""The Basileus"—for so he began— "Is a royal sagacious Mars of a man, Than the very lion bolder; He has married the st…"

"Constantinople was full of inventors and craftsmen. The "philosopher" Leo of Thessalonika made for the Emperor Theoph…"

"The constitution of the Byzantine Empire was based on the conviction that it was the earthly copy of the Kingdom of H…"

"Let no one be shocked if, with reference to the creation of the world, I should invoke the testimony of pagan philoso…"

"Only when it started emerging from the Dark Age did Europe first come to know of the Elements—through 12th c. transla…"

"I will a tale to thee rehearse, a tale of import mighty; And if attention you do lend, I hope the tale will please yo…"

"Well, at the time that I am telling you about, in those days the lord of Vlachia and of all Hellas, of Arta and Yanni…"

"Moscow scholars continue to ignore Novgorod’s creation of a truly effective Russian democratic state preferring inste…"

"Ποῦ τὸ περίβλεπτον κάλλος σέο, Δωρὶ Κόρινθε; ποῦ στεφάναι πύργων, ποῦ τὰ πάλαι κτέανα, ποῦ νηοὶ μακάρων, ποῦ δώματα, …"

"Τὸν μέγαν Ἀκροκόρινθον Ἀχαιικὸν, Ἑλλάδος ἄστρον, καὶ διπλῆν Ἰσθμοῦ σύνδρομον ἠιόνα Λεύκιος ἐστυφέλιξε: δοριπτοίητα δὲ…"