In Mitilene [on the island of Lesbos] there is abundance of everything. It has also given birth to famous individuals like Pittacus, one of the Seven Sages, the poet Alcaeus, and others. At the same time, Sappho flourished, who was something extraordinary; as far as memory goes, no other period had a woman who could … Read more
Pansori is a traditional Korean form of musical storytelling in which a singer, soriggun, and a drummer, gosu, participate. The name pansori is a combination of the words pan, which means a place where people gather, and sori, which means sound or song. For Koreans, pansori represents not only an artistic form but also a … Read more
Large houses in England, such as Petworth House, Hampton Court, Blenheim Palace or Richmond Palace, are surrounded by gardens that are among the most beautiful in the world and are considered ideals of landscape architecture. Each of these gardens is like a fairy-tale pastoral scene with picturesque lakes, gently flowing streams on gentle slopes, meadows … Read more
When Mark Tullius Cicero once accompanied Gaius Caesar to the Capitol, he casually told his friends about a dream he had the previous night: how a noble-faced boy descended from the sky on a golden chain and stood at the gates of the Capitol temple, where Jupiter handed him a whip. Then Cicero suddenly spotted … Read more
Based on what is this tumulus placed in the Bronze Age, i.e. in the 2nd millennium BC? What was its original function, considering that it is located in a quarry? What is being said about him as an observatory, tomb, and sanctuary? It is about a tomb under a stone tumulus, and it is a … Read more
Jose Ortega y Gasset, the most famous Spanish philosopher of the 20th century, left behind a highly interesting body of work that touches on a wide range of topics that preoccupy the modern human. Born in 1883, he lived through all the important events that shaped the modern world, so his works represent an extremely … Read more
