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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.
t. e. 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.
Letná Stadium. / 50.09972°N 14.41583°E / 50.09972; 14.41583. The Letná Stadium ( Czech: Stadion Letná [ˈstadjon ˈlɛtnaː] ), is a football stadium in Prague. It is the home venue of AC Sparta Prague and often hosts the home matches of the Czech Republic national football team. The stadium's capacity is 18,887 seats.
In the Heat of the Night is an American police procedural crime drama television series loosely based on the 1967 film and 1965 novel of the same title that starred Carroll O'Connor as police chief Bill Gillespie and Howard Rollins as police detective Virgil Tibbs and was broadcast on NBC from March 6, 1988-May 19, 1992 before moving to CBS, where it aired from October 28, 1992-May 16, 1995.
Helen of Troy. Helen ( Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, romanized : Helénē [a] ), also known as Helen of Troy, [2] [3] [b] in Latin as Helena, [4] beautiful Helen, Helen of Argos, or Helen of Sparta, [5] was a figure in Greek mythology said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world.
AC Sparta Prague. Athletic Club Sparta Praha ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈaː ˈtsɛː ˈsparta ˈpraɦa] ), commonly known as Sparta Prague and Sparta Praha, is a professional football club based in Prague . It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic and one of the most successful in central Europe, winning the central European Cup ...
The West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center is among a network of housing, shelter, utilities, food preparation facilities and a hospital mandated to permanently serve veterans at the West Los Angeles VA Soldiers Home. The approximately 400 remaining acres of the Soldiers Home is located adjacent to the West Los Angeles, Westwood and ...
Walter Midener (1912–1998 [1]) was a German born American artist. He studied at the Berlin Academy of Arts (1932–1936), and received a Master of Arts (M.A.) from Wayne State University (1950). Midener settled in Detroit, Michigan where he became an influential sculptor and teacher.