No Monolithic Theories

‘My own conviction, nevertheless, is that there can be no single and comprehensive theory of myths–except, perhaps, the theory that all such theories

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Pre-Zeus Altar in Arcadia

Read the interesting story here.The lead:PHILADELPHIA — Before Zeus hurled his first thunderbolt from Olympus, the pre-Greek people occupying the la

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Solon in English

I didn’t realize until today’s Merriam-Webster Word of the Day that the name of the Athenian lawgiver Solon had made it into English as a (lower-case)

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