A Time of War
Herodotus wrote that the long run associated with this battle was actually from Athens to Sparta to ask for aid
Battle of Marathon
A young male horse, or a gunmaker
colt
In the 18th century he wrote numerous novellas including "Zadig" & "Candide"
Voltaire
U Fleku in Prague is this type of pub, having been making suds on the premises since 1499
a brewery
n a 2008 superhero film, this character naturally asks, "Why so serious?"
the Joker
The DMZ conflict of the late 1960s is sometimes referred to as the "Second" this
Korean War
It follows witch & precedes nut
hazel
German poet Novalis pioneered this passionate literary movement & died young of TB in 1801
Romanticism
A "Good King" in Christmas song, this martyred prince was interred in 932 A.D. in what's now part of Prague Castle
Wenceslas
More serious than a correction, in print journalism this 10-letter word is the act of "taking back" a story
retraction
The Battle of Adwa in 1896 was fought between Italy & this Horn of Africa country
Ethiopia
An old song says "A pretty girl is like" this, a pleasing tune
a melody
Captain Haddock is the companion & Snowy is the dog of this teenage journalist created by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé
Tintin
One of many statues on Charles Bridge is of this prophet, a contemporary of Jesus who urged repentance
John the Baptist
In the 1700s, opera was dominated by 2 major forms: the more prestigious opera seria & opera this, Italian for comic opera
buffa
The Natchez people were nearly wiped out by the French garrison at Fort Rosalie, now the site of Natchez in this state
Mississippi
A translucent yellowish fossil resin
amber
Frogs" & "Wealth" are one-word titles from this one-name master of ancient Greek comedy
Aristophanes
In 1348 Charles IV of this "sacred" empire founded Charles University--go Chuck U.!--in Prague, his capital
the Holy Roman Empire
Hepatitis C can lead to this other serious "C" disease, permanent scarring & hardening of the liver
cirrhosis
After capturing Germans during the WWI campaign of Cambrai, several Canadians got this U.K. military honor created in 1856
the Victoria Cross
A female donkey, or an early spinning machine
jenny
In "The Red & the Black" by this French author, a young man must choose between life in the army & life in the church
Stendhal
The final resting place of this writer who died in 1924 is in Prague's New Jewish Cemetery
Kafka
This playwright said the lonely, secluded life of Norway forces everyone there to become serious & introspective
Ibsen