The lyre is one of the oldest musical instruments. Discovered in the city of Ur in Mesopotamia, it tells a fascinating story, as it made its journey from Mesopotamia to the distant lands. During ancient times, the stringed instrument was highly popular among musicians and music lovers for its ability to produce a melodious sound (LINK 1). According to Greek myth, Hermes invented the first lyre. He was the messenger of God. One day, he stole the cattle of his brother Apollo and hid them at a safe
Language is the soul of nations, countries and people. Each country has its own unique, charming, melodic, native language, which is being taught from our childhood. I think that knowing and learning foreign language is the key to development. What is more, it can help to achieve economic success. Those who learns English, German, Polish can be reward in their future, because they’ll be highly trained, educated people. As a result, such persons are also better paid people. I believe that a person
ties of corruption kept down the rising country. In the next section Foer goes to Ukraine to tell the readers the excerpts of the lives of Nigerian players living there. He tracks the story of Edward Anyamkyegh, a Nigerian starlet playing at Karpaty Lviv, a Ukrainian team with a furiously patriotic custom. In the Soviet era, Ukraine was perceived as the support of the Union's ability; on the other hand, far wealthier teams in Western Europe had entry to the best wellsprings of imported ability. These
Oleg Shuplyak both use the element of illusion in their works, each artist implements illusion in a way that is unique to the respective artist. Oleg Shuplyak is a lesser-known Ukrainian artist who was born in 1967. He studied architecture at the Lviv Polytechnic Institute, although painting was always his passion. His background in architecture helped him incorporate illusion into the paintings he is now famous
This is the event that people all over the world watch, on television or in the arena, this is the place gold medals are earned and lost. This is the Olympics. Did you know that unmarried women could watch the ancient Olympics? Or that one person ate paper as a warm up food? Though wacky, it is true, and there is a lot more to go along with that. Welcome to the Olympics. “May the odds be ever in your favor!” - Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games. Greece is the origin of the Olympics, plain and simple