As [Xerxes] looked out over the whole Hellespont, whose water was completely hidden by all his ships, and at all the shores of the plains of Abydos, now so full of people, Xerxes congratulated himself for being so blessed. But then he suddenly burst into tears and wept. Now his uncle Artabanos . . . …
In honor of C.S. Lewis’s, Xmas and Christmas: A Lost Chapter from Herodotus The Barbarians of the Toe-lee-doe:A Lost Chapter from Herodotus During my travels through the northernmost regions of the world, I came to a large coastal city, which in the barbarian language is called Toe-lee-doe. Some of the barbarians claim that the …
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I thought this article was interesting: I remember the real John Lennon, not the one airbrushed by history It was the notion of John Lennon the myth, Lennon the martyr, Lennon the super genius, Lennon the real talent behind the Beatles, Lennon the man who saw through everything, Lennon the avant garde artist and Lennon …
