THE KNIGHTS (424 B.C.) ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY

For background info on ancient Greek comedies see my original post on the topic:  https://glitternight.com/2011/09/22/at-long-last-my-ancient-greek-comedy-posts-begin/ THE KNIGHTS – In The Knights  Aristophanes pioneered a new sub-genre of Attic Old Comedy: the  Demagogue Comedy. The villain of this masterpiece of political satire was a figure called the Paphlagonian, who was patterned on Cleon, a notorious Athenian politician of the time period. […]

FIVE LOST OUTLAW TREASURES OF THE OLD WEST

In just two days this year’s Frontierado Holiday Season will be over, unfortunately. Here is another seasonal post in the meantime.  HENRY SEYMOUR LOOT – In 1879 Henry Seymour led his outlaw gang in robbing a stagecoach just out of Brigham City, Arizona and outside the Pine Spring Stage Station. The gang had targeted this […]