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The Matron of Ephesus 1

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Petronius (Died 66 A.D.) Gaius Petronius Arbiter was born some time early in the First Century of the Christian era, and committed suicide in the...

The Jackal 1

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The Jackal (Anonymous: 14th Century A.D., or earlier) Nothing is known of the author of the Hitopadesa, a manual of didac-tic fables composed—on the basis...

The Book of Ruth 2

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Then Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her:—-“My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? And now...

Rabbi Akiva 2

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Rabbi Akiva The Rabbis tell us that once the Roman Government made a decree forbidding Israel to study the law. Thereupon Pappus, son of Yehudah,...

Horatius at the Bridge 1

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Ancient Rome It is a commonplace of literary history that Roman art was largely imitated or derived from the Greek, and in particular that Roman...

The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse 1

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Jesop (6th Century, B.C.?) Jesop was “not a poet,” says Gilbert Murray, “but the legendary author of a particular type of story.” This type is...

King Rhampsinitus and the Thief 1

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Herodotus (484—424 B.C.) Herodotus, the Father of History, is celebrated as a teller of tales. These he introduced into his History partly for purposes of...

The Bet part 5

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“If I have the courage to fulfil my intention,” thought the old man, “the Suspicion will fall on the watchman first of all.” In the...

The Bet part 6

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The banker took the sheet from the table and read: “Tomorrow at twelve o`clock midnight, I shall obtain my freedom and the right to mix...

The Bet part 4

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During the last two years of his confinement the prisoner read an extraordinary amount, quite haphazard. Now he would apply himself to the natural...