"The beginning is the most important part of any work," Plato writes in The Republic, "especially in the case of a young and ...

Teucer, a legendary Greek hero of the Trojan War, is said to have founded cities on the island of Cyprus and in Spain.

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Retired professor Stephen L. Hardin has written two standard books of Texas history, one about the revolution, another about ...

We conclude the three-year-long journey we began in 2023 by celebrating the last team to three-peat in baseball history.

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The Greek epic poem The Odyssey is attributed to Homer and is often described as the sequel to The Iliad. The Odyssey picks ...

And the most enduring forms through which to teach them are the "Great Books," the enduring classics of our intellectual tradition, from the Bible and the Iliad to works by authors ranging from ...

The sacred water world of the ancient Greeks The Greeks had several water gods that reigned over the oceans, seas, rivers and ...

Acclaimed detective novelist Dror Mishani explains why he turned to nonfiction in 'The Ground Floor' in the wake of Oct. 7.

You’ve heard the advice to stop and smell the roses. Even before any roses bloom, you can stop and smell the petrichor.

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