I am sure that many of us have heard about Howard Hughes. The movie, “The Aviator” gives a great understanding of the life of this millionaire. The movie briefly hits on the Brewster Senate Hearings of 1947. Let’s take a look at those hearings a bit closer. The Hearings were set up by the Senate ...
I managed to download only a few pages of the Greek test of Euripides’ “Alcestis” before problems developed on the Perseus website, so the major portion of the following summary is based on a translation by Gilbert Murray presented by the Gutenberg Project. The two URLs are in the reference section below. In the introduction, ...
Do you know which Superhero is the most popular today? To answer that question I ran the names of the following seven Superheroes through some of the most popular Internet websites in the world. These are these results preceded by a very brief bio of each Superhero. Spider-man Spider-man was created by Stan Lee in ...
Mythology: Herculis, or more commonly named Hercules, was literally a god among men. Born the son of Zeus, or Jupiter to the Romans, Hercules lived as a half-mortal on Earth. He used his great strength for the good and benefit of all, the most notable of his deeds being the famous undertaking of the twelve ...
The life of Aristophanes spanned the last half of the fifth century B.C. and extended into the fourth century B.C. The exact dates of his birth and death are not known. He was an Athenian citizen, and wrote comedies for the education and entertainment of his fellow citizens. Aristophanes wrote most of his plays during ...
Of all the heroes of ancient Greek mythology, Hercules probably garners the most attention. Rightfully so! Hercules was both a man’s man and the subject of many women’s dreams. He was heroism personified. He saved damsels in distress, defeated mythical beasts that no one else could kill, and fought the gods on the behalf of ...
Phoebe is a medium-sized satellite of Saturn, NASA claims that its radius is 106.5 kilometers, which makes it considerably smaller that Titan but larger than such small chunks of rock as Pan and Daphnis. It traces a giant-size ellipse as it revolves around its mother planet. The semimajor axis of its orbit is more than ...
