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Modern myths about the ancient world.
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31 July 2026
The cave of the Nymphs:
Odyssey
13.96–112
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The Phaiakes deliver Odysseus to his home island, Ithake, leaving him asleep on the shore. When he wakes up, he hides their gifts to him in ...
27 July 2026
Odysseus’ wanderings
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Odysseus’ wanderings are the most famous sequence in Homer’s Odyssey . The Cyclops, the Lotus-eaters, and Circe are some of the epic’s most ...
26 April 2024
Fact-check: Eratosthenes (IBM, 1961) (video)
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Video review/fact-check of the IBM short film ‘Eratosthenes’ (1961).
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07 July 2023
How Eratosthenes measured the earth. Part 4
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1. The spherical earth | 2. Eratosthenes’ method | 3. Distance | 4. Angle of the sun (e) Angle of the sun Eratosthenes didn...
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29 June 2023
How Eratosthenes measured the earth. Part 3
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1. The spherical earth | 2. Eratosthenes’ method | 3. Distance | 4. Angle of the sun Distances along stretches of the Ni...
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