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Ashmole was born on 23 May 1617
Elias Ashmole
My birthday buddy.
“Many variations of wording can be found in both versions of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ as they have been set down over the years. In fact, surviving manuscript copies in Burns’s own hand are not identically worded.”
Timeline of Music Notation
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I think this is the person who has ever fascinated me the most, even though he is a great man, not a great man, the truth is that I can't understand how the hell he did everything he did.
Esarhaddon selected Ashurbanipal as heir c. 673. The selection of Ashurbanipal bypassed the elder son Shamash-shum-ukin. Perhaps in order to avoid future rivalry, Esarhaddon designated Shamash-shum-ukin as the heir to Babylonia. The two brothers jointly acceded to their respective thrones after Esarhaddon's death in 669, though Shamash-shum-ukin wa... See more
Ashurbanipal
Edison's Eve, Gaby Wood
You must go down into the world of mortals like a ray of light, like a shower of refreshing rain; you must illuminate it like Apollo, shake it to its depths and give it a new life like Zeus, otherwise you are not worthy of your heaven.
Alan Cardew • Lord Byron: The Perils and Glories of a Classical Education
Hölderlin, Held.
Relatable Bach. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweigt_stille,_plaudert_nicht,_BWV_211
Active for over fifty years, Porphyrios caused great concern for Byzantine seafarers. Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565) made it an important matter to capture it, though he could not come up with a way to do so.
Porphyrios (whale)
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