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A coin featuring the profile of Hera on one face and Zeus on the other, c. 210 AC. Roman conquerors of the Hellenic East allowed the incorporation of existing Greek mythological figures such as Zeus into their coinage in places like Phrygia, in order to "augment the fame" of the locality, while "creating a stronger civil identity" without "advertising" the imposition of Roman culture.
[21] [22] Zeus is the only deity in the Olympic pantheon whose name has such a transparent Indo-European etymology. [23] Plato, in his Cratylus, gives a folk etymology of Zeus meaning "cause of life always to all things", because of puns between alternate titles of Zeus (Zen and Dia) with the Greek words for life and "because of". [24]
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been the subject of a number of controversies, both in and outside of the United States. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner accuses the CIA of covert actions and human rights abuses. [1] Jeffrey T. Richelson of the National Security Archive has been critical of its claims. [2]
Image credits: EroticLadyxv #12. There are a lot of interesting answers here, and that's mainly because humans do a lot of terrible things to each other. That said, my answer is the Rwandan Genocide.
Reps. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) and Steve Womack (R-Ark.) expressed concern that today’s lawmakers are setting bad examples for the next generation of American leaders, in a Sunday joint interview.
Comparative mythology has served a variety of academic purposes. For example, scholars have used the relationships between different myths to trace the development of religions and cultures, to propose common origins for myths from different cultures, and to support various psychoanalytical theories.
Friday the 13th is a famously unlucky date. Even though some people dismiss it, these horrible events happened on this day throughout history.
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