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This is why the Greeks needed myth: for that boundary, to know where they stood amidst the infinite. No one can simply coexist with the ocean, storms, the cypress trees. They had to codify the elements with language and greater meaning, and create gods out of them—gods who looked suspiciously like themselves—so that even if they were powerless over
... See moreMelissa Broder • The Pisces
Of all the foreign groups active in this arena at this time, only one has been firmly identified. The Peleset of the Sea Peoples are generally accepted as none other than the Philistines, who are identified in the Bible (Amos 9:7; Jer. 47:4) as coming from Crete.
Eric H. Cline • 1177 B.C.
specialized genus of cursorial, or hunt-by-chasing, carnivore in the Paleocene, some 60 million years ago.
Barry H. Lopez • Of Wolves and Men (Scribner Classics)
Scythians also scalped their enemies and hung the dried, stretched scalps on the bridles of their horses, like many plains Indian tribes two thousand years later.
Richard Grant • Ghost Riders: Travels with American Nomads
Sámi constellations
The Sami have different constellations than those most widely known and drawn up by (amongst others) the Ancient Greeks. Sami people traditionally lived in close contact with nature and in northern regions of Scandinavia and Russia, with long & dark winters.
The Sami have lived on reindeer herding and hunting, and the Sami
... See moreAt first, says Plutarch, Attica was divided by families.252 Some of these families of the primitive period, like the Eumolpidae, the Cecropidae, the Gephyraei, the Phytalidae, and the Lakiadae, were perpetuated to the following ages. At that time the city did not exist; but every family, surrounded by its younger branches and its clients, occupied
... See moreNuma Denis Fustel de Coulanges • The Ancient City: A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome (Illustrated)
