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Greek Reporter5d
Electra’s Complex: How an Ancient Greek Tragedy Shaped Carl Jung’s Psychology
Electra’s tragic myth inspired Carl Jung’s Electra complex, shaping psychological views on father-daughter relationships.
Ivy Pochoda finds ‘Ecstasy’ in the horror of a bloody Greek classic
Now Pochoda is back with “Ecstasy,” her first foray into the horror genre.
Jacksonville Daily Record4dOpinion
Commentary: Celebrate America’s judges on Independence Day
The invention of democracy and the role of judges can be traced back to ancient Greece. It is the subject of Aeschylus’ ...
The Financial Express2d
When you can, keep everything!
Data is power, and man has known it for centuries. In these excerpts, the author juxtaposes some of the earliest data ...
Southwest Arkansas News4dOpinion
Mine Creek Revelations: It’s a Dog’s Life
ANIMAL CRACKERS. Every now and then, life gives us an awful and brutal reminder. I saw in the news recently that a baby girl, ...
Greek Reporter2d
Pericles, the Ancient Greek Father of Democracy
Since Athens is considered the birthplace of democracy, the ancient Greek statesman Pericles must be considered its father.
Greek Reporter1d
How Ancient Greek General Epaminondas Defeated Sparta at the Battle of Leuctra
The Spartan army clash with the Thebans and general Epaminondas at the Leuctra battlefield signified the end of Sparta's ...
Greek Reporter4d
Dioscorides: The Ancient Greek Father of Pharmacology and De Materia Medica
The ancient Greek physician and botanist Dioscorides is considered by many to be the father of pharmacology for authoring De ...
Greek Reporter3d
Heraclitus: The Greek Philosopher Who Taught the World to Embrace Change
Heraclitus was the ancient Greek philosopher who challenged the world through his beliefs in constant change, unity of ...
Ancient skull may have been half human, half Neanderthal child
"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN10h
Scientists Have Sequenced an Ancient Egyptian Skeleton’s Entire Genome for the Very First Time. Here’s What They Found
Dating back more than 4,500 years, the skeleton belonged to a middle-aged man who may have worked as a potter and likely ...
Ancient shipwreck hid dozens of treasures — until now. See the finds in Greece
Off the coast of a Greek island sits the Antikythera shipwreck, a 2,000-year-old wreck with a story that inspired an Indiana Jones movie. From its beginnings as an accidental discovery to the recent ...