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Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire, so Renaissance thinking went, were the cultural ancestors of the “West,” an imagined cultural space then beginning to take shape.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
The average rate for customers who were prepared to lock their money away for a year was 4.27%.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
When we married, we agreed that if I passed away while we were still married, he would inherit 100% of the house.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
If Odysseus were a real person, it is unlikely he would have thought of himself at all as an Ἕλληνες.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
If we were cattle, we’d be heading all the way to Kansas.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
