling silver, is circular in form with a diameter of 33 mm, and contains 15.55 grams of pure precious metal. The mintage will be 3,000 pieces. The reverse of the coin bears relief images of the writer's portrait and of
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15 August, 4.30 in the Morning
15 August, 4.30 in the morning. My God, have mercy on me! My eyes have no more tears with which to weep for you, my poor children; farewell, farewell! Marie Antoinette The Queen of France wrote this line in her prayer book a few hours before her death, knowing
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Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service has published a statement calling Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople an "Antichrist in a cassock" and "the devil incarnate", accusing him of schismatic activity aimed at displacing the Russian…
The statement says that Patriarch Bartholomew, guilty of the "dismemberment of Orthodox Ukraine", has now turned his attention to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and is acting jointly with British intelligence services to create religious structures under Constantinople's control. Russian intelligence also claims that the Patriarch'
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A Museum of the Writer's Manuscripts to Open for Leo Tolstoy's Bicentenary
At present the Manuscripts Department of the Tolstoy Museum holds some 300,000 items, more than half of them sheets bearing the classic's autographs. The idea of a museum of Lev Nikolayevich's manuscripts was first voiced by Fekla Tolstaya as long ago as 2018. The writer&
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There is a theory that the body of Alexander the Great lies in Venice, passing as the relics of Saint Mark
There is a theory that the body of Alexander the Great lies in Venice, passing as the relics of Saint Mark. The legend arises from the fact that in the 9th century the Venetians removed the relics of the Evangelist Mark from Alexandria and placed them in St Mark'
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Work by the Indian poet and artist Rabindranath Tagore sets a new auction record: From Across the Dark, executed in ink, poster paint and wax crayons, was sold at an online auction for $1.2 million, which is more than…
File on Telegram Although interest in Indian modernism is growing, and Tagore's works long ago won international recognition, it is unlikely that his pictures will appear at auctions outside India: as early as 1976 they were declared a national treasure and banned from export. Incidentally, the Nobel laureate
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El Cid's chronicler notes that, standing on the ramparts of Valencia and gazing at the vast army of Moroccan invaders, he thanked God for the opportunities laid before him and for the honour he was about to win
Heavenly Father, merciful Creator, I thank Thee! … A wondrous gift has come from across the sea: I cannot win it otherwise than by fighting. The valiant hero of Spain offered up prayers of thanksgiving before a desperate battle, and not merely after the victory. Nearly a thousand years have passed,
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Winter 1985
Luigi Ghirri, a pioneer of Italian colour photography