Tag: classical

A second heavily researched book about Greeks and Romans has arrived in time for winter reading. The book is “Insane Emperors, Sunken Cities, and Earthquake Machines.” The author is classics-trained Chicago native Garrett Ryan. The 2023 book follows the same pattern of a similar 2021 ...

Few elements in architectural history possess the enduring allure and cultural significance as the Classical Orders. Orders can be fined as a particular style or arrangement of columns and its associated entablature. These timeless design principles, refined and perfected over centuries, have shaped...

There are two primary schools of criminology foundations. The first school of criminology known as the classical theory of criminology was founded by Cesare Beccaria. In the classical theory, Beccaria proposed an eye for an eye model of punishments for crimes. In the second theory of criminology, Ce...

This essay will focus on the reception of Aeschylus’ Prometheus seen in Shelley’s lyrical drama Prometheus Unbound which was “composed between 1818 and 1820" with a focus on the relationship between Jupiter/Zeus and Prometheus and how this speaks to the political insights Shel...

The classical guitar has its roots in the European lute and vihuela of the 15th and 16th centuries, evolving into its modern form in the 19th century. This development was largely influenced by luthiers like Antonio de Torres, who enhanced the instrument’s design, size, and shape, thereby enri...

Gogol was fond of eggnog which he used to mix with rum. He was also mad about Little-Russian food (Gogol was from Little-Russia) and pasta which he cooked like a most skillful Neapolitan. His contemporaries remember that their shared Italian meals used to look like a sacramental act and Gogol resemb...