Tales from childhood: Answers to questions.

 "Why did Lara's father choose Mrs. M.?" many people wondered.

Sophie, when she began to grow up, started to think about it, too. Is this woman so wonderful? Yes she is, one of the reasons why she has always been loved by many people in different places.

Really, really, there are several examples of Mrs. M.'s qualities. She knows how to start and maintain conversation, sympathize, help a person in difficult times, tries to do a good job.

But it turns out that this wasn't the only point. Mrs. M. had a house and apartments in the city and the suburbs. Gossips even said that other men wanted to marry her. Some believed in it, some didn't.

"Still, Mrs. M. has enough good qualities for a good wife," Sophie said.

"That's for sure!" the mother said.

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Clytemnestra.

 Clytemnestra (Κλυταιμνήστρα) was known as the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, in Greek legends. Her parents were Tyndareus (Τυνδάρεος) and Leda. Clytemnestra's sister was Helen of Troy.

She had relations with other characters, such as: Aegisthus, Achilles, Artemis, and etc.

She killed her husband Agamemnon.

Clytemnestra had several children: Orestes, Electra, Aletes, Erigone, Chrysothemis.

Her son Orestes killed his mother. Clytemnestra was buried away from the city wall of Mycenae.

Artists and sculptors created different paintings and sculptures about this character.

White flowers in the yard.

 

Tales from childhood: Funny jokes.

 Sophie became a teenager. She did many different serious things. Sophie cooked dinners with her grandmother and watered flowers. When she was little she only played.

Also, several years ago little Sophie liked watch movies with stupid moments. She was sure that these jokes are funny and cool. Now if Sophie watched it she understood that these moments were very stupid. Mom and granny said that, too.

Sophie was interested in some TV shows. She watched some of them with her mother. On other programs, grandmother said that they shouldn't watch it. Mom agreed with her.

Little Sophie couldn't understand why the family said that it wasn't necessary to watch.

"Sometimes adults say that we shouldn't watch certain movies," Sophie said to Natalie.

"What if these movies and TV shows are really not so interesting? I somehow looked at one stupid movie myself and was disappointed." Natalie said.

Sophie considered the words of her friend. Maybe some programs are really not watching?

Leda.

 Leda (Λήδα) was a character of Greek myths and legends. Her father was Thestius, king of Pleuronians in Aetolia. Her mother was Deidameia.

Leda married king Tyndareus of Sparta. She had several children: beautiful Helen, Clytemnestra, Castor and Pollux, Timandra, Phoebe and Philonoe. 

There are many paintings and sculptures and Leda.

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Paleolithic.

 The Paleolithic, also known as the Old Stone Age. This is a very ancient period in history. From Greek παλαιός means -old, λίθος means -stone.

In this period lived Neanderthals, Australopithecus, cave lions, woolly mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses.

Early humans had their own culture. They lived in caves, hunted, fished, created different tools. Ancient people carved figures from clay and stones, cooked prey on fire, they used minerals.

At the end of the Paleolithic period, was the end of the last Ice Age.

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Homemade cake with chocolate cream.

 

Great people: Sandro Batticelli.

 Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi was an Italian Renaissance painter.

He was born in 1445, in Florence. Batticelli studied painting with Filippo Lippi.

Sandro Batticelli created many famous paintings. The Birth of Venus (1484-1486), Primavera (late 1470s, early 1480s), Adoration of the Magi (1475), Madonna and Child (1465-1470), Madonna and Child with an Angel (1465-1467).

He died on May 17, 1510, in Florence.

Literature. Part seventy seven.

                     The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Hamlet by William Shakespeare. 

This tragedy was written in 1601. Shakespeare created his famous work in a play. The Hamlet became popular.

Events take place in Denmark. There are several characters: Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Polonius, Ophelia, Osric, ghost of Hamlet’s father.

People experience different moments. The theme of death is touched upon.

The tragedy was translated to many languages. There are many illustrations about this play. This story was told in theatric productions.

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Famous people and their quotes. Part sixty two.

                                                             Salvador Dalí.

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“Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.”

“Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.”

Source of information:

https://www.biography.com/artist/salvador-dali and https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/165858.Salvador_Dal_

Recipe of homemade banana bread.

 Ingredients:

Flour-300 g

Sugar-100 g

Bananas-2

Eggs-2

Sour cream-2 table spoons

Salt-pinch

Baking powder-pinch

Mix all ingredients in one bowl. Warm up the oven 220 °C. Baking the bread 180°C about 30-40 minutes. If you want you can add nuts, sesame, and raisins.