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215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
The Temple of Venus Erycina (Latin: Aedes Veneris Erycinae) was a temple on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome dedicated to Venus Erycina. This was an aspect of the goddess Venus. Later this temple was probably called the Temple of the Capitoline Venus (Aedes Veneris Capitolinae).[1] There was another temple with the same name in Rome, the Temple of Venus Erycina (Quirinal Hill).
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1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy marking the end of the legendary Trojan War, given by chief librarian of the Library of Alexandria Eratosthenes, among others.[1]
The Trojan War was a legendary conflict in Greek mythology that took place around the 12th or 13th century BCE. The war was waged by the Achaeans (Greeks) against the city of Troy after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta. The war is one of the most important events in Greek mythology, and it has been narrated through many works of Greek literature, most notably Homer’s Iliad. The core of the Iliad (Books II – XXIII) describes a period of four days and two nights in the tenth year of the decade-long siege of Troy; the Odyssey describes the journey home of Odysseus, one of the war’s heroes. Other parts of the war are described in a cycle of epic poems, which have survived through fragments. Episodes from the war provided material for Greek tragedy and other works of Greek literature, and for Roman poets including Virgil and Ovid.
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404 BC – Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion.
The Peloponnesian War (Ancient Greek: Πόλεμος τῶν Πελοποννησίων, romanized: Pólemos tō̃n Peloponnēsíōn) (431–404 BC) was an ancient Greek war fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies for the hegemony of the Greek world. The war remained undecided for a long time, until the decisive intervention of the Persian Empire in support of Sparta. Led by Lysander, the Spartan fleet, built with Persian subsidies, finally defeated Athens and started a period of Spartan hegemony over Greece.
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1408 – John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (d. 1462)[19]
John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (23 April 1408 – 26 February 1462), was the son of Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford (1385? – 15 February 1417), and his second wife, Alice Sergeaux (1386–1452).[1] A Lancastrian loyalist during the latter part of his life, he was convicted of high treason and executed on Tower Hill on 26 February 1462.
1492 – Sabina of Bavaria, Bavarian duchess and noblewoman (d. 1564)
Sabina of Bavaria-Munich (24 April 1492 – 30 August 1564) was Duchess consort of Württemberg by marriage to Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg.
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1228 – Conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254)[9]
Conrad (25 April 1228 – 21 May 1254), a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was the only son of Emperor Frederick II from his second marriage with Queen Isabella II of Jerusalem. He inherited the title of King of Jerusalem (as Conrad II) upon the death of his mother in childbed. Appointed Duke of Swabia in 1235, his father had him elected King of Germany (King of the Romans) and crowned King of Italy (as Conrad IV) in 1237. After the emperor was deposed and died in 1250, he ruled as King of Sicily (Conrad I) until his death.
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If it is true for you, it is true for someone else, and you are no longer alone.
COLSON WHITEHEAD
The Nickel Boys
However dutifully we record what we see around us, the common denominator of all we see is always, transparently, shamelessly, the implacable “I.”
JOAN DIDION
“On Keeping a Notebook”
The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.
LOGAN PEARSALL SMITH
“Arts and Letters”
You know how it is when someone says your name really well, like it means something that makes the world a better place.
HELEN OYEYEMI
Boy, Snow, Bird
Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
OSCAR WILDE
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The pleasure of the table belongs to all ages, to all conditions, to all countries, and to all areas; it mingles with all other pleasures, and remains at last to console us for their departure.
JEAN ANTHELME BRILLAT-SAVARIN
The Physiology of Taste
In 1970 I felt so lonely that I could not give; now I feel so joyful that giving seems easy. I hope that the day will come when the memory of my present joy will give me the strength to keep giving even when loneliness gnaws at my heart.
HENRI NOUWEN
The Genesee Diary
For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock.
JAMES BALDWIN
Nothing Personal
Nobody really looks at anything; it’s too hard.
ANDY WARHOL
I’ll Be Your Mirror
Is life so wretched? Isn’t it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddied?
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD
Markings
Those who are not grateful soon begin to complain of everything.
THOMAS MERTON
Thoughts in Solitude
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“If it’s out of your hands, it deserves freedom from your mind too.”
Ivan Nuru
“The little things? They’re not little.”
Jon Kabat-Zinn
“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”
Joseph Campbell
“As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others!”
Marianne Williamson
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I change.”
Carl Rogers
“Your body holds deep wisdom. Trust in it. Learn from it. Nourish it. Watch your life transform and be healthy.”
Bella Bleue
“If you feel that you are missing out on fulfillment and happiness, but cannot put your finger on why, perhaps there is something deeper going on. Believe it or not, anyone can develop an unconscious habit of self-deprivation. Usually, this habit begins in childhood.”
Mike Bundrant
“’I got saved by the beauty of the world,’ she said to me. And the beauty of the world was honored in the devotion of her attention. Nothing less than the beauty of the world has become more present, more redemptive, for more of us in the encounter with her poetry.”
Krista Tippett, on interviewing poet Mary Oliver
“The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, personal and family history, belief systems, and often also political, nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.”
Eckhart Tolle
“She held herself until the sobs of the child inside subsided entirely. I love you, she told herself. It will all be okay.”
H. Raven Rose
“Everyone who gives up a serious childhood dream—of becoming an artist, a doctor, an engineer, an athlete—lives the rest of their life with a sense of loss, with nagging what-ifs.”
Glenn Kurtz
“Your voice is the most potent magic in existence.”
Michael Bassey Johnson
“No one is more influential in your life than you are because no one talks to you more than you do.”
Dr. Paul David Tripp
“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”
Herbert Bayard Swope
Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EARTHDAY.ORG (formerly Earth Day Network)[1] including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries.[2][1][3] The official theme for 2024 is “Planet vs. Plastics.” 2025 will be the 55th anniversary of Earth Day.[4][5]
1444 – Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk (d. 1503)
Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk also known as Elizabeth Plantagenet (22 April 1444 – c. 1503) was the sixth child and third daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (a great-grandson of King Edward III) and Cecily Neville.[1] She was thus a sister of kings Edward IV and Richard III.[1]
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Associated Press: Air National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers say
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By Theresa Bird, AlaskaWatchman.com: AUTHENTIC ALASKAN WOMEN (Part 4): Sherrie Laurie brings Christ’s love to Alaska’s most vulnerable, abused women
Editor’s note: As modern global elites champion powerful and defiant women, this series features Alaskan women who leavening the world with that particular love unique to the “genius of women.”
Sherrie Laurie was a FedEx pilot for 20 years before she felt called by God to face her fears and embark on a journey that would ultimately lead her to encounter, and love, some of the most vulnerable, neglected and abused women in Anchorage.
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You have to hold yourself accountable for your actions, and that’s how we’re going to protect the Earth.
Julia Butterfly Hill,
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April 22 is Earth Day
“Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.”
Herodotus
“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”
Willa Cather
“I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.”
Paulo Coelho
“No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.”
Alfred North Whitehead
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you to where you want to go, no one else.
Les Brown – Motivational Speaker
Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill – 1874-1965 – Former British Prime Minister
Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.
Robin Sharma – Writer
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