Michael IV part 7
14. It has often been a cause of surprise to me, when I have sat with him at banquets, to observe how a man,...
Danube frontier
This empire’s sway at the outermost boundaries of territory changed little in the eastern provinces. Though there had been military alarms and excursions in...
Mid-September for the feast of Cyprian
A market festival occurred there every year in mid-September for the feast of Cyprian, the martyred Christian bishop of Africa in the third century....
Church of San Vitale in Ravenna
We know him best from one portrait, made when he was in his sixties and shimmering in colored mosaic stone on the walls of...
The Jewish Mother 1
Biblical Literature
It is not surprising that the stories scattered so profusely through the Bible, the Apocrypha, and the Talmud, should be mostly moral tales....
The Prodigal Son 2
Music and dance
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and...
The Robbers of Egypt 2
The text below has been copied from tourhints.info; For the rest of the story you can visit link The Robbers of Egypt.
Goddess kiss
But she,...
The Ass in the Lion`s Skin 2
Nothing whatsoever is known of the author or authors of the particular collection from which this story is taken. It is reprinted from Buddhist...
The Dream 1
Apuleius (Born ca. 125 A.D.)
Lucius Apuleius, author of The Golden Ass, was born and educated in northern Africa. He practised law, was an indefatigable...
