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Category |
Date |
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331 |
In Greek mythology, Notus is the god of the south wind. |
Literature > Mythology |
02/25/09 |
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332 |
In Greek mythology, Astraeus is the father of the Anemoi, or the four winds. |
Literature > Mythology |
02/25/09 |
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333 |
"The Road Not Taken" was written by Robert Frost. |
Literature > Poetry |
02/23/09 |
|
334 |
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" was written by Robert Frost. |
Literature > Poetry |
02/22/09 |
|
335 |
In Greek mythology, Helios is the personification of the sun. |
Literature > Mythology |
02/16/09 |
|
336 |
In Greek mythology, Aphrodite is the goddess of beauty and love. |
Literature > Mythology |
02/14/09 |
|
337 |
In Greek mythology, Uranus is the first husband of Gaia. |
Literature > Mythology |
02/13/09 |
|
338 |
"The Last Battle" was the only book by C. S. Lewis to win a Carnegie Medal. |
Literature |
02/04/09 |
|
339 |
C. S. Lewis was known by friends as Jack. |
Literature > Authors |
02/04/09 |
|
340 |
"The Last Battle" is the final novel in "The Chronicles of Narnia" series. |
Literature |
02/04/09 |
|
341 |
Desiderius Erasmus wrote "The Praise of Folly" in 1509. |
Literature > Authors |
01/29/09 |
|
342 |
"Julius Caesar" was a tragedy depicting the conspiracy against the Roman dictator Julius Caesar. |
Literature > Shakespeare |
01/22/09 |
|
343 |
"The Communist Manifesto", written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, was published on February 21, 1848. |
Literature |
01/19/09 |
|
344 |
Victor Hugo, author of the "Hunchback of Notre Dame", was born February 26, 1802. |
Literature > Authors |
01/17/09 |
|
345 |
Mary Wollstonecraft is best known for her work "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman", which was written in 1792. |
Literature > Authors |
01/16/09 |
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