‘The New Internationals’ Review: An Afro-Parisian Love Triangle
David Wright Faladé published an essay in the New Yorker about his complicated parentage called “The Truth About My Father.” ...
150 Years of See and Be Seen at Paris’s Grandest Opera House
It’s been 150 years since the Palais Garnier opera house opened in Paris. Today, it is still a working theater — with 172 ...
The U.S. Needs Soldiers, Not Warriors
Soldiers are different. They are servants of the state. In well-governed countries, they are bound by discipline, the rule of ...
The heroes of Homer’s Iliad are eco-warriors battling to protect nature
The Iliad is a poem of violence, with many of the scores of deaths described in excruciating detail. But the fight is not ...
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Five of Iliad’s Lesser Known Characters Make Grandest Story Ever Told
Homer's Iliad has a vast cast of characters. Many of these names are less familiar to mainstream audiences than mighty ...
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Was Helen Really to Blame for the Trojan War – or Just a Scapegoat?
The question of Helen’s involvement in the Trojan War clearly poses difficult questions—and has done so ever since the age of ...
Pompeii is the gift that keeps giving – and there are so many more treasures to come
As incredible new discoveries are found at the archaeological site, Professor of classics Michael Scott and presenter of ...
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Italy’s Meloni to leverage strong ties with Trump — but as president whisperer or Trojan horse?
It remains to be seen to whose advantage the relationship will be, with some observers saying that Meloni could either become ...
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Ukraine war latest: Ukraine launches new offensive in Russia's Kursk Oblast, mixed reports surface on outcome
Reports by Russian pro-war Telegram channels have echoed the statement, saying that a new Kyiv offensive is underway. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian troops repelled two ...
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Ukraine launches new counter attack as top Russian general rushed to the front lines
Russian military bloggers have published a grainy photo claiming to be a Ukrainian tank column advancing on Russian positions in the Kursk region War Kitten, a Telegram channel with 400,000 ...
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Ukraine-Russia war map: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline as 2025 begins?
They have reached the outskirts of the village of Shevchenko beyond the reservoir and behind Kurakhove, according to DeepState, a Ukrainian war tracker with close ties to the military. Some of ...