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Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger. Hardcover Book first sold: July 16, 1951. Current cover design dated 1991? Previous solid maroon book cover with gold font designed by J.D. Salinger in response to racey pulp paper back book cover. bad books

5 Good Books That Inspired Bad Deeds

9 American Countercultural Books

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Is Australia an Island?

22 Questions About Time and Timekeeping Answered

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

airplane in flight (plane, aircraft, flying)

7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Franklin D. Roosevelt, who formulated the Four Freedoms.

7 Alphabet Soup Agencies that Stuck Around

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Flourished	c.101 - c.300
Notable Works	“Daphnis and Chloe”

Achilles Tatius

Greek author

Heliodorus of Emesa

Greek writer

Chariton

Greek author

Martin Opitz

German poet

Ion of Chios

Greek poet

Homer

Greek poet

Euripides

Greek dramatist

Plutarch

Greek biographer

Sophocles

Greek dramatist

Pindar

Greek poet

Aeschylus

Greek dramatist

Xenophon

Greek historian

Aristophanes

Greek dramatist

Lucian

Greek writer

Hesiod

Greek poet

Alcaeus

Greek poet

Simonides of Ceos

Greek poet

Sappho

Greek poet

Archilochus

Greek author

Anacreon

Greek poet

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Portrait of Plato (ca. 428- ca. 348 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher.

An Odyssey of Grecian Literature

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