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Lysistrata
Lysistrata was the third and final of the peace plays written by...
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Cuneiform
Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient...
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Oedipus at Colonus
Oedipus at Colonus was the third play of the Oedipus trilogy written...
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Illuminated Manuscripts
Illuminated manuscripts were hand-made books, usually on Christian...
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The Frogs
The Frogs is a comedy play by Aristophanes (c. 445 - c. 385...
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Medea
The tragedy Medea was written in 431 BCE by Euripides (c. 484 &ndash...
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Prometheus Bound
The Greek dramatist Aeschylus (c. 525 - c. 456 BCE) ...
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Twelve Greatest Illuminated Manuscripts
Illuminated manuscripts are, as their name suggests, hand-made...
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Book of Kells
The Book of Kells (c. 800 CE) is an illuminated manuscript of the...
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