Zoe and Theodora part 52
Without a moment’s hesitation, with no thought for reason, he condemned them to blinding on the spot. At that the pretender emitted a cry...
The Lost Phcebe part 10
She bustled about, meditating on the uncertainties of life, while old Reifsneider thrummed on the rim of his hat with his pale fingers and...
Zoe and Theodora part 53
126. His beauty, we are told, was that of Achilles or Nireus.**126 But whereas, in the case of these heroes, the poet’s language, having...
The Lost Phcebe part 11
For several years thereafter then he was an odd figure in the sun anti rain, on dusty roads and muddy ones, encountered occasionally in...
Zoe and Theodora part 38
Our men, meanwhile, engaged them with stones from above and fought them off with their cutlasses. Greek fire, too, was hurled at them, and...
Zoe and Theodora part 54
128. The symptoms of disease were not all immediately apparent. The humours first flowed into his feet, and at once he was compelled to...
The Lost Phcebe part 12
Another thing that puzzled him greatly after a time and after many hundreds of inquiries was, when he no longer had any particular door-...
Zoe and Theodora part 39
97. Personally, I know of no power of divination possessed by the man. I attribute the phenomenon to an easy-going and carefree disposition. Men...
Zoe and Theodora part 55
130. Even while I write this history I am still absolutely amazed to think how the man was able to bear the excruciating pain...
Turkish existence in Yalvac
During the Seljuk period, the first Oghuz clan to settle in the region bore the name Yalvac, and this is the origin of the...
