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Fall of Babylon: foolish ambition
Convinced that Babylon was fated to be conquered now, Zopyros went to Darius and asked him whether he considered the capture of Babylon...
Love is a Cherub
“Why was Love believed to be a winged boy armed with arrows and a torch?” 17 ____________________________________________________________...
The danger of Greed
The Carian, also, from whose wound in the ham Cyrus died, suing for his reward, he commanded those that brought it him to say that “the...
Pride goes before Fall
Of all his (Sertorius) remarkable exploits, none raised greater admiration than that which he put in practice against the Characitanians....
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