Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
Jim Greenhill, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
While spying out the enemy’s camp, Gideon hears something which fills him with renewed confidence.
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© Fortysix Vie, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
The surprisingly sensitive Roman commander was hoping to impress a girl with his angling skills.
© GdML, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
The experienced nurse could not stop saving lives, even at the cost of her own.
From the Athens War Museum collection, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
On October 28th, 1940, the Kingdom of Greece surprised everyone by refusing to become part of the German war machine.
© Finoa Avis, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Two of Heracles’s labours are declared void, so to make up the number he is sent to find the Garden of the Hesperides.
From the Chronicle of John Skylitzes, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
The young Roman Emperor Theophilus backed away from marriage to the formidable Cassiani, but he could not forget her.