Nowadays, few people know that Hermione is a character in Homer's Odyssey. But what is her significance and role in Greek ...

Agamemnon has sacrificed their daughter ... Even Clytemnestra’s triumph is short-lived, since her own son, Orestes, will soon avenge his father’s death by murdering his mother – Clytemnestra. But all ...

Agamemnon has sacrificed their daughter ... will soon avenge his father’s death by murdering his mother – Clytemnestra. But all these figures seem to feel personal passion.

The name Iphigenia has been synonymous with ancient Greek tragedy and mythology, as well as the concept of sacrifice, for millennia.

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Prince Karim, 88, was given the title of “His Highness” by Queen Elizabeth in July 1957, two weeks after his grandfather, the ...

When an eager young detective insists that something’s fishy about the death of Hollywood executive Desmond Fraser, he reopens the case, despite the protests of his superior officer. Meanwhile, five ...

Dive into the sands of ancient Egypt and uncover the captivating story of Osiris, the god-king destined to die not once, but twice! We'll piece together the scattered fragments of his life (literally ...

even if his reputation as a major force in American photography has largely come about in the decades since his death of AIDS-related pneumonia in 1987. This exhibition of his later work has been ...

Princess Euphemia’s tragic death in Code Geass proves that idealists like her have little chance of survival in a world ...

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