Read the excerpt from "perseus."it happened that soon after their arrival perseus heard that the king of larissa, in the north, was holding a great athletic contest, and he journeyed there to take part. in the discus-throwing when his turn came and he hurled the heavy missile, it swerved and fell among the spectators. acrisius was there on a visit to the king, and the discus struck him. the blow was fatal and he died at once. what can be learned about greek life from this excerpt?

Why does henry david thoreau think imprisonment is ineffective?

In the poem, collins suggests that memories do what as people age

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia