Did you know that there was not just one deity for the night sky, but numerous gods, titans and nymphs all responsible for different aspects of the night sky, the winds and the seasons?
When you think of the Greek god of the sky, or the sky in Greek mythology, you probably first think of Zeus, the god of the sky, thunder and lightning and king of the gods, and you might also think of Hera, queen of the sky and goddess of the air. However, there were numerous other deities, ranging from the primeval beings of the earliest time in the universe, the titans, to the nymphs that presided over all aspects of the sky, the seasons, the stars, and the winds and breezes. It wasn’t just the seasons and the daytime phenomena attributed to different deities, but the night sky too.
All of these different deities played their parts under the reign of Zeus - and ancient writers would reference the king of the gods as presiding over all these different aspects of nature - which is why we are apt to think only of Zeus as the Greek sky god today. But, as we’ve seen, there were many others at work all through the day and night ensuring the universe kept working as it should.
On this day, 17 March 1942, Yugoslav communist and anti-fascist militant Nada Dimić was executed in the Stara Gradiška concentration camp. Born of Serbian parents, she was a member of the first Yugoslav partisan unit in Croatia, and participated in sabotage raids on railroads. She was arrested by pro-Nazi Ustasha agents in 1941 and brutally tortured, but admitted nothing and soon escaped.
On 3 December 1941, Dimić was confronted by Ustasha police while trying to help people escape fascists into partisan areas. When asked to identify herself, Dimić grabbed a revolver from her handbag and shot one of the officers. She was then arrested, imprisoned, tortured again and executed by firing squad.
In 1951 she was declared a national hero of Yugoslavia.
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The fury of opposition lawmakers echoed the anger of citizens and workers’ unions. Thousands gathered at the Place de la Concorde facing the National Assembly, lighting a bonfire. As night fell, police charged the demonstrators in waves to clear the elegant Place. Small groups of those chased away moved through nearby streets in the chic neighborhood setting street fires. At least 120 were detained, police said.
Similar scenes repeated themselves in numerous other cities, from Rennes and Nantes in the east to Lyon and the southern port city of Marseille.
The unions that have organized strikes and marches since January, leaving Paris reeking in piles of garbage, announced new rallies and protest marches in the days ahead. “This retirement reform is brutal, unjust, unjustified for the world of workers,” they declared.
