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Publius Ovidius Naso, also known as Ovid (43 BCE - 17 ACE) was a Roman poet. Born in 43 BCE in the city Sulmo just outside Rome, during which Rome was still a Republic governed by the Senate. Ovid is most popular for his poetry, most notably Metamorphoses, a...
William Shakespeare was an English poet, actor and playwright. He has become immortalized through his incredibly influential plays, like Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Macbeth to name a few. He is also remembered for his considerable contributions to the...
Xenophon (430 BCE - 354 BCE) was an ancient Greek historian and soldier. He is known for his various historical writings, most notably "Anabasis" (Ἀνάβασιςs), which was an autobiographical work which describes Xenophon's experiences as one of the Ten Thousand, a group...
Zeno of Citium, born in 334 BCE, was the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy. Originally a Phoenician (Cyprus) merchant, he lived most of his life in mainland Greece after being shipwrecked off the coast of Attica. Most of the details concerning the life story...
Nature is a wonderful way to align your attention with your experience. When one is out in green nature, one immediately begins to live life more directly. This is something the transcendentalists of the 19th century knew well, and also considering the new access to...
Victor Marie Hugo was born in February 26, 1802 in the French city of Besançon. He was the son of Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo, a major and later general of Napoleon's army and Sophie Françoise Trébuchet. After his parents divorced, Hugo was raised by his mother. At...
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