Why Are Greek Gods So Cruel?
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Buried treasures are one of the staples of pirates in fiction. And although pirates were undoubtedly eager to plunder valuable ships, it’s not clear that they ever resorted to hiding their wealth...
Pirates have been a favorite subject of adventure stories for a long time. Popular literature and movies have supported the idea that pirates donned eye patches. Like the ubiquitous parrot and wooden...
As outlaws, pirates couldn’t just saunter up to the offices of a shipbuilding firm in a major European city and place an order for their latest model. Additionally, they often didn’t have the...
Movie pirates are a rowdy bunch. When not thieving and scrounging, they usually kick back with their mates, telling tall tales over a barrel of rum. However, while not all pirates drank rum, there is...
The central activity of pirate life–what motivated and financed it–was robbing merchant vessels on the high seas. Of course, no sea captain worth his command would hand over his cargo without the...
The dazzling accessories of a pirate’s costume stamp their colorful character on the popular imagination: bandanas, eyepatches, and earrings express the baroque charms and gothic waywardness of...