Thursday, February 20, 2025

Terpsichore.

Terpsichore (Τερψιχόρη) was one of the Muses (Μοῦσαι) (Moûsai) (Μούσες) (Múses) in Greek myths and legends. She was a goddess of dance and chorus in Ancient Greece. Her name means "of relating to dance.

Zeus and Mnemosyne (Μνημοσύνη) were Terpsichore's parents.

Lyre was her symbol.

Terpsichore had several siblings and consorts.

Linus (Λῖνος) (Linos), Biston (Βίστων), and Parthenope (Παρθενόπη) were her children.



Thursday, February 13, 2025

Homo ergaster.

Homo ergaster is a type of extinct humans. They lived in Africa.

Homo ergaster, also known as "working man" had his own characteristics.

These type of people had relations with other archaic humans.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/skull-homo-ergaster-early-pleistocene-african-2024917568



Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Oileus.

Oileus (Ὀϊλεύς) (Oī̈leús) was known as the king of Locris (Λοκρίς) (Lokrís) in Greek mythology. Also, he was an Argonaut (Ἀργοναῦται) (Argonaûtai). 

Hodoedocus (Ὁδοίδοκος) was Oileus' father. Agrianome (Ἀγριανόμη) was his mother.

Oileus had a wife named Eriopis (Ἐριῶπις). They had a son Ajax (Αἴας) (Aias) the Lesser.

Oileus was wounded in the shoulder by Stymphalian Birds (Στυμφαλίδες ὄρνιθες) (Stymfalídes Órnithes).




Sunday, February 9, 2025

Tales from childhood: Imaginary friend.

Hi, people! I'm Angela. I like my new family. We are all friends with Timothy. He is a relative in this family.

There are people who think that Timothy isn't real. For example, my old family. But he is a real young man. Timothy had surgery.

He is a very good person. Timothy can tell funny stories and jokes. We all support him.

"Angela probably has an imaginary friend," my Mom said.

"It's all a child's imagination," my Dad said.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/woman-sits-hugging-person-sitting-next-2482985499



Saturday, February 1, 2025

Recipe of homemade dough for sweet pastry.

Ingredients:

Flour-800 g

Milk-200 g

Eggs-2

Sugar-100 g

Margarine-800 g

Sour cream-1 table spoon

Salt-half of tea spoon

Baking powder-1 tea spoon

Yeast-1 tea spoon


100 g of warm milk, sugar, flour, yeast, and salt mix in one bowl



Leave in warm place about 30 min. Consistency must be how thick cream. Mix 2 eggs.



Add to this mix baking powder. Remaining eggs, sugar, salt, margarine, sour cream, and make dough.

Leave dough in bowl about 3-4 hours.




Later mix your dough and cook pastry.

Great people: Jonathan Swift.

Jonathan Swift was a writer. He was born on November 30, 1667, in Dublin, Ireland.

Satire was his genre.

Gulliver's Travels (1726) was one of Swift's notable works. This novel was translated to other languages.

He died on October 19, 1745, in Dublin, Ireland.




Literature. Part hundred nineteen.

                                             "The Devoted Friend" by Oscar Wilde.

Once upon a time animals told about Hans and his friend Miller.

Hans was the young and worked in the garden.

Miller visited Hans during spring. They didn't forget each other.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/oscar-wilde-irish-writer-poet-one-2402532413




Famous people and their quotes. Part hundred four.

                                                    Johannes Kepler.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/great-german-astronomer-scientist-kepler-1543106636


“Nature uses as little as possible of anything.”

“I demonstrate by means of philosophy that the earth is round, and is inhabited on all sides; that it is insignificantly small, and is borne through the stars.”

“Planets move in ellipses with the Sun at one focus.”

Source of information:

https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/johannes-kepler-quotes  

Monday, January 20, 2025

Atalanta.

Atalanta (Ἀταλάντη) (Atalántē) was a heroine in Greek myths and legends. Her parents were Iasus (Ἴασος) and Clymene (Κλυμένη) (Kluménē).

Golden apple, bear, and lion were Atalalnta's symbols.

She was a good hunter. Also, Atalanta had the voyage with the Argonauts (Ἀργοναῦται) (Argonaûtai).

Meleager (Μελέαγρος) (Meléagros) was her consort. They had a son named Parthenopaeus (Παρθενοπαῖος) (Parthenopaîos).



Thursday, January 16, 2025

Tales from childhood: My new events.

In this year I made important things yet.

Hello everyone. I'm Timothy. I spent my childhood in a foster family. Now I only keep touch with my sister Maria. My other siblings have all moved away. I don't know where they are.

A few years ago I went through a difficult time in my life. Many people didn't know about my real problem. The lady in red was the one who supported me.

"You're a good young man," she said with a kind smile.

"You have a very kind heart," I said.

Also, I knew personal secrets from this woman.

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Reflection.

Reflection is a physical process. It can be seen in a mirror or in other places.

At the moment of reflection the object appears reflected.

There are different types of reflections, for example, object or sound.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/woman-staring-her-happy-reflection-mirror-1936921609



Saturday, January 11, 2025

Danaïdes.

Danaïdes (Δᾰνᾰΐδες), or Danaides and Danaids were daughters of Danaus (Δαναός) (Danaós), king of Argos (Άργος). They had different mothers.

Danaïdes killed their husbands. Only one of them didn't kill her husband.

In Tartarus killers carry a jug to fill a pithos without bottom.

There are arts about these characters.




Friday, January 10, 2025

Tales from childhood: I want to tell you.

Hello everyone, I want to tell you about my past life. I'm lady in red, I can't tell you my real name.

I hardly remember my life before I was a teenager. I have only a few memories. My younger twin sisters are forever in my past.

Mr. Theodor is my old friend. When I was a young woman we met. We talked with each other.

"You're very beautiful young woman!" Mr. Theodor said.

"I heard these words yet," I said with a smile.

So, we started communication and becoming best friends. He often treated me.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/red-skirt-vector-icon-isolated-on-2306674423



Thursday, January 2, 2025

Recipe of homemade soup with beans.

                                                               

Ingredients:

Water-2 L

Meat-500 g

Beans-300 g

Carrot-1

Potatoes-2

Onion-1

Salt-1 tea spoon

Black pepper-1 tea spoon

Italian seasoning-1 tea spoon

Garlic-1

Soak the beans for three to four hours. Cut vegetables. Boil all ingredients during two hours. At the end add salt, black pepper, and Italian seasoning. 

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Literature. Part hundred eighteen.

                                                  "Cupid's Arrows" by Rudyard Kipling.

Kitty was a kind girl. Her mother was worried about daughter.

Saggot was an ugly man. He invited Kitty to take part in an archery competition.

She didn't win anything, but Kitty took part.

Great people: Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann.

Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann was a German writer. He was born on January 24, 1776, in Königsberg, Prussia.


Hoffmann wrote with different genres. 


His literary movement was Romanticism.

"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (1816) was Hofmann's famous work.

He died on June 25, 1822, in Berlin.



Famous people and their quotes. Part hundred three.

                                                                   Thomas More.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/portrait-thomas-more-antonie-wierix-ii-2252575625

“I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.”

“An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.”

“I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first.”

“It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.”

“The heart that has truly loved never forgets.”

Source of information:

https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/thomas-more-quotes 

and https://www.azquotes.com/author/10365-Thomas_More