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	Delphi 279 BCE... when Apollo made the sky fall upon Gauls and Pan filled them up with terror In 279 BCE the Gauls reached in front of the oracle of Delphi, tempted by its legendary treasures. But its protector Apollo had a different opinion. In this text I'm trying to see how the deities prevented the disaster of their people; and where these stories are based on
	Depicting Devil in Christian art... from early middle ages to Dante Lucifer, the fallen angel. In this post I'm trying to see how the Devil was depicted in the early christian art, examining a period of about 700 years; from the earliest surviving evidence to the time of Dante of the 14th c.
	Anthemius, the architect of Hagia Sophia... a vengeful prankster Anthemius of Tralles, the architect of the reconstructed temple of Hagia Sophia, was known for a brilliant prank against an annoying neighbour, Zenon
	First sacred war & the sieges of Cirrha & Crissa... chemical warfare? In 590 BCE ca Cirrha & Crissa, near Delphi, were besieged by the Amphictyons; in a case of ancient chemical warfare. At least this story survived
	The women from Amphissa by Alma Tadema. An ancient anti-war story The women from Amphissa a painting by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Depicting an ancient anti-war story during the 3rd sacred war
	Reading Greek in Ammianus Marcellinus' history. Prophecies, proverbs and vocabulary Greek texts & vocabulary in Ammianus Marcellinus' history, Res Gestae. Prophecies, proverbs, vocabulary
	A legendary action of heroism during the Siege of Saguntum in 219 BCE, as sculpted by Agustín Querol A statue complex sculpted by Agustín Querol in 1888, depicting a scene from the legendary mass suicide that occurred during the siege of Saguntum by Hannibal in 219 BCE
	Human stories from Papyri: a complaining servant, a cheating pharmacist & a tyrannical elder Three stories from papyri from the British Library: a complaining servant [P.Lond. 2 144], a cheating pharmacist [P.Lond. 2 356] & a tyrannical elder [P.Lond. 2 342]
	New England at the Black Sea... an 11th c. CE colony of English exiles after the Norman Conquest of Britain in 1066 CE, as narrated in the Chronicon Laudunensis A story about the British followers of Harold Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon king of Britain, who were defeated by William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 CE
	When Heracles captured Troy and killed king Laomedon; the less famous legend of the first Trojan war in context The 1st Trojan war by Heracles against Troy and king Laomedon; a research of sources on the course of the ancient mythography