The Greeks believed in the efficacy of oracular advice, the Chinese used magic as protection against demons, shamanism flourished in India, and it still openly persists in central Asia.
The Greeks possibly took the suggestion of birthday celebration from the Egyptians, because just like the event of the pharaohs as“gods,” the Greeks were commemorating their gods and also goddesses.
The Greeks did not know at that time how to besiege a city, as we saw, by way of digging trenches and building towers, and battering the walls with machines that threw heavy stones.
I know that to Greeks who probably see me more in the press at the moment than Kim Kardashian this might seem surprising, but… until last month I always refused to do television and interviews.
Among all the Fathers of the Church(excepting, perhaps, St. Augustine) it is the Greeks whoare more especially noteworthy for their rapturous utterances touching the infusion of the Holy Ghost.
Since the Greeks refused to agree to peace terms city by city, Antipater and Craterus began to lay siege to the cities in Thessaly and to take them by storm, since the Greeks could not send aid to them.
And cried out that they had come to do him kindness, so he laid down his bow, and they came in and sat on the rocks, and promised that his wound should be healed, for the Greeks were very much ashamed of having deserted him.
The nibbling of tidbits and enjoyment of golden beer and refreshing, flavored ouzo descending sip by sip, between conversation and laughter among friends, is something that we Greeks wouldn't trade with aby other type of entertainment in the world.
For instance, the Greeks were using shields which were large[megalais aspis] and consequently difficult to handle; these he discarded and made small oval ones[peltas summetrous] of moderate size, thus successfully achieving both objects, to furnish the body with adequate cover and to enable the user of the small shield, on account of its lightness, to be completely free in his movements.
In one form or another it is known to have been practiced by many groups(such as the Indians, Scythians, Celts, Germani, Britanni, and Taurians) but is most closely associated with the Persians, Carthaginians, Phoenicians, Greeks, and especially the Romans.
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