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...Excerpt: ACT I. SCENE I. Athens. The palace of THESEUS. [Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, and Attendants.] THESEUS: Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour Draws on apace; four happy days bring in Another moon: but, O, methinks, how slow This old moon wanes! she linge...

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...IGHT’S DREAM William Shakespeare (written about 1593 1594) DRAMATIS PERSONAE THESEUS: Duke of Athens. EGEUS: father to Hermia. LYSANDER and DEMETRIUS... ...ER and DEMETRIUS: in love with Hermia. PHILOSTRATE: master of the revels to Theseus. QUINCE: a carpenter. SNUG: a joiner. BOTTOM: a weaver. FLUTE: a ... ... tinker. STARVELING: a tailor. HIPPOLYTA: queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus. HERMIA: daughter to Egeus, in love with Lysander. HELENA: in lov... ...DSEED : fairies. Other fairies attending their King and Queen. Attendants on Theseus and Hippolyta. SCENE: Athens, and a wood near it. 4 A MIDSUMMER ... ... near it. 4 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM ACT I SCENE I: Athens. The palace of THESEUS. [Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, and Attendants .] THESEU... ... a silver bow New bent in heaven, shall behold the night Of our solemnities. THESEUS: Go, Philostrate, Stir up the Athenian youth t... ...revelling. [Enter EGEUS, HERMIA, LYSANDER, and DEMETRIUS .] EGEUS: Happy be Theseus, our renowned duke! THESEUS: Thanks, good Egeus: what’s the new... ...man Or to her death, according to our law Immediately provided in that case. THESEUS: What say you, Hermia? be advised fair maid: To you your father ... ...e or disfigure it. Demetrius is a worthy gentleman. HERMIA: So is Lysander. THESEUS: In himself he is; But in this kind, wanting your ...

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... to Jason VII Dido to Aeneas VIII-XV Heroides VIII Hermione to Orestes IX Deianira to Hercules X Ariadne to Theseus XI Canace to Macareus XII Medea to Jason XIII Laodamia to Protesilaus XIV Hypermestra to Lynceus XV Sappho to Phaon Heroides XVI-XXI Double Letters XVI Paris to Helen...

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...qual opportunity university. Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents THESEUS THESEUS THESEUS THESEUS THESEUS....................................... ...ARISON OF ROMUL OMUL OMUL OMUL OMULUS US US US US WITH WITH WITH WITH WITH THESEUS THESEUS THESEUS THESEUS THESEUS ...................................... ...thur H thur H thur Hugh Clough ugh Clough ugh Clough ugh Clough ugh Clough THESEUS THESEUS THESEUS THESEUS THESEUS AS GEOGRAPHERS, Sosius, crowd into ... ...eaders, and such as will receive with indulgence the stories of antiquity. Theseus seemed to me to resemble Romulus in many par- ticulars. Both of the... ...ke the stories least like poetry as our guide to the truth. The lineage of Theseus, by his father’s side, ascends as high as to Erechtheus and the fir... ...d in the towns round about him. One of whom named Pittheus, grandfather to Theseus, was governor of the small city of the Troezenians, and had the rep... ...When Aethra was delivered of a son, some say that he was immediately named Theseus, from the tokens which his fa- ther had put @ under the stone; othe... ...thenians, even to this time, the day before the feast that is dedicated to Theseus, sacrifice a ram, giving this honor to his memory upon much juster ... ...grounds than to Silanio and Parrhasius, for making pictures and statues of Theseus. There being then a custom for the Grecian youth, upon their first ...

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...Eurpides' tragedy tells of Theseus' chaste son Hippolytus, who refuses to worship Aphrodite in favor of Artemis. Aphrodite gets revenge by causing Hippolytus' stepmother Phaedra to fall in love with him, unleashing a chain of tragic events. (Summary by...

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...A retelling of old Greek stories involving mythological heroes and their adventures. Tales include those of Prometheus, Io, Perseus and Theseus. (Introduction by Iris McLeod)...

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...Excerpt: A Midsommer Nights Dreame; Actus Primus -- Enter Theseus, Hippolita, with others. Theseus. Now faire Hippolita, our nuptiall houre Drawes on apace: foure happy daies bring in Another Moon: but oh, me thinkes, how slow This old Moon wanes; She lingers my desires Like to a St...

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... i - A Midsommer Nights Dreame N1 Actus primus. 2 Enter Theseus, Hippolita, with others. 3 Theseus. 4 Now faire H... ...hter Hermia, Lysander, 25 and Demetrius. 26 Ege. Happy be Theseus, our renowned Duke. 27 The. Thanks good Egeus: what’s th... ...azon 446 Your buskin’d Mistresse, and your Warrior loue, 447 To Theseus must be Wedded; and you come, 448 To giue their bed ioy and pr... ...lance at my credite, with Hippolita? 451 Knowing I know thy loue to Theseus? 452 Didst thou not leade him through the glimmering night - ... ...g within this wood intend you stay? 515 Qu. Perchance till after Theseus wedding day. 516 If you will patiently dance in our Round, 51... ...1033 Were met together to rehearse a Play, 1034 Intended for great Theseus nuptiall day: 1035 The shallowest thick- skin of that barren so... ...ty, 1606 And will to morrow midnight, solemnly 1607 Dance in Duke Theseus house triumphantly, 1608 And blesse it to all faire posterity. ... ...09 There shall the paires of faithfull Louers be 1610 Wedded, with Theseus, all in iollity. 1611 Rob. Faire King attend, and marke, 1... ...hese mortals on the ground. Exeunt. 1622 Winde Hornes. 1623 Enter Theseus, Egeus, Hippolita and all his traine. 1624 Thes. Goe one of...

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...Shakespeare's festive comedy combines classical Athenian characters (Duke Theseus and his conquered Amazonian bride Hippolyta) with four contentious lovers, a forest full of quarreling and mischievous fairies and adds a dose of amateur theatre for good measure. ( Summary by Elizabeth Klett )...

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... many Greek myths, focusing on Jason and the Argonauts' quest to find the Golden Fleece. He also includes the stories of Atalanta, Heracles, Perseus, Theseus, and others. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)...

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...ction of charming stories from Greek Mythology. This collection features some very popular characters like our beloved Jason, Ulysses, King Pluto and Theseus (and of course, our favorite, Mr. Minotaur, too). Written in Hawthorne's interesting and beautiful style, these stories will be a great delight to read AND listen to. (Summary by Neeru Iyer)...

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...The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children by Charles Kingsley is a collection of three Greek mythology stories: Perseus, The Argonauts, and Theseus. The author had a great fondness for Greek fairy tales and believed the adventures of the characters would inspire children to achieve higher goals with integrity....

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...pish Puck wreaking havoc right and left. What's going on here? It's A Midsummer Night's Dream , Shakespeare at his most fanciful. The play opens with Theseus, Duke of Athens, preparing for his wedding. Egeus complains to Theseus that his daughter Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius. When Hermia is given the choice between marriage to Demetrius or life as a nun, she and her t...

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...In The Wind Being So Virtuoso Human Order Is A Majesty Of Mind Un-diminishing Witness Good To Be Gone The Man In His Years Cancel, Cut, Erase Theseus In His Room Confirmation Of The Boson Fact Not Fiction Green Bark Skylark Noise In The Night Not The Tao The God Of Gaps The Sage’s Song A Little Clarity Aftermath The Angel Of Empathy The Other Constellat...

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... Classical library, the order of the paired lives is rearranged to present the Greek lives in chronological order. Vol 1 presents the paired lives of Theseus and Romulus, Lycurgus and Numa, and Solon and Poplicola. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline)...

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...rsites (ther-si ́-teez)..........................................................................................................................346 Theseus (thee ́-suce)...............................................................................................................................346 Thesmophoria (thes-mo-fo ́-re-ah)..........................................

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...nderstanding Oedipus, in this perilous-crook't passage a monster-quelling Theseus or Hercules: With these two supporters of knowledge and friendship...

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... a lofty moun tain, there lived, a very long time ago, a little boy named Theseus. His grandfather, King Pittheus, was the sovereign of that country,... ...s the sovereign of that country, and was reckoned a very wise man; so that Theseus, being brought up in the royal palace, and being naturally a bright... ...een him. But, from his earliest remembrance, Aethra used to go with little Theseus into a wood, and sit down upon a moss grown rock, which was deeply ... ...tica, and dwelt at Athens, which was as famous a city as any in the world. Theseus was very fond of hearing about King Aegeus, and often asked his goo... ...gh to set out on such an errand.” “And how soon shall I be strong enough?” Theseus per sisted in inquiring. “You are but a tiny boy as yet,” replied ... ...mpatient to begin his adventures in the world. “You see how it is, my dear Theseus,” said she. “You must possess far more strength than now before I c... ..., I promise you my permission to depart.” Often and often, after this, did Theseus ask his mother whether it was yet time for him to go to Athens; and... ...her portion of the earth’s substance. But, difficult as the matter looked, Theseus was now grow ing up to be such a vigorous youth, that, in his own ... ...ved it, such a boy as you still are!” Nor would she be convinced, although Theseus showed her the place where he fancied that the stem of a flower had...

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...y son, he sent forth that amid bold heroes he might shine conspicuous. But Theseus, who surpassed all the sons of Erechtheus, an unseen bond kept bene... ...ays past the maiden Ariadne, daughter of Minos, with kindly intent rescued Theseus from grim contests—the maiden whom Pasiphae daughter of Helios bare... ...en of whom thou askest me? W ould that, as Minos then was well inclined to Theseus for her sake, so may thy father be joined to us in friendship!” (ll... ...us breast of the maiden The Argonautica 129 daughter of Minos, whom once Theseus forsook in the island of Dia, when she had followed him from Cnossu...

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...ood, For I did play a lamentable part: Madam, twas Ariadne passioning For Theseus perjury and unjust flight; Which I so lively acted with my tears T...

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...g (uttered with extreme contempt), I didn’t like it. And if he left her as Theseus left Ariadne, or Sir Lancelot left Elaine, I—I don’t think it is ni... ...d so, Aunt Ursel! He is a dreadful traitor of a man, just like Marmion, or Theseus, or Lancelot, and now he is telling lies about it! Don’t look at me... ...trong reaction, when she sees something unlike her compound of Marmion and Theseus.’ ‘I suppose there is no question but that they must go with him!’ ... ...carried along by this flood of exceeding joy and gladness. The Marmion and Theseus images had been dispelled by the re- ality, and, with Mr. Dutton’s ... ... her old impressions of the likeness to 137 Charlotte M. Young Marmion or Theseus had been perfectly correct. It was all under her hat, however, and ...

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...ted by the Admiral in command to shift his pennant from the Captain to the Theseus; and for this reason: that the lat- ter ship having newly arrived o...