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Paper · Semantic Scholar
Late Republican Rome, 88–31 BC (F.) Santangelo. (ed.) LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History, Vol. 7. 2nd edn. Pp. x + 390, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2023. maps. Paper, €23.33. ISBN: 9781009383356. https://www.cambridge.org/gb/universitypress/subjects/classical-studies/ancient-historReference · Wikidata
chorus of the elderly in classical Greek dramacommon trope in Ancient Greek theatre
Encyclopedia · Wikipedia
Chorus of the elderly in classical Greek dramaThe chorus of the elderly in classical Greek drama is a common trope in the theater of that period. Out of the thirty or so plays that are extant from the classical period, seven have choruses that consist of elderly people. Choruses in ancient drama often provided some moralizing lesson to the protagonist, especially in tragedy. However, the figures of the elderly chorus often seem to imply a traditional way of thi…
Book · DOAB
Chapter Classical Tradition in Czech Renaissance and Baroque LiteratureThe study deals with the influence of the classical tradition on Czech literature of the Early Modern Period (Renaissance, Baroque). The article demonstrates this influence through examples of the use of selected motifs from ancient history in all of the main genres of the literature of that era: homily, legend, school drama, poetry and educational literature. The study also analyses the educational background of th…
Full text · Open Library
Classical and Medieval Literature CriticismImage · DPLA
Continuing construction of the Ancient Rome concession on the Pike at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition -- 1904 World's Fair. The attraction aimed to recreate the classical city with an amphitheater drama ending with Nero's burning of Rome. A separate attraction in the same building reproduced the Hawaiian Kilauea volcano, with the Spirit of Fire, a Hawaiian god, rising from the volcano in a cloud of incense. No. 38…