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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam – FitzGerald
Born on May 18, 1048 in Nishapur, Iran, the Persian mathematician, astronomer and sometime poet, Omar Khayyam, passed away on December 4, 1131. But not before his work with cubic equations and the composition of a calendar more accurate than … Continue reading
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Tagged Edward FitzGerald, Harvard Classics, Iran, Omar Khayyam, Persia, Poetry, Pre-Raphaelitte, Quatrain, Rubaiyat, Skepticism, Suffism, Whitley Stokes
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Sonic Gems: Ghazal: Lost Songs of the Silk Road
The Silk Road was an extended matrix of overland trade routes across Eurasia which linked multiple nations including India and Persia/Iran. As these nations brushed against one another, sometimes their cultures and music would form a confluence that was and … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Plutarch’s Lives – Themistocles
We have previously discussed Plutarch’s Lives as well as Plutarch himself. Please refer to these prior posts for more information on both. As to Themistocles, we have yet much to learn. Themistocles was an Athenian politician and general who lived … Continue reading
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Tagged Athens, Harvard Classics, Naval Power, Persia, Plutarch's Lives, Themistocles
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