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塢èΣTrojan warУPartheonThe79 -μ.TXTAcropolis棬The Acropolis rises proudly on 180-foothill above the Attic Plain. The Parthenon and many large buildings were built inGolden Age of Pericles, 2400 years ago. The Acropolis滹TheCaryatids飬СPlutoThe most un-Greek thing we can do is copythe Greeks. For emphatically they were not copyists.ZeusйAlexander the GreatTurkeyвcut the Gordian knotan intricateknot tied by Gordius, king of Phrygia, to be undone only by the person whoshould rule Asia. Alexander the Great cut it through with his swordС顱to find and use a quick, easy way out of a difficultyDiogenesAlexander the GreatDiogenesDiogenesлDiogenesIf I were not Alexander, Iwould be Diogenes.evzonesRomeдС·All roads lead to Rome.80 -μ.TXT··Appian WayAppian Way is the oldhighway to Rome from the south, lined with cypress tress.·Rome was not builtin a day.СApolloarchconcreteRoman HolidayNeroTo fiddle while Rome is burning.ChristiansGod涨Julius CaesarCaesarian operationCaesarian sectionв2VenividiviciI came, I saw, I conquered3Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar'sand unto GodмJulius CaesarEgyptCleopatraAntonyCleopatraPascalCleopatraIf the nose of Cleopatra had been a little shorter the whole face ofthe world would have been changed.ΣHannibalйCarthagePunic Wars81 -μ.TXTRhoneRomeRometo fortify the defense works and to leave nothing usableto the invading enemyHannibalGBSGeorge Bernard ShawBeatrice WebbGreco-RomanGreco-RomanCivilizationGreco-Roman WrestlingNСChopin played the piano in public when only eight yearsold. He began to compose soon afterward. He studied at the Warsaw Conservatoryfrom 1826 to 1829 before leaving Poland in 1830. He settled in Paris in 1831,and, except for some travel, he lived there the rest of his life.[of a county] to bedivided or split like a melon or a beanto be partitionedChopinThe poles also have an insatiable appetite for translations of Molire andShaw and for their own 19th-century dramatists who wrote from exile, when theircountry was partitioned among three neighboring empires.The plays, novels, and music of this period helped keep the Poles' sense ofnationhood alive. One composer, in particular, has stirred polish pride throughthe dark years, He, of course, is Chopin, whose birthplace at Zelazowa Wola, 28miles west of Warsaw, is a national shrine. here, every Sunday in the spring andsummer, the public is invited to a Chopin concert.磬to suffer a loss in one placebut make a gain somewhere else磬Сto show generosity or unselfishness byRob Peter to pay Paul82 -μ.TXTGdaskеDanzigPolish Corridor塣POLISH CORRIDOR is a historic strip of land that was once the ancient polishprovince of Pomorze. Poland lost the province to Prussia in 1772. When Prussiabecome a German state in 1871, the area fell into German control.After World War I, the Versailles Treaty established the corridor of land togive Poland free access to the Baltic Sea. The corridor separated East Prussiaand the port city of Danzig from the rest of Germany. In 1939, Germany regainedcontrol of the area when Nazi troops invaded Poland. After World War II, thecorridor was returned to Poland.Most Poles are Roman Catholics, and religion isimportant in their lives, Poland has been a Christian country for 1000 years.СPoland ChinaPoland Chinas gain weightrapidly and make excellent meat hogs. Farmers in Ohio developed the Poland Chinabreed.KrakwKrakw is the traditional capital ofpolish cultureCopernicusCopernicus skillfully applied this new idea in his masterpiece, Concerningthe Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres1543. In this book, Copernicusdemonstrated how the earth's motions could be used to explain the motions ofother heavenly bodies. His theory laid the foundations for the telescopicdiscoveries of Galileo, the planetary laws of Johannes Kepler, and thegravitation principle of Sir Isaac Newton.Copernicus was born in the city of Thornnow Toru, Poland, and attendedthe University of Krakw.оMarie Sklodowska Curie18671934Polish chemist andphysicist in France, wife of Pierre Curie, Madame Curie. ΨùNoble PrizeIrneNobelPrizeСÈve. Her life of her mother, Madame Curie1937, had agreat and immediate success, as did Among Warriors1943пJoseph ConradJoseph Conrad嶼exiled83 -μ.TXTСArtur RubinsteinдMadame CurieССJacob was the son of Isaac, and the father of the 12 sons who founded theTwelve Tribes of Israel, according to the Old Testament. He bought his olderbrother Esau's birthright with a bowl of savory stewmess of pottage.Later, Jacob enforced his claim by pretending to his blind and aged father thathe himself was Esau. Thus, he obtained from Isaac the words of blessing Isaachad meant for Esau. Esau was so angry that Jacob fled for his life.On the way to his uncle Laban, Jacob slept at a place called Bethel, wherehe dreamed of a wonderful ladder between heaven and earth. In the dream, Godpromised to protect and bless him while he was away from home. Much encouraged,Jacob went on to Laban's home. There he fell on love with Laban's daughter,Rachel. But Laban forced Jacob to marry hid older daughter. Leah, before hecould have Rachel for his wife. After working 20 years for Laban, Jacob left forhome.On the way, Jacob prayed all night until God reassured him that Esau wouldspare his life. Esau met him with forgiveness, and they parted good friends.Jacob spent his last years in Egypt, where his son Joseph brought him to live.Esau was the son of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Jacob in theBible. He is a main character in many stories found in Genesis 25-33. The bestknown are Jacob's cheating him out of his birthright for amess of pottageGen.2527-34, and the loss of his blessing through the plotting of his motherand brotherGen.27. Esau was reconciled to Jacob after the latter's return toPalestine 20 years later.Biblical history regards Esau as the founder of the Edomite nation.JacobУIsraelMess of pottageСòA Jacob's ladder is a ladder made of rope or cable, usually with woodenrungs. It is dropped over the side of a ship to enable people to ascend from ordescend to small boats alongside. Harbor pilots usually come aboard via aJacob's ladder.84 -μ.TXTThe Jacob's ladder gets its name from an incident in the Book of Genesis2812. The patriarch Jacob falls asleep and the a visionAnd he dreamed, andbehold a ladder set up on the earth, and he top of it reached to heavenandbehold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.Jacob's ladder has been used in at least two other quite earthly meanings. Asmall plant with a flower-and-leaf formation resembling a ladder bears thisname. In England, also what we Americans callrunsin hosiery were formerlycalled Jacob's ladders. Nowadays they are simply ladders.Jacobladderlike leaves85