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1 day ago · Sappho. Kalpis painting of Sappho by the Sappho Painter (c. 510 BC), currently held in the National Museum, Warsaw. Sappho (/ ˈsæfoʊ /; Greek: Σαπφώ Sapphṓ [sap.pʰɔ̌ː]; Aeolic Greek Ψάπφω Psápphō; c. 630 – c. 570 BC) was an Archaic Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. [a] Sappho is known for her ...
1 day ago · Freda Josephine Baker (née McDonald; June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975), naturalized as Joséphine Baker, was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in France. She was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 French silent film Siren of the Tropics ...
3 hours ago · Le but originel du socialisme est d'obtenir l' égalité sociale, ou du moins une réduction des inégalités 2 et, notamment pour les courants d'inspirations marxiste et anarchiste, d'établir une société sans classes sociales. Plus largement, le socialisme peut être défini comme une tendance politique, historiquement marquée à gauche ...
1 day ago · Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin[ a ] (9 December 1842 [ b ] – 8 February 1921) was a Russian anarchist and geographer known as a proponent of anarchist communism. Born into an aristocratic land-owning family, Kropotkin attended Page Corps and later served as an officer in Siberia, where he participated in several geological expeditions.
1 day ago · Fais est un atoll surélevé situé approximativement à 87 kilomètres à l'est d' Ulithi et 251 km au nord-est de Yap, dans les îles Carolines dans l' océan Pacifique. Il appartient aux îles extérieures de Yap. Du point de vue administratif, c'est une municipalité de l' État de Yap, dans les États fédérés de Micronésie.
3 hours ago · The death of Aeschylus, killed by a turtle dropped onto his head by a falcon, illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [1]. This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.
