Golden Ass, The
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Golden Ass, The, a satire by
Apuleius. It takes the form of the supposed autobiography of the author, who is transformed into an ass by the mistake of the servant of an enchantress. He passes from master to master, observing the vices and follies of men, and finally recovers human form. The story includes a number of episodes of which the best known is the beautiful fable of
Cupid and Psyche.
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An American Themistocles
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 3/27/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...that Leonidas didn't win the Persian Wars. Themistocles did, and Themistocles had an altogether different set of qualities...into a hasty attack.The Athenians valued Themistocles, but they never really loved him. He was...
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It may be time for America to elect a Themistocles
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 3/27/2007; 700+ words
; ...that Leonidas didn't win the Persian Wars. Themistocles did, and Themistocles had an altogether different set of qualities...into a hasty attack. The Athenians valued Themistocles, but they never really loved him. He was...
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INVESTING IN EDUCATION WHERE'S THEMISTOCLES WHEN YOU NEED HIM? IF VIRGINIA GIVES EVERYONE A CAR TAX REBATE, PERHAPS EVERYONE IN THE STATE WILL BUY A NEW CAR. BUT IN 10 YEARS, THEY WILL OWN LARGELY RUST AND MEMORIES.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 11/28/1997; 700+ words
; ...but on the pressing insistence of Themistocles, son of Neocles, the money was used...evacuated. The city was burned but Themistocles' triremes destroyed the Persian fleet...Salamis in 480 B.C.'' No doubt Themistocles was denounced by his political enemies...
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East against West: The First Encounter. The Life of Themistocles.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 6/22/2006; 588 words
; ...The First Encounter. The Life of Themistocles. Dmitry Shlapentokh. Ludmila Prednewa...at the role of the Athenian leader, Themistocles, in the Greek wars against the Persian...at best a temporary phenomenon, as Themistocles saw). The moral of this short book...
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FISCAL 2008 APPROPRIATIONS: LABOR, HHS AND EDUCATION:THEMISTOCLES SPARANGIS
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 3/29/2007; 700+ words
; ...Congressional Testimony 03-29-2007 Statement of Themistocles Sparangis Chief Technology Director, Educational Technology...distinguished members of the Subcommittee, my name is Themistocles Sparangis and I am the Chief Technology Director for...
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Underwater archaeologists working in the Aegean have begun a search for a fleet of trireme warships used in the Battle of Salamis in 480BC when the Greeks, led by Themistocles, defeated a large Asian force led by Xerxes.(News)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: History Today; 8/1/2005; 572 words
; ...Aegean have begun a search for a fleet of trireme warships used in the Battle of Salamis in 480BC when the Greeks, led by Themistocles, defeated a large Asian force led by Xerxes. The team will use sonar scanners and submersibles to search for the legendary...
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Themistocles? Hugh White is out to sea.(Defence)
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; The Defence Update, which John Howard launched last week, was a seminal document in the development of Australian strategic policy. This is all the more important to recognise given the desperate and somewhat disgraceful efforts of former defence bureaucrats Hugh White and Paul Dibb to misrepresent
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WITH COLLEGE OVER, TAILBACK OPTS FOR NEW FOOTBALL FIELDS HE CALLS TIMEOUT ON A JOB AND SUITS UP FOR EUROPE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/5/2000; ; 700+ words
; HANOVER - Tom Themistocles thought he had seen the last of...way to his first real world job. Themistocles, 23, of Hanover, realized how...spring he returns to the gridiron. Themistocles is rushing around, getting his...
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The dreaded ostraca.
Magazine article from: Calliope; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...wells. The names of Aristides and Themistocles, two well-known Athenian statesmen...Athens depended on its army, while Themistocles insisted the city-state's navy...proposals. Finally, in 482 B.C., Themistocles convinced his supporters that Aristides...
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A LEADER MORE CLEVER THAN PURE.(Perspective)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/25/2007; 700+ words
; ...that Leonidas didn't win the Persian Wars. Themistocles did, and Themistocles had an altogether different set of qualities...into a hasty attack. The Athenians valued Themistocles, but they never really loved him. He was...
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Themistocles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Themistocles Themistocles (ca. 528-462 B.C.), an Athenian political leader, was...statesman who defeated Persia at sea and made Athens a great power. Themistocles was the son of a middle-class Athenian father and a non-Athenian...
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wooden
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...derives from a story in Herodotus of how the Athenian statesman Themistocles ( c. 528– c. 462 bc) interpreted the words...x2018;the wooden wall’ would help them. Themistocles is said to have told the Athenians, ‘The wooden...
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Persian Wars
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...successor. The Athenians were persuaded by their leader Themistocles to strengthen their navy. In 480, Xerxes reached Greece...Greek force. The Greek victory was aided by the strategy of Themistocles. Xerxes returned to Persia but left a military force in...
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bridge
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...to give passage to an enemy in flight, who may be desperate; the idea is attributed to Aristides (480 bc ), who warned Themistocles against destroying the bridge of boats which the Persian king Xerxes had constructed across the Hellespont for the invasion...
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ostracism
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...the most powerful rival of the man thus named. Such trials of political strength were most notable in the ostracisms of Themistocles ( c. 471), Cimon ( c. 462), and Pericles' rival Thucydides (443). Ostracism was not resorted to after 417 or 416...
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