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Discussion of ancient Greece and Rome.
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FACTS SHOCKING BUT TRUE!
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Y A O H Ú S H U A FACTS SHOCKING BUT TRUE! 1. The real, original and genuine Name of our Creator in the original Hebrew Holy Scriptures is 'YAO-HOO' and that of the genuine Messiah is 'YAO-HOO-SHUA.' (accented on the syllable 'hoo') 2. Salvation is found in nobody else for there is no other... more »
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How to live for ever
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"And so began the great central struggle of political literature, between the powerful men and women who want their deeds recorded and the literary figures who are able to record them in a memorable way. As long as politics lasts, the politicians will feel that they deserve a better press; and the media will feel honour-bound to tease the politicians, to... more »
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The mystery of the Holy Shroud
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The Holy Shroud in Turin is and remains a riddle, as honestly recognised by the manager of the most important of the three laboratories which analysed the cloth by using the carbon 14. This manager acknowledged a serious mistake in the dating. The only means we have at disposal to solve the riddle is that of... more »
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To users of ProQuest and Acta Sanctorum
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In the edition which I use, there is one place of mistake in Daniel Papenbroeck,Propylaeum antiquarium circa veri ac falsi discrimen in vetustis membranis,pars II, caput II,sec. 18. "Ipsi deinde positioni lapidis non dicuntur adfuisse, qui primi solebant in Actibus publicis adesse Episcopo, "Archipresbyter,... more »
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Martial - now online
 
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I've finished scanning an English translation of the epigrams of Martial, and they are now here: [link] The contents and the files are all public domain: do whatever you like with them. If anyone wants to support the work of the site, there is a CDROM of... more »
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Luxury imports in Lesbos and lyrics of Sappho
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Hello, I'm writing a thesis on the forms of relation between greek tyrants and the non-hellenic world. One of the topics is the tyranny of Pyttacus in Mytilene; during his reign he approvede laws to reduce the exposition and use of luxury items among the aristocrats of Lesbos. The fact is of interest because... more »
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advanced placement test in Latin, Greek format
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Are these given? I've been out of school for years and am thinking of taking one. If the format is the old pencil and paper, that's good. If they are some new computer format, I'm not at all sure I can study with my current "antique" computer.
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Lucretius 11
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In good old England, in Victorian times, when sex was considered to be a necessary evil, young wives were urged to 'Lie back and think of England'. In Rome, however, it was "Bend forward and think of Rome." That at least is what Lucretius urges: et quibus ipsa modis tractetur blanda voluptas, id quoque permagni refert; nam more ferarum... more »
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