Ukraine president recently quoted Hamlet’s great soliloquy, which does in fact lay out his situation.
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Zelinsky–Hamlet or Henry V?
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Finn, Hengest, and Terror in Israel
The Finn episode in Beowulf applies only to well to the Hamas terror attack on Israel–and to the probable Israeli response.
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Ukraine Must Unite Athena with Poseidon
The ancient myth about Athena and Poseidon, historian Snyder argues, captures what Ukraine needs today in its battle with Russia.
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