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The Historian’s Hut @thehistorianshut.bsky.social · Aug 25
Curious about how faithful Christopher Nolan's Odyssey movie is to Homer's original poem? If so, this in-depth review video is for you!

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey—A Historian’s Comparative Review
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Hate AI? Then Use These Tips To Easily Find Free, Reusable, Public Domain Art

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October 7, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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This painting, by the Swiss artist Henry Fuseli (c. 1741–1825), has been tentatively labeled by the Yale University Gallery of Art as Danaë and Perseus on Seriphos. For more on the art and myth, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2021/06/13/d...
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October 7, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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“Do you agree, then, that the best course is for the men and women to receive the same education, share children, and co-operate in the guarding of the rest of their fellow citizens, as we’ve described?”
-Plato (c. 427-347 BCE)

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Plato (c. 427-347 BCE) “Do you agree, then, that the best course is for the men and women to receive the same education, share children, and co-operate in the guarding of the rest of their fellow citi...
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October 7, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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(Article) The Complicated Life Of Uni The Dane

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The Complicated Life Of Uni The Dane - The Historian's Hut
According to folklore and oral history preserved in the Icelandic Book of Settlements (Landnámabók), an enigmatic figure named Uni lived a troubled life in Iceland during the Age of Settlement period ...
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October 7, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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“A person is not skilled
just because he talks a lot.
Peaceful, friendly, secure–
that one is called ‘skilled.'”
-The Dhammapada (recorded c. 3rd century)

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The Buddha (The Buddha lived c. 6th-5th centuries BCE, but this quote based on his teachings was recorded in the 3rd century BCE) “A person is not skilled just because he talks a lot. Peaceful, friend...
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October 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Hate AI? Then Use These Tips To Easily Find Free, Reusable, Public Domain Art

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October 7, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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This painting, by the French artist Jean-François de Troy (c. 1679 -1752), re-creates one of the murderous scenes from the catastrophic end of the mythical Romance between Jason and Medea. For more on the art and story, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2021/06/10/t...
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October 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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(Article) The Legend Of Enigmatic King Arkamani / Ergamenes

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Interesting occurrences were happening in the Meroitic Kushite Kingdom (approximately modern Sudan) in the 3rd century BCE that caught the attention of ancient Greek scholars. At that time, a powerful...
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October 6, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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“My work is not a piece of writing designed to meet the taste of an immediate public, but was done to last for ever.”
-Thucydides (c. 460-404 BCE)

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Thucydides (Athenian general and historian, c. 460-404 BCE) “My work is not a piece of writing designed to meet the taste of an immediate public, but was done to last for ever.” History of the Pelopon...
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October 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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This painting, by the Italian artist Camillo Miola (also known as Biacca, c. 1840-1919), depicts an ancient Greek priestess, serving as a prophetess in a temple. For more on the art and the history that inspired it, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2021/06/09/t...
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October 6, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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“To tolerate the offences of the great mass of citizens is a task which demands great prudence and great power, but if anyone were to punish them all indiscriminately as they deserve, he would destroy before he knew it the greater part of mankind.”
-Cassius

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Cassius Dio (c. 163-235) “To tolerate the offences of the great mass of citizens is a task which demands great prudence and great power, but if anyone were to punish them all indiscriminately as they ...
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October 5, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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(Article) The Legend Of Wooden Doves In Early Lombard Burial Grounds

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The Legend Of Wooden Doves In Early Lombard Burial Grounds - The Historian's Hut
As told by the Lombard historian, Paul the Deacon (c. 720-799), his Lombard ancestors had a funerary custom in which they set up post beams, topped with wooden dove figurines, at burial grounds that h...
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October 5, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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This painting, by the French artist Jacques-Louis David (c. 1748 – 1825), was inspired by stories about the ancient Greek mythological figure, Telemachus—the son of the famous hero, Odysseus. For more on the art and story, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2021/06/08/t...
October 4, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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“It is the mark of a bad general, when all is peaceful, to incite his neighbors to war intentionally–for peace is the objective of all wars.”
-Anna Komnene (c. 1083-1153)

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Anna Komnene (Princess of Constantinople, c. 1083-1153) “It is the mark of a bad general, when all is peaceful, to incite his neighbors to war intentionally–for peace is the objective of all wars.” Fr...
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October 4, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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(Article) The Electrifying Myth Of Salmoneus

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The Electrifying Myth Of Salmoneus - The Historian's Hut
Salmoneus was a figure of ancient Greek myth, whose peculiar ancient tale was preserved by writers such as Diodorus Siculus (1st century BCE), Virgil (c. 70-19 BCE), and Pseudo-Apollodorus (1st-2nd ce...
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October 4, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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(Article) Engelbert Dollfuss And The Appeasement Dictatorship That Weakened Austria Before Its Annexation By Hitler

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October 3, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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“I didn’t want just to look at cities and mountains as in paintings, but at men themselves and what they are saying and doing.”
-Lucian of Samosata (c. 120-180+)

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Lucian of Samosata (c. 120-180+) “I didn’t want just to look at cities and mountains as in paintings, but at men themselves and what they are saying and doing.” From Charon or The Observers (section 6...
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October 3, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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“One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”
-George Orwell (1903-1950)

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George Orwell (1903-1950) “One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.” From Homa...
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October 3, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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This painting, by the Italian artist Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (c. 1675-1741), was inspired by a legendary tale about the Roman general, Publius Cornelius Scipio. For more on the art and history, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2021/06/07/t...
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October 2, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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(Article) The Rocky Start To Hrafnkel Hrafnsson’s Settlement Of Iceland

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The Rocky Start To Hrafnkel Hrafnsson's Settlement Of Iceland - The Historian's Hut
A man named Hrafnkel Hrafnsson moved to Iceland around the early 10th century, landing on the eastern side of the island. According to the medieval Icelandic Book of Settlements (Landnámabók), Hrafnke...
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October 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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“Whatever you wish your subjects to think and to do, you must say and do yourself. You can better educate them in this way, rather than by terrorizing them through the penalties laid down by the laws.”
-Cassius Dio (c. 163-235)

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Cassius Dio (Roman statesman and historian, c. 163-235) “Whatever you wish your subjects to think and to do, you must say and do yourself. You can better educate them in this way, rather than by terro...
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October 2, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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This painting, by the French artist Edgar Degas (c. 1834 – 1917), was inspired by ancient stories about the first meeting of Alexander the Great (r. 336-323 BCE) and his primary warhorse, Bucephalus. For more on the art and history, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2021/06/06/a...
October 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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“Men will become drunk with the wine which is offered to them: they will turn their backs on Heaven and fix their eyes on the earth.”
-Geoffrey of Monmouth (12th century)

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Geoffrey of Monmouth (12th century Welsh/English writer) “Men will become drunk with the wine which is offered to them: they will turn their backs on Heaven and fix their eyes on the earth.” From Geof...
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October 1, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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(Article) Recollections and Experiences of a United States Troop Carrier Squadron Officer in Normandy

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October 1, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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“It is the way that we behave in our dealings with other people that makes us just or unjust, and the way that we behave in the face of danger, accustoming ourselves to be timid or confident, that makes us brave or cowardly.”
-Aristotle (c. 384-322 BCE)

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Aristotle (c. 384-322 BCE) “It is the way that we behave in our dealings with other people that makes us just or unjust, and the way that we behave in the face of danger, accustoming ourselves to be t...
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October 1, 2026 at 2:34 PM