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Aristotle

(Encyclopedia) AristotleAristotleărˌĭstŏtˈəl [key], 384–322 b.c., Greek philosopher, b. Stagira. He is sometimes called the Stagirite. After the decline of Rome, Aristotle's work was lost in the…

1998 World Championship

Second RoundMost Valuable PlayerQuarterfinalsSemifinalsBronze MedalGold Medal Thirteenth World Basketball Championships held July 29-Aug. 9 at Athens, Greece.

Modern Olympic Games

The original Olympic Games were celebrated as a religious festival from 776 B.C. until 393 A.D., when Roman emperor Theodosius I banned all pagan festivals (the Olympics celebrated the Greek…

Justin Gatlin

Justin GatlinBorn: February 10, 1982American Runner Won 100m at the 2004 Athens Olympics. 2002 NCAA outdoor 100 and 200m winner; 2001 NCAA outdoor 100, and 200m champion.Rulon GardnerG - JLou…

Sophocles

Sophocles was a Greek dramatist whose long career came between his contemporaries Aeschylus and Euripides. A respected public figure of Athens, he was both a priest and a general (an elected…

Aesop's Fables: The Swallow and the Crow

by Aesop Prometheus and the Making of ManThe Hunter and the HorsemanThe Swallow and the Crow A Swallow was once boasting to a Crow about her birth. "I was once a princess," said she, "the…

Tyler Hamilton

Tyler HamiltonBorn: January 3, 1971American Cyclist Won men's cycling time trial at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Came in fourth at the 2003 Tour de France. Started cycling at the University of…

Lauryn Williams

Lauryn WilliamsBorn: September 11, 1983 American Runner Earned silver in the 100m at the 2004 Athens Olympics. 2004 NCAA 100m champion; 2003 Pan Am 100m, and 4x100m relay gold medalist.Bud…

Jules Dassin Biography

American directorDied: March 31, 2008Best Known as: American director, screenwriter, and actor who was blacklisted in the United States Deathplace:…

Michael Houser 2002 Deaths

Michael HouserAge: 40 singer and guitarist of Widespread Panic, a Georgia-based jam band. He died of pancreatic cancer. Died: Athens, Ga., Aug. 10, 2002Billy Ray HobleyG - LHarlan Howard…