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[
"The Suppliants (Euripides)",
"form of creative work",
"play"
] | The Suppliants (Ancient Greek: Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides; Latin Supplices), also called The Suppliant Women, first performed in 423 BC, is an ancient Greek play by Euripides.Background
After Oedipus leaves Thebes, his sons fight for control of it. Polynices lays siege to Thebes against his brother Eteocles. Polynices has ... | 0 |
[
"The Suppliants (Euripides)",
"instance of",
"literary work"
] | The Suppliants (Ancient Greek: Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides; Latin Supplices), also called The Suppliant Women, first performed in 423 BC, is an ancient Greek play by Euripides. | 1 |
[
"The Suppliants (Euripides)",
"genre",
"Greek tragedy"
] | The Suppliants (Ancient Greek: Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides; Latin Supplices), also called The Suppliant Women, first performed in 423 BC, is an ancient Greek play by Euripides.Background
After Oedipus leaves Thebes, his sons fight for control of it. Polynices lays siege to Thebes against his brother Eteocles. Polynices has ... | 2 |
[
"The Suppliants (Euripides)",
"author",
"Euripides"
] | The Suppliants (Ancient Greek: Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides; Latin Supplices), also called The Suppliant Women, first performed in 423 BC, is an ancient Greek play by Euripides.Background
After Oedipus leaves Thebes, his sons fight for control of it. Polynices lays siege to Thebes against his brother Eteocles. Polynices has ... | 3 |
[
"The Suppliants (Euripides)",
"language of work or name",
"Ancient Greek"
] | The Suppliants (Ancient Greek: Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides; Latin Supplices), also called The Suppliant Women, first performed in 423 BC, is an ancient Greek play by Euripides.Background
After Oedipus leaves Thebes, his sons fight for control of it. Polynices lays siege to Thebes against his brother Eteocles. Polynices has ... | 4 |
[
"The Suppliants (Euripides)",
"characters",
"Aethra"
] | Story
Aethra, the mother of the Athenian king Theseus, prays before the altar of Demeter and Persephone in Eleusis. She is surrounded by women from Argos whose sons died in battle outside the gates of Thebes. Because of Creon’s decree, their corpses remain unburied. Adrastus, the king of Argos who authorized the expedi... | 11 |
[
"The Clouds",
"instance of",
"play"
] | Characters
Socrates, the philosopher who runs The Thinkery
Strepsiades, student who joins The Thinkery
Pheidippides, his son
Chaerephon, disciple of Socrates
The Clouds, who form the chorus
Chorus Leader
Slave
Students
First Student
Wrong Argument
Right Argument
First Creditor
Second Creditor
Witness
XanthiasPlot
The p... | 2 |
[
"The Wasps",
"genre",
"Old Comedy"
] | The Wasps (Classical Greek: Σφῆκες, romanized: Sphēkes) is the fourth in chronological order of the eleven surviving plays by Aristophanes. It was produced at the Lenaia festival in 422 BC, during Athens' short-lived respite from the Peloponnesian War.
As in his other early plays, Aristophanes satirizes the Athenian ge... | 0 |
[
"The Wasps",
"instance of",
"play"
] | The Wasps (Classical Greek: Σφῆκες, romanized: Sphēkes) is the fourth in chronological order of the eleven surviving plays by Aristophanes. It was produced at the Lenaia festival in 422 BC, during Athens' short-lived respite from the Peloponnesian War.
As in his other early plays, Aristophanes satirizes the Athenian ge... | 3 |
[
"Peace (play)",
"genre",
"Old Comedy"
] | Peace (Greek: Εἰρήνη Eirḗnē) is an Athenian Old Comedy written and produced by the Greek playwright Aristophanes. It won second prize at the City Dionysia where it was staged just a few days before the validation of Peace of Nicias, which promised to end the ten-year-old Peloponnesian War, in 421 BC. The play is notabl... | 0 |
[
"Peace (play)",
"instance of",
"play"
] | Peace (Greek: Εἰρήνη Eirḗnē) is an Athenian Old Comedy written and produced by the Greek playwright Aristophanes. It won second prize at the City Dionysia where it was staged just a few days before the validation of Peace of Nicias, which promised to end the ten-year-old Peloponnesian War, in 421 BC. The play is notabl... | 3 |
[
"The Birds (play)",
"genre",
"Old Comedy"
] | The Birds and Old Comedy
The Birds resembles all the early plays of Aristophanes in key aspects of its dramatic structure. Such resemblances are evidence of a genre of ancient drama known as Old Comedy. Variations from these 'conventions' are significant since they demonstrate either a trend away from Old Comedy, a cor... | 0 |
[
"The Birds (play)",
"characters",
"Pisthetaerus"
] | The Birds (Greek: Ὄρνιθες, translit. Órnithes) is a comedy by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed in 414 BC at the City Dionysia in Athens where it won second place. It has been acclaimed by modern critics as a perfectly realized fantasy remarkable for its mimicry of birds and for the gaiety of ... | 11 |
[
"Ion (play)",
"language of work or name",
"Ancient Greek"
] | Ion (; Ancient Greek: Ἴων, Iōn) is an ancient Greek play by Euripides, thought to have been written between 414 and 412 BC. It follows the orphan Ion, a young and willing servant in Apollo's temple, as he inadvertently discovers his biological origins. As it unfolds the play is also the powerful story of his mother, Cr... | 2 |
[
"Ion (play)",
"author",
"Euripides"
] | Ion (; Ancient Greek: Ἴων, Iōn) is an ancient Greek play by Euripides, thought to have been written between 414 and 412 BC. It follows the orphan Ion, a young and willing servant in Apollo's temple, as he inadvertently discovers his biological origins. As it unfolds the play is also the powerful story of his mother, Cr... | 9 |
[
"Lysistrata",
"instance of",
"play"
] | Old Comedy
Lysistrata belongs to the middle period of Aristophanes' career when he was beginning to diverge significantly from the conventions of Old Comedy. Such variations from convention include: | 0 |
[
"Thesmophoriazusae",
"instance of",
"play"
] | Thesmophoriazusae (Greek: Θεσμοφοριάζουσαι; Thesmophoriazousai, meaning Women Celebrating the Festival of the Thesmophoria), or Women at the Thesmophoria (sometimes also called The Poet and the Women), is one of eleven surviving plays by Aristophanes. It was first produced in 411 BC, probably at the City Dionysia. The ... | 4 |
[
"Thesmophoriazusae",
"genre",
"Old Comedy"
] | Thesmophoriazusae (Greek: Θεσμοφοριάζουσαι; Thesmophoriazousai, meaning Women Celebrating the Festival of the Thesmophoria), or Women at the Thesmophoria (sometimes also called The Poet and the Women), is one of eleven surviving plays by Aristophanes. It was first produced in 411 BC, probably at the City Dionysia. The ... | 5 |
[
"Philoctetes (Sophocles play)",
"author",
"Sophocles"
] | Philoctetes (Ancient Greek: Φιλοκτήτης, Philoktētēs; English pronunciation: , stressed on the third syllable, -tet-) is a play by Sophocles (Aeschylus and Euripides also each wrote a Philoctetes but theirs have not survived). The play was written during the Peloponnesian War. It is one of the seven extant tragedies by ... | 0 |
[
"Philoctetes (Sophocles play)",
"form of creative work",
"play"
] | Philoctetes (Ancient Greek: Φιλοκτήτης, Philoktētēs; English pronunciation: , stressed on the third syllable, -tet-) is a play by Sophocles (Aeschylus and Euripides also each wrote a Philoctetes but theirs have not survived). The play was written during the Peloponnesian War. It is one of the seven extant tragedies by ... | 1 |
[
"Philoctetes (Sophocles play)",
"genre",
"Greek tragedy"
] | Philoctetes (Ancient Greek: Φιλοκτήτης, Philoktētēs; English pronunciation: , stressed on the third syllable, -tet-) is a play by Sophocles (Aeschylus and Euripides also each wrote a Philoctetes but theirs have not survived). The play was written during the Peloponnesian War. It is one of the seven extant tragedies by ... | 2 |
[
"Philoctetes (Sophocles play)",
"instance of",
"literary work"
] | Philoctetes (Ancient Greek: Φιλοκτήτης, Philoktētēs; English pronunciation: , stressed on the third syllable, -tet-) is a play by Sophocles (Aeschylus and Euripides also each wrote a Philoctetes but theirs have not survived). The play was written during the Peloponnesian War. It is one of the seven extant tragedies by ... | 3 |
[
"Philoctetes (Sophocles play)",
"characters",
"Odysseus"
] | Background
When Heracles was near his death, he wished to be burned on a funeral pyre while still alive. In the play Philoctetes, Sophocles references the myth in which no one but Philoctetes would light Heracles' funeral pyre, and in return for this favor Heracles gave Philoctetes his bow (seen in later texts, such as... | 5 |
[
"Philoctetes (Sophocles play)",
"described by source",
"Sophocles"
] | Background
When Heracles was near his death, he wished to be burned on a funeral pyre while still alive. In the play Philoctetes, Sophocles references the myth in which no one but Philoctetes would light Heracles' funeral pyre, and in return for this favor Heracles gave Philoctetes his bow (seen in later texts, such as... | 8 |
[
"Orestes (play)",
"form of creative work",
"play"
] | Orestes (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστης, Orestēs) (408 BCE) is an Ancient Greek play by Euripides that follows the events of Orestes after he had murdered his mother. | 0 |
[
"Orestes (play)",
"genre",
"Greek tragedy"
] | Orestes (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστης, Orestēs) (408 BCE) is an Ancient Greek play by Euripides that follows the events of Orestes after he had murdered his mother.Background
In accordance with the advice of the god Apollo, Orestes has killed his mother Clytemnestra to avenge the death of his father Agamemnon at her hands. D... | 1 |
[
"Orestes (play)",
"language of work or name",
"Ancient Greek"
] | Orestes (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστης, Orestēs) (408 BCE) is an Ancient Greek play by Euripides that follows the events of Orestes after he had murdered his mother. | 2 |
[
"Orestes (play)",
"author",
"Euripides"
] | Orestes (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστης, Orestēs) (408 BCE) is an Ancient Greek play by Euripides that follows the events of Orestes after he had murdered his mother.Background
In accordance with the advice of the god Apollo, Orestes has killed his mother Clytemnestra to avenge the death of his father Agamemnon at her hands. D... | 3 |
[
"Orestes (play)",
"instance of",
"literary work"
] | Orestes (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστης, Orestēs) (408 BCE) is an Ancient Greek play by Euripides that follows the events of Orestes after he had murdered his mother. | 5 |
[
"The Phoenician Women",
"genre",
"Greek tragedy"
] | The Phoenician Women (Ancient Greek: Φοίνισσαι, Phoinissai) is a tragedy by Euripides, based on the same story as Aeschylus' play Seven Against Thebes. It was presented along with the tragedies Hypsipyle and Antiope. With this trilogy, Euripides won the second prize. The title refers to the Greek chorus, which is compo... | 7 |
[
"The Phoenician Women",
"language of work or name",
"Ancient Greek"
] | The Phoenician Women (Ancient Greek: Φοίνισσαι, Phoinissai) is a tragedy by Euripides, based on the same story as Aeschylus' play Seven Against Thebes. It was presented along with the tragedies Hypsipyle and Antiope. With this trilogy, Euripides won the second prize. The title refers to the Greek chorus, which is compo... | 10 |
[
"The Frogs",
"genre",
"Old Comedy"
] | The Frogs (Greek: Βάτραχοι, translit. Bátrakhoi, lit. "Frogs"; Latin: Ranae, often abbreviated Ran. or Ra.) is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed at the Lenaia, one of the Festivals of Dionysus in Athens, in 405 BC and received first place.Plot
The Frogs tells the story of t... | 0 |
[
"The Frogs",
"language of work or name",
"Ancient Greek"
] | The Frogs (Greek: Βάτραχοι, translit. Bátrakhoi, lit. "Frogs"; Latin: Ranae, often abbreviated Ran. or Ra.) is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed at the Lenaia, one of the Festivals of Dionysus in Athens, in 405 BC and received first place. | 4 |
[
"The Bacchae",
"characters",
"Dionysus"
] | The Bacchae (; Greek: Βάκχαι, Bakkhai; also known as The Bacchantes ) is an ancient Greek tragedy, written by the Athenian playwright Euripides during his final years in Macedonia, at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon. It premiered posthumously at the Theatre of Dionysus in 405 BC as part of a tetralogy that also inc... | 6 |
[
"The Bacchae",
"characters",
"Maenad"
] | Background
The Dionysus in Euripides' tale is a young god, angry that his mortal family, the royal house of Cadmus, has denied him a place of honor as a deity. His mortal mother, Semele, was a mistress of Zeus; while pregnant she was killed by Hera, who was jealous of her husband's affair. When Semele died, her sister... | 8 |
[
"The Bacchae",
"characters",
"Pentheus"
] | Plot
The play begins before the palace at Thebes, with Dionysus telling the story of his birth and his reasons for visiting the city. Dionysus explains he is the son of a mortal woman, Semele, and a god, Zeus. Some in Thebes, he notes, do not believe this story. In fact, Semele's sisters—Autonoe, Agave, and Ino—claim ... | 10 |
[
"Oedipus at Colonus",
"author",
"Sophocles"
] | Oedipus at Colonus (also Oedipus Coloneus; Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ, Oidipous epi Kolōnōi) is the last of the three Theban plays of the Athenian tragedian Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles's death in 406 BC and produced by his grandson (also called Sophocles) at the Festival of Dionysus in 4... | 0 |
[
"Oedipus at Colonus",
"language of work or name",
"Ancient Greek"
] | Oedipus at Colonus (also Oedipus Coloneus; Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ, Oidipous epi Kolōnōi) is the last of the three Theban plays of the Athenian tragedian Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles's death in 406 BC and produced by his grandson (also called Sophocles) at the Festival of Dionysus in 4... | 2 |
[
"Oedipus at Colonus",
"characters",
"Oedipus"
] | Oedipus at Colonus (also Oedipus Coloneus; Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ, Oidipous epi Kolōnōi) is the last of the three Theban plays of the Athenian tragedian Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles's death in 406 BC and produced by his grandson (also called Sophocles) at the Festival of Dionysus in 4... | 4 |
[
"Oedipus at Colonus",
"characters",
"Ismene"
] | Oedipus at Colonus (also Oedipus Coloneus; Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ, Oidipous epi Kolōnōi) is the last of the three Theban plays of the Athenian tragedian Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles's death in 406 BC and produced by his grandson (also called Sophocles) at the Festival of Dionysus in 4... | 5 |
[
"Oedipus at Colonus",
"characters",
"Antigone"
] | Oedipus at Colonus (also Oedipus Coloneus; Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ, Oidipous epi Kolōnōi) is the last of the three Theban plays of the Athenian tragedian Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles's death in 406 BC and produced by his grandson (also called Sophocles) at the Festival of Dionysus in 4... | 7 |
[
"Oedipus at Colonus",
"characters",
"Theseus"
] | Oedipus at Colonus (also Oedipus Coloneus; Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ, Oidipous epi Kolōnōi) is the last of the three Theban plays of the Athenian tragedian Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles's death in 406 BC and produced by his grandson (also called Sophocles) at the Festival of Dionysus in 4... | 11 |
[
"Oedipus at Colonus",
"instance of",
"literary work"
] | Oedipus at Colonus (also Oedipus Coloneus; Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ, Oidipous epi Kolōnōi) is the last of the three Theban plays of the Athenian tragedian Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles's death in 406 BC and produced by his grandson (also called Sophocles) at the Festival of Dionysus in 4... | 13 |
[
"Oedipus at Colonus",
"described by source",
"Sophocles"
] | Oedipus at Colonus (also Oedipus Coloneus; Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ, Oidipous epi Kolōnōi) is the last of the three Theban plays of the Athenian tragedian Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles's death in 406 BC and produced by his grandson (also called Sophocles) at the Festival of Dionysus in 4... | 15 |
[
"Assemblywomen",
"genre",
"Old Comedy"
] | Assemblywomen (Greek: Ἐκκλησιάζουσαι Ekklesiazousai; also translated as, Congresswomen, Women in Parliament, Women in Power, and A Parliament of Women) is a comedy written by the Greek playwright Aristophanes in 391 BC. The play invents a scenario where the women of Athens assume control of the government and institute... | 0 |
[
"Assemblywomen",
"language of work or name",
"Ancient Greek"
] | Assemblywomen (Greek: Ἐκκλησιάζουσαι Ekklesiazousai; also translated as, Congresswomen, Women in Parliament, Women in Power, and A Parliament of Women) is a comedy written by the Greek playwright Aristophanes in 391 BC. The play invents a scenario where the women of Athens assume control of the government and institute... | 4 |
[
"Assemblywomen",
"instance of",
"play"
] | Assemblywomen (Greek: Ἐκκλησιάζουσαι Ekklesiazousai; also translated as, Congresswomen, Women in Parliament, Women in Power, and A Parliament of Women) is a comedy written by the Greek playwright Aristophanes in 391 BC. The play invents a scenario where the women of Athens assume control of the government and institute... | 5 |
[
"Plutus (play)",
"author",
"Aristophanes"
] | Plutus (Ancient Greek: Πλοῦτος, Ploutos, "Wealth") is an Ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Aristophanes, which was first produced in 388 BCE. A political satire on contemporary Athens, it features the personified god of wealth Plutus. Reflecting the development of Old Comedy towards New Comedy, it uses such fami... | 2 |
[
"Plutus (play)",
"language of work or name",
"Ancient Greek"
] | Plutus (Ancient Greek: Πλοῦτος, Ploutos, "Wealth") is an Ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Aristophanes, which was first produced in 388 BCE. A political satire on contemporary Athens, it features the personified god of wealth Plutus. Reflecting the development of Old Comedy towards New Comedy, it uses such fami... | 3 |
[
"Perikeiromene",
"genre",
"New Comedy"
] | Perikeiromene (Greek: Περικειρομένη, translated as The Girl with her Hair Cut Short, is a comedy by Menander (342/41 – 292/91 BC) that is only partially preserved on papyrus. Of an estimated total of between 1030 and 1091 lines, about 450 lines (between 40 and 45%) survive. Most acts lack their beginning and end, excep... | 3 |
[
"Perikeiromene",
"instance of",
"literary work"
] | Perikeiromene (Greek: Περικειρομένη, translated as The Girl with her Hair Cut Short, is a comedy by Menander (342/41 – 292/91 BC) that is only partially preserved on papyrus. Of an estimated total of between 1030 and 1091 lines, about 450 lines (between 40 and 45%) survive. Most acts lack their beginning and end, excep... | 4 |
[
"Miles Gloriosus (play)",
"author",
"Plautus"
] | Models for the play
The Miles Gloriosus is believed to be adapted from a Greek comedy from the age of New Comedy, but it is not known from which author it is derived. Because there are two separate intrigues (the hole in the wall and the fake wife), and some puzzling details such as the lack of coherence between the en... | 1 |
[
"Miles Gloriosus (play)",
"time period",
"ancient history"
] | Miles Gloriosus is a comedic play written by Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254–184 B.C.). The title can be translated as "The Swaggering Soldier" or "Vainglorious Soldier". His source for Miles Gloriosus was a Greek play, now lost, called Alazon or The Braggart. Although the characters in Miles Gloriosus speak Latin, they ... | 3 |
[
"Miles Gloriosus (play)",
"instance of",
"literary work"
] | Models for the play
The Miles Gloriosus is believed to be adapted from a Greek comedy from the age of New Comedy, but it is not known from which author it is derived. Because there are two separate intrigues (the hole in the wall and the fake wife), and some puzzling details such as the lack of coherence between the en... | 6 |
[
"Andria (comedy)",
"based on",
"Perinthia"
] | Andria (English: The Woman from Andros) is a Roman comedy adapted by Terence from two Greek plays by Menander the first being Samia and the other being Perinthia. It was the first play by Terence to be presented publicly, and was performed in 166 BC during the Ludi Megalenses. It became the first of Terence's plays to ... | 9 |
[
"Heauton Timorumenos",
"author",
"Terence"
] | Heauton Timorumenos (Greek: Ἑαυτὸν τιμωρούμενος, Heauton timōroumenos, The Self-Tormentor) is a play written in Latin by Terence (Latin: Publius Terentius Afer), a dramatist of the Roman Republic, in 163 BC. The play concerns two neighbours, Chremes and Menedemus, whose sons Clitipho and Clinia are in love with differe... | 2 |
[
"Heauton Timorumenos",
"characters",
"Chremes"
] | Act one
Menedemus, a wealthy farmer, explains to his neighbour Chremes why he is punishing himself by working hard in his fields. Menedemus explains that he had reproached his son Clinia for his having a relationship with a penniless girl, and had held up his own youth as a soldier as a virtuous contrast. Clinia, shame... | 6 |
[
"Phormio (play)",
"form of creative work",
"play"
] | Phormio is a Latin comic play by the early Roman playwright Terence, based on a now lost play by Apollodorus of Carystus entitled Epidikazomenos ("The Claimant"). It is generally believed to be Terence's fifth play. It was first performed at the Ludi Romani of 161 BC. Structurally, Phormio is considered to be one of th... | 1 |
[
"Phormio (play)",
"genre",
"fabula palliata"
] | Phormio is a Latin comic play by the early Roman playwright Terence, based on a now lost play by Apollodorus of Carystus entitled Epidikazomenos ("The Claimant"). It is generally believed to be Terence's fifth play. It was first performed at the Ludi Romani of 161 BC. Structurally, Phormio is considered to be one of th... | 6 |
[
"Phormio (play)",
"instance of",
"literary work"
] | Phormio is a Latin comic play by the early Roman playwright Terence, based on a now lost play by Apollodorus of Carystus entitled Epidikazomenos ("The Claimant"). It is generally believed to be Terence's fifth play. It was first performed at the Ludi Romani of 161 BC. Structurally, Phormio is considered to be one of th... | 8 |
[
"Eunuchus",
"instance of",
"literary work"
] | Eunuchus (The Eunuch) is a comedy written by the 2nd century BC Roman playwright Terence featuring a complex plot of rape and reconciliation. It was Terence's most successful play during his lifetime. Suetonius notes how the play was staged twice in a single day and won Terence 8,000 sesterces. The play is a loose tran... | 9 |
[
"Adelphoe",
"instance of",
"literary work"
] | Adelphoe (also Adelphoi and Adelphi; from Greek ᾰ̓δελφοί, Brothers) is a play by Roman playwright Terence, adapted partly from plays by Menander and Diphilus. It was first performed in 160 BC at the funeral games of Aemilius Paulus. Exploring the best form of child-rearing, the play inspired Molière's The School for Hu... | 6 |
[
"Gaude Mater Polonia",
"country of origin",
"Poland"
] | Gaude Mater Polonia (Medieval Latin for "Rejoice, oh Mother Poland"; Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈɡau̯.dɛ ˈmaː.tɛr pɔˈlɔː.ni.a], Polish: Raduj się, matko Polsko) was one of the most significant medieval Polish hymns, written in Latin between the 13th and the 14th century to commemorate Saint Stanislaus, Bishop of Kraków. Po... | 0 |
[
"Gaude Mater Polonia",
"form of creative work",
"song"
] | Gaude Mater Polonia (Medieval Latin for "Rejoice, oh Mother Poland"; Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈɡau̯.dɛ ˈmaː.tɛr pɔˈlɔː.ni.a], Polish: Raduj się, matko Polsko) was one of the most significant medieval Polish hymns, written in Latin between the 13th and the 14th century to commemorate Saint Stanislaus, Bishop of Kraków. Po... | 1 |
[
"Gaude Mater Polonia",
"instance of",
"national anthem"
] | Gaude Mater Polonia (Medieval Latin for "Rejoice, oh Mother Poland"; Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈɡau̯.dɛ ˈmaː.tɛr pɔˈlɔː.ni.a], Polish: Raduj się, matko Polsko) was one of the most significant medieval Polish hymns, written in Latin between the 13th and the 14th century to commemorate Saint Stanislaus, Bishop of Kraków. Po... | 2 |
[
"Gaude Mater Polonia",
"language of work or name",
"Ecclesiastical Latin"
] | Gaude Mater Polonia (Medieval Latin for "Rejoice, oh Mother Poland"; Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈɡau̯.dɛ ˈmaː.tɛr pɔˈlɔː.ni.a], Polish: Raduj się, matko Polsko) was one of the most significant medieval Polish hymns, written in Latin between the 13th and the 14th century to commemorate Saint Stanislaus, Bishop of Kraków. Po... | 3 |
[
"Gaude Mater Polonia",
"instance of",
"musical work/composition"
] | Gaude Mater Polonia (Medieval Latin for "Rejoice, oh Mother Poland"; Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈɡau̯.dɛ ˈmaː.tɛr pɔˈlɔː.ni.a], Polish: Raduj się, matko Polsko) was one of the most significant medieval Polish hymns, written in Latin between the 13th and the 14th century to commemorate Saint Stanislaus, Bishop of Kraków. Po... | 5 |
[
"Le Miracle de Théophile",
"country of origin",
"France"
] | Le Miracle de Théophile (The Miracle of Theophilus) is a thirteenth-century miracle play written in Langues d'oïl, circa 1261 by the trouvère Rutebeuf.The play is a religious drama, drawn from traditional accounts of the lives of the Saints and the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the play, Théophile sells his soul to the Devil... | 0 |
[
"Le Miracle de Théophile",
"language of work or name",
"French"
] | Le Miracle de Théophile (The Miracle of Theophilus) is a thirteenth-century miracle play written in Langues d'oïl, circa 1261 by the trouvère Rutebeuf.The play is a religious drama, drawn from traditional accounts of the lives of the Saints and the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the play, Théophile sells his soul to the Devil... | 1 |
[
"Le Miracle de Théophile",
"language of work or name",
"Old French"
] | Le Miracle de Théophile (The Miracle of Theophilus) is a thirteenth-century miracle play written in Langues d'oïl, circa 1261 by the trouvère Rutebeuf.The play is a religious drama, drawn from traditional accounts of the lives of the Saints and the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the play, Théophile sells his soul to the Devil... | 2 |
[
"Le Miracle de Théophile",
"genre",
"play"
] | Le Miracle de Théophile (The Miracle of Theophilus) is a thirteenth-century miracle play written in Langues d'oïl, circa 1261 by the trouvère Rutebeuf.The play is a religious drama, drawn from traditional accounts of the lives of the Saints and the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the play, Théophile sells his soul to the Devil... | 3 |
[
"Le Miracle de Théophile",
"instance of",
"literary work"
] | Le Miracle de Théophile (The Miracle of Theophilus) is a thirteenth-century miracle play written in Langues d'oïl, circa 1261 by the trouvère Rutebeuf.The play is a religious drama, drawn from traditional accounts of the lives of the Saints and the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the play, Théophile sells his soul to the Devil... | 4 |
[
"Mankind (play)",
"instance of",
"literary work"
] | Mankind is an English medieval morality play, written c. 1470. The play is a moral allegory about Mankind, a representative of the human race, and follows his fall into sin and his repentance. Its author is unknown; the manuscript is signed by a monk named Hyngham, believed to have transcribed the play. Mankind is uni... | 3 |
[
"The World and the Child",
"form of creative work",
"play"
] | The World and the Child (Latin: Mundus et Infans) is an anonymous English morality play. Its source is a late 14th-century or 15th-century poem The Mirror of the Periods of Man's Life, from which the play borrows significantly while reducing the number of characters. It is thought to have influenced William Shakespeare... | 0 |
[
"The World and the Child",
"genre",
"morality play"
] | The World and the Child (Latin: Mundus et Infans) is an anonymous English morality play. Its source is a late 14th-century or 15th-century poem The Mirror of the Periods of Man's Life, from which the play borrows significantly while reducing the number of characters. It is thought to have influenced William Shakespeare... | 1 |
[
"Everyman (15th-century play)",
"genre",
"morality play"
] | The Somonyng of Everyman (The Summoning of Everyman), usually referred to simply as Everyman, is a late 15th-century morality play. Like John Bunyan's 1678 Christian novel The Pilgrim's Progress, Everyman uses allegorical characters to examine the question of Christian salvation and what Man must do to attain it.Summar... | 3 |
[
"A Satire of the Three Estates",
"genre",
"morality play"
] | A Satire of the Three Estates (Middle Scots: Ane Pleasant Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis), is a satirical morality play in Middle Scots, written by makar Sir David Lyndsay. The complete play was first performed outside in the playing field at Cupar, Fife in June 1552 during the Midsummer holiday, where the action took pl... | 4 |
[
"The Disobedient Child",
"author",
"Thomas Ingelend"
] | The Disobedient Child is a theatrical comic interlude written c.1560 by Thomas Ingelend (an author who is known only as a "late student of Cambridge", as described on the first edition's title-page) and first performed in a Tudor hall.This play contains the famous line: "None is so deaf as who will not hear." | 1 |
[
"The Disobedient Child",
"form of creative work",
"play"
] | The Disobedient Child is a theatrical comic interlude written c.1560 by Thomas Ingelend (an author who is known only as a "late student of Cambridge", as described on the first edition's title-page) and first performed in a Tudor hall.This play contains the famous line: "None is so deaf as who will not hear." | 2 |
[
"The Disobedient Child",
"instance of",
"literary work"
] | The Disobedient Child is a theatrical comic interlude written c.1560 by Thomas Ingelend (an author who is known only as a "late student of Cambridge", as described on the first edition's title-page) and first performed in a Tudor hall.This play contains the famous line: "None is so deaf as who will not hear." | 3 |
[
"Palamon and Arcite (Edwardes)",
"form of creative work",
"play"
] | Palamon and Arcite (1566) is a play by Richard Edwardes, which was performed before Elizabeth I at Oxford. It is based on Chaucer's The Knight's Tale. Though the text of the play is lost, there is a detailed record of its structure and plot.
The performance was a highly spectacular affair organised by staff and student... | 0 |
[
"Palamon and Arcite (Edwardes)",
"author",
"Richard Edwardes"
] | Palamon and Arcite (1566) is a play by Richard Edwardes, which was performed before Elizabeth I at Oxford. It is based on Chaucer's The Knight's Tale. Though the text of the play is lost, there is a detailed record of its structure and plot.
The performance was a highly spectacular affair organised by staff and student... | 1 |
[
"Palamon and Arcite (Edwardes)",
"instance of",
"literary work"
] | Palamon and Arcite (1566) is a play by Richard Edwardes, which was performed before Elizabeth I at Oxford. It is based on Chaucer's The Knight's Tale. Though the text of the play is lost, there is a detailed record of its structure and plot.
The performance was a highly spectacular affair organised by staff and student... | 2 |
[
"Liberality and Prodigality",
"form of creative work",
"play"
] | Liberality and Prodigality (A Pleasant Comedie, shewing the contention betweene Liberalitie and Prodigalitie, also known as Contention between Liberality and Prodigality) is a morality play by an unknown author from c.1567. Its title page also reads: "As it was played before her Maiestie. London Printed by Simon Staffo... | 0 |
[
"Liberality and Prodigality",
"genre",
"morality play"
] | Liberality and Prodigality (A Pleasant Comedie, shewing the contention betweene Liberalitie and Prodigalitie, also known as Contention between Liberality and Prodigality) is a morality play by an unknown author from c.1567. Its title page also reads: "As it was played before her Maiestie. London Printed by Simon Staffo... | 1 |
[
"Horestes",
"form of creative work",
"play"
] | Horestes is a late Tudor morality play by the English dramatist John Pickering. It was first published in 1567 and was most likely performed by Lord Rich's men as part of the Christmas revels at court that year. The play's full title is A new interlude of Vice containing the history of Horestes with the cruel revengeme... | 0 |
[
"Horestes",
"genre",
"morality play"
] | Horestes is a late Tudor morality play by the English dramatist John Pickering. It was first published in 1567 and was most likely performed by Lord Rich's men as part of the Christmas revels at court that year. The play's full title is A new interlude of Vice containing the history of Horestes with the cruel revengeme... | 1 |
[
"Horestes",
"instance of",
"literary work"
] | Horestes is a late Tudor morality play by the English dramatist John Pickering. It was first published in 1567 and was most likely performed by Lord Rich's men as part of the Christmas revels at court that year. The play's full title is A new interlude of Vice containing the history of Horestes with the cruel revengeme... | 2 |
[
"Aminta",
"characters",
"Silvia"
] | Text
The text is written in hendecasyllabic and septenary verses; it is divided into five acts.
The play has a pastoral theme, and is set in the time of Alexander the Great. The characters are shepherds and nymphs.
The story is about Aminta's love for the beautiful nymph Silvia, who does not return his attentions and p... | 2 |
[
"Aminta",
"author",
"Torquato Tasso"
] | Aminta is a play written by Torquato Tasso in 1573, represented during a garden party at the court of Ferrara. Both the actors and the public were noble persons living at the Court, who could understand subtle allusions the poet made to that style of life, in contrast with the life of shepherds, represented in an idyll... | 6 |
[
"The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys",
"country of origin",
"Poland"
] | The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys: 68 (title also rendered as The Dismissal of the Grecian Envoys, The Discharge of the Greek Envoys, and The Envoys; Polish: Odprawa posłów greckich) is a tragedy written by Polish Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski ca. 1565-66 and first published and performed in 1578.
It recounts an i... | 0 |
[
"The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys",
"language of work or name",
"Polish"
] | The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys: 68 (title also rendered as The Dismissal of the Grecian Envoys, The Discharge of the Greek Envoys, and The Envoys; Polish: Odprawa posłów greckich) is a tragedy written by Polish Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski ca. 1565-66 and first published and performed in 1578.
It recounts an i... | 2 |
[
"The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys",
"time period",
"Renaissance"
] | The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys: 68 (title also rendered as The Dismissal of the Grecian Envoys, The Discharge of the Greek Envoys, and The Envoys; Polish: Odprawa posłów greckich) is a tragedy written by Polish Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski ca. 1565-66 and first published and performed in 1578.
It recounts an i... | 3 |
[
"The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys",
"form of creative work",
"play"
] | The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys: 68 (title also rendered as The Dismissal of the Grecian Envoys, The Discharge of the Greek Envoys, and The Envoys; Polish: Odprawa posłów greckich) is a tragedy written by Polish Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski ca. 1565-66 and first published and performed in 1578.
It recounts an i... | 4 |
[
"The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys",
"depicts",
"Trojan War"
] | The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys: 68 (title also rendered as The Dismissal of the Grecian Envoys, The Discharge of the Greek Envoys, and The Envoys; Polish: Odprawa posłów greckich) is a tragedy written by Polish Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski ca. 1565-66 and first published and performed in 1578.
It recounts an i... | 7 |
[
"The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys",
"author",
"Jan Kochanowski"
] | The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys: 68 (title also rendered as The Dismissal of the Grecian Envoys, The Discharge of the Greek Envoys, and The Envoys; Polish: Odprawa posłów greckich) is a tragedy written by Polish Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski ca. 1565-66 and first published and performed in 1578.
It recounts an i... | 9 |
[
"The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys",
"genre",
"tragedy"
] | The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys: 68 (title also rendered as The Dismissal of the Grecian Envoys, The Discharge of the Greek Envoys, and The Envoys; Polish: Odprawa posłów greckich) is a tragedy written by Polish Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski ca. 1565-66 and first published and performed in 1578.
It recounts an i... | 10 |
[
"The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys",
"instance of",
"literary work"
] | The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys: 68 (title also rendered as The Dismissal of the Grecian Envoys, The Discharge of the Greek Envoys, and The Envoys; Polish: Odprawa posłów greckich) is a tragedy written by Polish Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski ca. 1565-66 and first published and performed in 1578.
It recounts an i... | 17 |
[
"Ballet Comique de la Reine",
"country of origin",
"France"
] | The Ballet Comique de la Reine (at the time spelled Balet comique de la Royne) was an elaborate court spectacle performed on October 15, 1581, during the reign of Henry III of France, in the large hall of the Hôtel de Bourbon, adjacent to the Louvre Palace in Paris. It is often referred to as the first ballet de cour. | 1 |
[
"Ballet Comique de la Reine",
"genre",
"comédie-ballet"
] | The Ballet Comique de la Reine (at the time spelled Balet comique de la Royne) was an elaborate court spectacle performed on October 15, 1581, during the reign of Henry III of France, in the large hall of the Hôtel de Bourbon, adjacent to the Louvre Palace in Paris. It is often referred to as the first ballet de cour. | 2 |
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