Homer, the ancient Greek poet, is praised as one of the first scholars in the history of Western culture. His major works, the Iliad and the Odyssey, were widely used in schools in ancient Greek and Hellenistic cultures and were often the first literary works taught to all students. They helped the later generations learn […]
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Baseball’s World Series in 1919 between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds was tainted by a scandal that involved eight players of the White Sox team agreeing to fix the outcome of the Series for a large sum of money from professional gamblers. The White Sox were the favorites to win the series,
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Have you ever played pickleball? It’s a game much like tennis although the court is smaller and the racket is replaced by a paddle resembling a table tennis paddle. The ball is lightweight, but can travel fast over a short distance like a whiffle ball. The rules and scoring are different, but the object of
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Of all the persons who followed Christ and promoted Christianity few had a more decisive impact than the Emperor Constantine who legalized the religion in the Roman Empire and helped bring the different tangents back to the same base. The boost given during his reign propelled Christianity to the forefront of Roman life, and later
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Vincent Van Gogh was arguably one of the most popular artists of the Post-Impressionist period in Europe during the 1880’s. He remains popular today as his style of intensity, broad brush strokes, and bold colors used to create over 2,000 works of art has not been matched. He painted 860 oil paintings, most of them
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It Began Earlier Than You Think: Legend has it that the American game of baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday, in Cooperstown, New York, during the summer of 1836. It isn’t clear where this legend came from or when it actually surfaced, but the truth in all matters is that the legend is false. Abner
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Roman arches were constructed for purpose of announcing and commemorating a victory in a major military conflict. For six hundred years they were the ways and means to bring the victory back to the Roman people. But their original purpose began to shift along with the very fabric of authority in Rome. Celebrating a Major
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Merlin the Magician appears in numerous texts written from Welsh and English folklore after the eleventh century A.D. usually connected with the King Arthur legend. He had special powers that among other things enabled him to see into the future. Scholars have put together profiles of the person from this literature, but in reality, who
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The success story of artist turned entrepreneur, Walt Disney, mirrors the early period of growth of the motion picture entertainment industry. He made it to the top of his profession, but he began with a very humble, hard-working start. All along the way there were setbacks, bankruptcies, difficulties with distributors, and people turning their backs
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After the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the concept of Christianity was in its infancy struggling to survive. Conflicts with traditional Judaism arose that lead to charges of heresy and persecution of Christians. These clashes were sometimes violent resulting in the death of the proclaimed heretic. Then a savior of a different sort emerged and brought
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