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... wild olive " was the only stimulus to genius ; for the " two obols " paid by each citizen for admission went to the lessees of the theatre , and served to defray the necessary expense of scenery and decorations , as well as to pay the ...
... wild olive " was the only stimulus to genius ; for the " two obols " paid by each citizen for admission went to the lessees of the theatre , and served to defray the necessary expense of scenery and decorations , as well as to pay the ...
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... wild imagery , the unearthly conceptions , the heroes and the heroines , human indeed , but with the human image dilated to colossal proportions , like the spectre of the Brocken , and with the passions of the Titans who scaled Olympus ...
... wild imagery , the unearthly conceptions , the heroes and the heroines , human indeed , but with the human image dilated to colossal proportions , like the spectre of the Brocken , and with the passions of the Titans who scaled Olympus ...
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... wild scene of incantation , in which both Creon and Teiresias take part . They repair at midnight to a valley outside the walls of Thebes , where a grove of oak and cypress overhangs a stagnant pool of water . There the prince and the ...
... wild scene of incantation , in which both Creon and Teiresias take part . They repair at midnight to a valley outside the walls of Thebes , where a grove of oak and cypress overhangs a stagnant pool of water . There the prince and the ...
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... had just insulted- meets the messenger , and is wild with joy when she hears her own opinion of the falsity of oracles , as she believes , thus undoubtedly confirmed ; and she sum- mons her husband , who , like her , exults 38 SOPHOCLES .
... had just insulted- meets the messenger , and is wild with joy when she hears her own opinion of the falsity of oracles , as she believes , thus undoubtedly confirmed ; and she sum- mons her husband , who , like her , exults 38 SOPHOCLES .
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... wild cry , and wrenching the golden buckle from her dress , he dashes the point into the pupils of his eyes - thus condemning himself to that perpetual darkness with which he had taunted Teiresias . " His feeling , " says Bishop ...
... wild cry , and wrenching the golden buckle from her dress , he dashes the point into the pupils of his eyes - thus condemning himself to that perpetual darkness with which he had taunted Teiresias . " His feeling , " says Bishop ...
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A. C. vol Achilles Ægisthus Ajax Antigone Athenian Athens Atreus audience bear bids bitter blood body bring brother child Chorus Chrysothemis Clytemnestra Colonus Creon Crown 8vo curse daughter dead death deed Dejanira doom drama earth Edipus Edition Electra enters Eschylus Eteocles evil fate father friends GEOLOGY glory goddess gods grave Greek hand hast hath hear heart heaven Hercules hero honour Hyllus Iliad insult Ismene Jocasta Jove king Laius Lemnos Lichas living LL.D maiden messenger misery mortal murderer Neop Neoptolemus never noble o'er once Orestes palace passion Phil Philoctetes PHYSICAL pity play poet Polybus Polynices prayer prince rumour sacred Salamis says scene sister slain sleep sons Sophocles sorrow soul spirit stage stranger sufferer suppliant sword tale Tecmessa Teiresias tells Teucer TEXT-BOOK Theban Thebes thee Theseus thine thou tomb tragedy Troy Ulysses utters vengeance wild words wrath ZOOLOGY
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Página 137 - ... wooded to the peak, the lawns And winding glades high up like ways to Heaven, The slender coco's drooping crown of plumes, The lightning flash of insect and of bird, The lustre of the long convolvuluses That coil'd around the stately stems, and ran Ev'n to the limit of the land, the glows And glories of the broad belt of the world, All these he saw...
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Página 48 - Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his...
Página 10 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeit of our own behaviour, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...