The word "protean" comes from Proteus's name, and it is used to describe someone or something that is versatile, adaptable, or constantly changing.
For example, we might say that a politician is protean in their views, meaning that they are able to change their opinions to suit the situation. Another example is weather patterns are protean; they always change.
It is not known how Vlad III died. He fell at the end of 1476 during a fight against the Turks, perhaps betrayed by one of his trusted men, a Turk bought by Mehmed II, who would have beheaded him with a sword stroke. Her embalmed head was sent to the sultan. According to tradition, Vlad is buried in
On the night of September 7, 1914, the northeast of France became the improvised scene of an unusual spectacle:that of hundreds of taxis that flowed incessantly and hurriedly from Les Invalides in Paris towards the Marne Valley, full of soldiers and each vehicle Following the taillights of the one i
When the Roman general Sulla took Athens in 86 B.C. he got a fantastic prize:Aristotles library. Indeed, much of the library of the famous philosopher had been taken back to Athens by Apelicon, who had bought it in very poor condition and dedicated himself to restoring it, not too tactfully. The R
Posthumous portrait of Mozart. By Barbara Krafft. 1819 • WIKIMEDIA COMMONS On March 17, 1781, Mozart wrote to his father. It was the only time he addressed Leopold in such an affectionate way:“My very dear friend! A certain excitement shines through in the letter. The young composer had just arr