The Revenge of Tomyris

Posted on October 25, 2011 by ubu507

COXCIE, Michiel van
c. 1620
Oil on wood, 185 x 175 cm
Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna

 Search was made among the slain by order of the queen for the body of Cyrus, and when it was found she took a skin, and, filling it full of human blood, she dipped the head of Cyrus in the gore, saying, as she thus insulted the corpse, “I live and have conquered you in fight, and yet by you am I ruined, for you took my son with guile; but thus I make good my threat, and give you your fill of blood.”

From: Herodotus

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Trio

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How indeed?

Posted on October 25, 2011 by ubu507

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Legs

Posted on October 24, 2011 by ubu507

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You Fell

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Nancy Drew: The Hidden Staircase

Posted on October 23, 2011 by ubu507


 1959

This new story for today’s readers is based on the original of the same title.

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Intent 4

Posted on October 23, 2011 by ubu507

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SYLVIA SANDERS and the Tangled Web

Posted on October 22, 2011 by ubu507

 The Story of a Girl’s Struggle for A RADIO CAREER

By Ruby Lorraine Radford

Illustrated by Hedwig Jo Meixner

Whitman Publishing Company 1946

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Another One Of Your Turns 9

Posted on October 22, 2011 by ubu507

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The Miraculous Apparition of the Virgin to St. Louis of France

Posted on October 21, 2011 by ubu507

Ferri, Ciro
Italian (1634-1689)
Mount Holyoke

And then I see Her, whom, still in human form,

heaven honors with glory, the primal Light

whose beauty a living mind can never

hope to draw or paint or with words,

or poetry approach with sufficient praise.

 — Vittoria Colonna (1492-1547)

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