A. Roger Ekirch
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“Nyx, born of Chaos in Greek mythology, was the goddess of “all-subduing” night who, in the Iliad, makes even Zeus tremble.”
― At Day's Close: Night in Times Past
― At Day's Close: Night in Times Past
“Night knew no bounds. Goethe, on a moonlit evening in Naples, was “overwhelmed by a feeling of infinite space.”
― At Day's Close: Night in Times Past
― At Day's Close: Night in Times Past
“In 1737, a Connecticut husband—perchance while snoring—received from his wife a shovel of hot embers in his gaping mouth,”
― At Day's Close: Night in Times Past
― At Day's Close: Night in Times Past
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