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One of the most instructive and intriguing ways to learn history is through biography. By pondering the lives of great individuals—people who leave deep marks on both their own times and distant posterity—you can chart broad currents of events while also studying virtue and vice, folly and wisdom, success and failure. Moreover, you can appreciate them in the real circumstances of their times.In a companion course to Famous Romans, classics scholar and master storyteller J. Rufus Fears examines a gallery of fascinating characters who shaped the story of Greece from the Trojan War through the rise of Rome.
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One of the most instructive and intriguing ways to learn history is through biography. By pondering the lives of great individuals—people who leave deep marks on both their own times and distant posterity—you can chart broad currents of events while also studying virtue and vice, folly and wisdom, success and failure. Moreover, you can appreciate them in the real circumstances of their times.In a companion course to Famous Romans, classics scholar and master storyteller J. Rufus Fears examines a gallery of fascinating characters who shaped the story of Greece from the Trojan War through the rise of Rome.
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One of the most instructive and intriguing ways to learn history is through biography. By pondering the lives of great individuals—people who leave deep marks on both their own times and distant posterity—you can chart broad currents of events while also studying virtue and vice, folly and wisdom, success and failure. Moreover, you can appreciate them in the real circumstances of their times.In a companion course to Famous Romans, classics scholar and master storyteller J. Rufus Fears examines a gallery of fascinating characters who shaped the story of Greece from the Trojan War through the rise of Rome.
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One of the most instructive and intriguing ways to learn history is through biography. By pondering the lives of great individuals—people who leave deep marks on both their own times and distant posterity—you can chart broad currents of events while also studying virtue and vice, folly and wisdom, success and failure. Moreover, you can appreciate them in the real circumstances of their times.In a companion course to Famous Romans, classics scholar and master storyteller J. Rufus Fears examines a gallery of fascinating characters who shaped the story of Greece from the Trojan War through the rise of Rome.
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One of the most instructive and intriguing ways to learn history is through biography. By pondering the lives of great individuals—people who leave deep marks on both their own times and distant posterity—you can chart broad currents of events while also studying virtue and vice, folly and wisdom, success and failure. Moreover, you can appreciate them in the real circumstances of their times.In a companion course to Famous Romans, classics scholar and master storyteller J. Rufus Fears examines a gallery of fascinating characters who shaped the story of Greece from the Trojan War through the rise of Rome.
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Spoken Arts written by Bernard Evslin
Read by Julie Harris and Richard Kiley
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23:PROMETHEUS
24:DAEDALUS
25;EROS AND PSYCHE
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Spoken Arts written by Bernard Evslin
Read by Julie Harris and Richard Kiley
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22: ATALANTA
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Spoken Arts written by Bernard Evslin
Read by Julie Harris and Richard Kiley
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19: PANDORA
20: ARION
21: ORPHEUS
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Spoken Arts written by Bernard Evslin
Read by Julie Harris and Richard Kiley
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18: THESEUS
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Spoken Arts written by Bernard Evslin
Read by Julie Harris and Richard Kiley
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16: Perseus, Cont'd
17: Narcissus And Echo
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Spoken Arts written by Bernard Evslin
Read by Julie Harris and Richard Kiley
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15: PERSEUS - part 1
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Spoken Arts written by Bernard Evslin
Read by Julie Harris and Richard Kiley
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14: PHAETON
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Spoken Arts written by Bernard Evslin
Read by Julie Harris and Richard Kiley
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7: POSEIDON
8: HEPHAESTUS
9: APHRODITE
10: ARTEMIS
11: APOLLO
12: SONS OF APOLLO
13: APHRODITE
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Spoken Arts written by Bernard Evslin
Read by Julie Harris and Richard Kiley
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1: ZEUS
2: HERA
3: HADE
4: DEMETER
5: BIRTH OF THE TWINS
6: ATHENE
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Tra il 2600 e 280 a.C le antiche civiltà di Babilonia, Persia ed Egitto credettero alla cultura ellenica, diffusasi con le conquiste di Alessandro Magno, Le sette meraviglie del ondo antico, originariamente elencate in una lista di luoghi da non perdere per i viaggiatori dell'epoca, sono tra le opere architettoniche più famose dell'antichità. Tra esse le piramidi egizie e i giardini pensili di Babilonia.
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The ruins of Macchu Picchu are located on the peaks of the Andes, about 800m above sea level, in the valley of the Urubamba river. The mythical citadel was built in the 15th century by the Incas, surrounded by steep rocky slopes. Abandoned soon after the arrival of the Spanish, in 1532, the city then remained hidden in the clouds until 1911, when Hiram Bingham rediscovered its ruins. The ancient and lost Inca civilization was highly evolved in the arts and in the construction of stone buildings and roads. The city of Macchu Picchu remains one of his most surprising achievements.
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Le rovine di Macchu Picchu si trovano sulle vette delle Andi, a circa 800m di altitudine, nella valle del fiume Urubamba. La mitica cittadella fu costruita nel XV secolo dagli Inca, circondata da ripidi pendii rocciosi. Abbandonata subito dopo l'arrivo degli Spagnoli, nel 1532, la città rimase poi nascosta fra le nuvole fino al 1911, quando Hiram Bingham riscoprì le sue rovine. L'antica e perduta civiltà Inca era molto evoluta nelle arti e nella costruzione di edifici in pietra e di strade. La città di Macchu Picchu resta una delle sue realizzazioni più sorprendenti.
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With the conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt, in 30 B.C. Rome became even richer and more powerful. The Roman occupation brought new agricultural techniques to Egypt and favored the development of crops in the driest regions of the kingdom. The two civilizations influenced each other in the artistic and religious fields, as evidenced by the numerous finds in the cities that arose in the great oases of the desert.
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Con la conquista dell'Egitto Tolemaico, nel 30 a.C. Roma diventò ancora più ricca e potente. L'occupazione romana portò in Egitto nuove tecniche agricoli e favorì lo sviluppo delle coltivazioni nelle regioni più aride del regno. Le due civiltà si influenzarono a vicenda in ambito artistico e religioso, come testimoniano i numerosi ritrovamenti nelle città che sorsero nelle grandi oasi del deserto.
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The ancient Egyptians believed that mummification of the body ensured the continuation of life after death. Thanks to modern scientific instruments, mummies are the first source of information on the life and diseases of this ancient people. Science in many cases can help to give an identity to unknown mummies: the investigation of the mummy of Hatscepsut, the female pharaoh who reigned in Egypt and built a colossal mortuary temple, is one of them.
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