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  1. en.wikipedia.org · wiki · OrpheusOrpheus - Wikipedia

    21 hours ago · Euripides and Plato both refer to the story of his descent to recover his wife, but do not mention her name; a contemporary relief (about 400 BC) shows Orpheus and his wife with Hermes. The elegiac poet Hermesianax called her Agriope ; and the first mention of her name in literature is in the Lament for Bion (1st century BC).

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      Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein, Orpheus and Eurydice, 1806,...

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  3. 21 hours ago · Caeretan hydria (c. 530 BC) from Caere (Louvre E701). [1] In Greek mythology, Cerberus (/ ˈsɜːrbərəs / [2] or / ˈkɜːrbərəs /; Greek: Κέρβερος Kérberos [ˈkerberos]), often referred to as the hound of Hades, is a multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving.

  4. en.wikipedia.org · wiki · OthelloOthello - Wikipedia

    21 hours ago · Othello. Othello (/ ɒˈθɛloʊ /; full title: The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603. Set in Venice and Cyprus, the play depicts the Moorish military commander Othello as he is manipulated by his ensign, Iago, into suspecting his wife Desdemona of infidelity.

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  5. 21 hours ago · t. e. Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants or offspring. Infanticide was a widespread practice throughout human history that was mainly used to dispose of unwanted children, [ 1 ]: 61 its main purpose being the prevention of resources being spent on weak or disabled offspring.

  6. 21 hours ago · Aristotle did not do experiments in the modern sense. [75] He used the ancient Greek term pepeiramenoi to mean observations, or at most investigative procedures like dissection. [ 76 ] In Generation of Animals , he finds a fertilized hen's egg of a suitable stage and opens it to see the embryo's heart beating inside.

  7. 21 hours ago · Posthumous promotion to Chancellor of the Realm (Daijō-daijin) in 1582. [3] Oda Nobunaga (織田 信長, [oda nobɯ (ꜜ)naɡa] ⓘ; 23 June 1534 – 21 June 1582) was a Japanese daimyō and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the Tenka-bito (天下人, lit. 'person under heaven')[a] and regarded as ...

  8. en.wikipedia.org · wiki · HuntingHunting - Wikipedia

    21 hours ago · Bushmen bowhunting for bushmeat in Botswana. Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals. [10] The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to obtain the animal's body for meat and useful animal products (fur/hide, bone/tusks, horn/antler, etc.), for recreation/taxidermy (see trophy hunting), although it may also be done for ...

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