The Greek divinity Nemesis , rarely depicted in art, has no place in the Olympian pantheon of a dozen gods and goddesses. But she’s an omnipresent force of retribution, an implacable force of punishme...
02.05.2025 Arcamax.com and 6 sitesThe Emperor Caligula (John Timm) introduces Rome's newest Senator, Incitatus. We begin today with Heather Cox Richardson writing for her Letters From an American Substack about the Republican majoriti...
02.04.2025 Dailykos.com and 4 sitesThe party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. George Orwell, 1984. UPDATE: Saturday, Feb 1, 2025 · 11: 52: 58 PM +00: 00 · bilboteach And...
02.02.2025 Dailykos.com and 2 sitesJoe Kent is the latest to land in the Musk/Trump regime. He's at a position to look the other way when his far-right militia friends start attacking others. It seems that Musk acolytes weren’t enough ...
02.04.2025 Dailykos.com and 1 sitesS everal stories below the British Library’s Magna Carta room, alongside a rumbling line of the London Underground, is a brightly lit labyrinth of rare and historic items. Past a series of antique rifles chained to a wall, past an intricate system of conveyor belts whisking books to the surface, the library stores an enormous collection of plays, manuscripts, and letters. Last spring, I checked my belongings at security and descended to sift through this archive—a record of correspondence betwee...
02.06.2025 Allusanewshub.com and 1 sitesFrom the age of 3, growing up on the densely packed streets of a neighborhood called Gravesend in the ever-bubbling cultural gumbo that is south Brooklyn, a young Jonathan Campos dreamed of flying pla...
02.02.2025 Inquirer.comThis post was originally published on this site One can look back into the catacombs of history and find a multitude of precedents that almost but not quite fit. Caligula and Nero. Mussolini and Hitle...
02.04.2025 Therussophile.orgDynastic Deification: Exploring the Ancient Roman Imperial Cult February 4, 2025 The remains of the Augusteum at Narona (modern Vid, Croatia) with its fifteen marble sculptures exhibited on a platform...
02.04.2025 Brewminate.comSecond of three partsContinuing excerpts from National Artist Amado V. Hernandez's novel 'Mga Ibong Mandaragit' (The Preying Birds), published by Penguin Southeast Asia, in which he wrote a wonderful ...
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