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Aborda la mitologa̕ griega con pasin̤ y sin renunciar al rigor, y nos cuenta los avatares de sus personajes como en la ms̀ trepidante de las novelas. Y as,̕ asistiremos boquiabiertos a la aparicin̤ del Caos primigenio y al nacimiento de Atenea, que emerge de la cabeza de Zeus; nos sobrecogeremos al ser testigos de cm̤o Cronos castra y destrona a su padre; temblaremos al cruzarnos con Pandora dispuesta a destapar la temible jarra; contendremos el aliento al descubrir que Persf̌one osa probar la fruta del Inframundo; nos emocionaremos con los amoro̕s de Eros y Psique; iremos de caza con ...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

The abolition of judicial torture—alongside the eradication of both slavery and capital punishment—was one of the most consequential issues debated in eighteenth-century continental Europe. A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo. Seeking support for its publication, he forwarded the manuscript to Prime Minister Manuel Godoy in 1795. The savvy Spanish politician, however, not only rejected the text but also warned its author against further...