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- King
Vanka-Nasika Tissa
Vanka-Nasika Tissa succeeded King Vasabha. King Subha’s
only daughter was his chief queen. This marriage took place with
the approval of King Vasabha.
- The
stranger child
There
once lived a labourer who earned his daily bread by cutting wood.
His wife and two children, a boy and girl, helped him with his
work. The boy’s name was Valentine, and the girl’s,
Marie.
- The
labours of Hercules
The
most popular of Greek heroes, Hercules was celebrated in stories,
sculptures, paintings, and even in the geography of the ancient
world. ‘Hercules’ was what the Romans called him and
the Greeks called him ‘Heracles’.
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