Iphigeneia

23 08, 2017

Abraham and the Jews – Bible stories

By |2019-01-16T18:15:48-08:00August 23rd, 2017|Religion, West Asia|Comments Off on Abraham and the Jews – Bible stories

Abraham and Isaac (Egypt, 300s AD) The Jews leave Mesopotamia Shortly after the episode with the Tower of Babel, the Bible tells us that some of the Jews decided to leave Mesopotamia where the Sumerians were, [...]

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15 07, 2017

Iphigeneia in Aulis – Euripides – ancient Greece

By |2019-09-24T05:02:20-07:00July 15th, 2017|Greeks, Literature|Comments Off on Iphigeneia in Aulis – Euripides – ancient Greece

Iphigeneia brought to the sacrifice (Pompeii, ca. 79 AD) Menelaus, Agamemnon, and their oath When Helen ran off with Paris, her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta, was very upset. He went to visit his [...]

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