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21Epistles to the Corinthians — Epistles to the Corinthians † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistles to the Corinthians INTRODUCTORY St. Paul Founds the Church at Corinth St. Paul s first visit to Europe is graphically described by St. Luke (Acts, xvi xviii). When …
22Cephisodotus the Elder — Roman copy of the Eirene (Glyptothek, Munich) Cephisodotus or Kephisodotos (flourished about 400 c. 360 BC[1]) was a Greek sculptor, perhaps the father or an uncle of Praxiteles, one of whose sculptor …
23Theodorus the Atheist — Theodorus ( el. Θεόδωρος) the Atheist, of Cyrene, was a philosopher of the Cyrenaic school who lived around 300 BC. He lived in both Greece and Alexandria, before ending his days in his native city of Cyrene. As a Cyrenaic philosopher, he taught… …
24DIONYSIUS, ST., THE AREOPAGITE — (i. e. judge of the Areopagus), according to Acts xvii. 34, a convert of St. Paul s; became bishop of Athens, and died a martyr in 95; was long regarded as the father of mysticism in the Christian Church, on the false assumption that he was… …
25Monument of the Eponymous Heroes — The Monument of the Eponymous Heroes, located in the Ancient Agora of Athens, Greece and adjacently situated near the Metroon (old Bouleuterion), was a marble podium that bore the bronze statues of the ten heroes representing the tribes of Athens …
26Alexander the Great — This article is about the ancient king of Macedon. For other uses, see Alexander the Great (disambiguation). Alexander the Great Basileus of Macedon …
27Science and religion in the Czech lands and Slovakia — Historical backdrop The field of “science and religion” (for lack of a better term; to denote that it is a single notion, we shall use the abbreviation “S R”) has a (relatively) long history in the Czech lands and Slovakia. The census of 1910… …
28Massacres during the Greek Revolution — Eugène Delacroix s Massacre of Chios There were numerous massacres during the Greek War of Independence perpetrated by both the Greek revolutionaries and the Ottoman forces. The war was characterized by a lack of respect for civilian life and… …
29Wars of Alexander the Great — Alexander fighting Persian king Darius III. From Alexander Mosaic of Pompeii, Naples, Naples National Archaeol …
30Prometheus the Fire-Bringer — (Greek: Prometheus Pyrphoros ) was likely the final play in the Prometheia trilogy traditionally ascribed to the 5th century BC Greek tragedian Aeschylus. Prequels As conventionally reconstructed, this trilogy reimagines the myths of Prometheus… …
