Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Tales from childhood: Mr. Theodor and his treasures.

Mr. Theodor had his own secrets, too. One of them was his treasures. Only Mr. Theodor knew about his treasures.

He didn't want to tell about his secret treasures. Mr. Theodor use these jewels when he thought it was necessary.

Even Beth and Johnny didn't know about this secret.

In fact, Mr. Theodor got jewelry from his late wife. She was the daughter of a man who held a high position.

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Cyrene.

Cyrene (Κῡρήνη) (Kyrḗnē) was a Thessalian princess in Greek mythology. Hypseus (Ὑψεύς) was her father. Chlidanope (Χλιδανώπης) was her mother.

She killed lions. 

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) (Apollōn) loved Cyrene. They married and had children. Aristaeus (Ἀρισταῖος) (Aristaios), Autuchus, and Idmon (Ἴδμων) were their children.

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

History.

History is many different periods. Countries have their own history. Cities and towns have their own history, too. 

Sometimes it helps to understand many things.

During centuries and thousands of years, buildings, art, and events have been created.

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Sunday, August 11, 2024

Tales from childhood: People and their secrets.

"I like green color, too," the lady in red said.

"This color is very beautiful," Timothy said.

"But this is our secret. Because in my job we dance in red colors," she said.

"Many different dances in red clothes are nice," Timothy said.

Sophie and Natalie had their favorite colors, too. But they told about it only to each other.

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Friday, August 9, 2024

Cecrops I.

Cecrops (Κέκροψ) (Kekrops) (Κέκροπος) (Kékropos) was a king of Attica in Greek myths and legends. His parents were Gaia (Γαῖα) (Gaîa) or Hephaestus (Ἥφαιστος) (Hḗphaistos).

Aglaurus (Ἄγλαυρος) was wife of Cecrops I. They had several offspring: Erysichthon (Ἐρυσίχθων), Aglaurus, Pandrosos (Πάνδροσος), and Herse (Ἕρση).

Cecrops I did various things during his reign. Also, in this time was a dispute between Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) and Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) (Ἀθηναία) (Παλλὰς Ἀθηνᾶ). The capital was called Athena after the goddess.





Friday, August 2, 2024

Great people: Edgar Allan Poe.

Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston Massachusetts, U.S. He was an American writer.

Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827) was his famous book.

Edgar Allan Poe had a wife and siblings.

He died on October 7, 1849, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.




Thursday, August 1, 2024

Recipe of homemade daisy tea.

Ingredients:

Daisy tea bag-1

Water-1 cup

Sugar, honey, or jam-taste 


Lay the tea bag in the cup. Add the water.





If you want you can add sugar, honey or jam in your daisy tea.

Famous people and their quotes. Part ninety eight.

                                                                    Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann.

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“None but a poet can understand a poet; none but a romantic spirit transported with poetry and consecrated in the Holy of Holies an comprehend what the ordained utters out of his inspiration.”

“Oh, where have you gone, you blissful dreams of future happiness”

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7267068.E_T_A_Hoffmann 

Literature. Part hundred thirteen.

                                                  The Story of Little Muck by Wilhelm Hauff. 

Little Muck was a little person. His father died.

Little Muck worked for an old woman. Then he left and took his shoes. These shoes were magical. They could transport the Little Muck wherever he wanted very quickly.

So, the Little Muck became the king’s runner. Then he was deprived of the magic shoes.

The Little Muck found two fig trees. If person ate figs from the first tree, then donkey ears would grow, but if person ate figs from the second tree, then donkey ears would disappear. 

He changed his clothes and went to the palace. There Little Muck treated the king to figs and he became ugly.

The king hoped for a recovery, but Little Muck didn’t give him the healing figs. The Little Muck only took his magic shoes.

There are many different movies and cartoons about this fairy tale.

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