Echo was a mischievous nymph whom Hera punished by stealing her voice, allowing Echo to only repeat the last words spoken by humans. Echo fell in love with Narcissus when she met him, but as a consequence of her curse, she couldn't express his love through speaking. When he spurned her advances, the heartbroken Echo pined until only her voice remained.
Adriano Roccucci, Stalin and the Patriarch – Orthodox Church and Soviet Power 1917-1958:One of the most curious events in Soviet history is, without doubt, Stalins shift in attitude towards the Orthodox Church, through of World War II. While, until then, or at least on the eve of the outbreak of the
George Washington he is one of the great personalities of the United States and played a fundamental role in the consolidation of that countrys independence. He was a member of one of Virginias most traditional families, being the commander of the Continental Army troops, the army that fought the Am
In the spring of 1864, Northern general Ulysses Grant began his campaign to force the South into capitulation. The control of the Shenandoah Valley was a strategic objective of this campaign. Grant led the bulk of his forces against the forces of General Lee, commanding the Souths Army of Norther
If the IIIth République establishes a certain French political stability, compared to the failures of the first two, the last years of the regime leave France in the grip of many upheavals. Indeed, the post-war euphoria has dissipated, and with it his hopes. The economic crisis of 1929 which plunged