National Poetry Day
Phillis Wheatley Peters For National Poetry Day, here's a collection of our articles about poets. I've also taken the occasion to rename the African-American poet Phillis Wheatley using the name [...]
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10, 2020
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09, 2017
Ottoman Writers – West Asia
Ottoman literature: A copy of one of Mustafa Ali's books, from about 1600 AD Ottoman literature in the 1500s and 1600s Despite the lack of printing presses, some writers and [...]
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09, 2017
Roman schools – education in ancient Rome
Roman education outside of school: A Roman teacher home-schooling, about 200 AD Poor kids had to work Roman schools were for rich boys; most Roman kids did not go to [...]
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09, 2017
Virgil – the Aeneid – Roman poetry
The death of Dido, Queen of Carthage, from an illustrated copy of Virgil's Aeneid, about 400 AD Who was Virgil? Virgil was a poet who lived during the civil wars in Rome [...]
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09, 2017
Sulpicia – Roman poetry – ancient Rome
Not really Sulpicia: A woman from Roman Egypt, holding a notebook and a pen Who was Sulpicia? Sulpicia is one of very few Roman women whose poetry managed to last through the [...]
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09, 2017
Ovid and the Metamorphoses – Roman literature
Part of a page from a copy of Ovid's Metamorphoses (South Italy, 1000s AD, just as the Normans were conquering it) When did Ovid live? With the end of the Roman [...]
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09, 2017
Latin Literature – the writers of ancient Rome
Latin literature: A Roman papyrus scroll from a library of Epicurean philosophy (Herculaneum, Italy) Where did Latin come from? The Roman Empire lasted for more than a thousand years, so there was [...]
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08, 2017
Layla and Majnun
Layla and Majnun at school together, from a manuscript of the Khamsa that belonged to Timur's son and is now in the Hermitage Museum (1431 AD). An Iranian story This [...]
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08, 2017
Phillis Wheatley Peters – American literature
Phillis Wheatley Peters Enslaved at seven years old When Phillis Wheatley Peters was seven years old, somebody sold her to European slave-traders, and she left Senegal or Gambia on a slave ship to North America. [...]
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08, 2017
American language and literature
American literature: Rock Art from Utah, about 1700 AD Native American languages In 1500 AD, people living in North America spoke many different languages. None of them were written down. Many of these [...]
