Greek & Roman 26

Preziosa testimonianza della riscoperta del mito di Filottete nel Settecento, nel quale Herder realizza sulla scena le riflessioni teoriche sull’omonima tragedia sofoclea precedentemente esposte nel……続きを見る

"Brother Jacob", a short story by George Eliot 続きを見る

Many modern female writers are famous for their voluptuous style; their ungratified sex is expressed in such erotic art activity. The nun Hroswitha of Gandersheim (C. 940ー1002) was the first known ……続きを見る

Scene I. Enter Simo and Sosia, followed by Servants carrying provisions. Simo (to the Servants.) Do you carry those things away indoors; begone. (Beckoning to Sosia.) Sosia, just step here; I want a……続きを見る

The Acharnians or Acharnians is the third play ー and the earliest of the eleven surviving plays ー by the Athenian playwright Aristophanes. It was produced in 425 BCE on behalf of the young dramati……続きを見る

My children, latest born to Cadmus old, Why sit ye here as suppliants, in your hands Branches of olive filleted with wool? What means this reek of incense everywhere, And everywhere laments and lita……続きを見る

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play of William Shakespeare's authorship, a comedy written in the mid-1590s. The story begins with the Duke Theseus, who is preparing to marry Hippolyta. Before marria……続きを見る

Perhaps the first thing to strike usーparadoxical as it may sound to say soーabout the Athenian 'Old Comedy' is its modernness. Of its very nature, satiric drama comes later than Epic and Lyric poet……続きを見る

Le sujet de la Paix est le même que celui des Acharniens: seulement la paix, qui dans cette comédie n'est le vœu que d'un seul homme, est ici l'objet des désirs de tout le monde. Le vigneron Trygée,……続きを見る

Aesop was an Ancient Greek fabulist or story teller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Although his existence remains uncertain and (if he ever existed) no wr……続きを見る

The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses is an 1888 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is both an historical adventure novel and a romance novel. It first appeared as a serial in 1883 with the subt……続きを見る

Deux citoyens, Pisthétéros (Fidèle ami) et Evelpide (Bon espoir), dégoûtés de la vie que l'on mène à Athènes, se déterminent à bâtir une ville aérienne, Néphélocokkygia (Nuéecoucouville). Tous les h……続きを見る

"Ippolito" è una tragedia di Euripide, rappresentata per la prima volta ad Atene, alle Grandi Dionisie del 428 a.C., dove vinse il primo premio. Ippolito, figlio di Teseo, re di Atene, e della regin……続きを見る

Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories ……続きを見る

Beyond the City (1892) is a Novel by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 続きを見る

The Birds is a comedy by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed in 414 BC at the City Dionysia where it won second prize. It has been acclaimed by modern critics as a perfectly ……続きを見る

La accion de El vizcaino fingido se centra en un timo que un caballero, que dice ser vizcaino, hace a una dama. 続きを見る

The Ballad of the White Horse is a poem by G. K. Chesterton about the idealised exploits of the Saxon King Alfred the Great, published in 1911. Written inballad form, the work is usually considered ……続きを見る

« Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva oscura, ché la diritta via era smarrita. Ahi quanto a dir qual era è cosa dura, esta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte, che nel pensier ……続きを見る

Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, ……続きを見る

Queen Mab; A Philosophical Poem; With Notes, published in 1813 in nine cantos with seventeen notes, was the first large poetic work written by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), the English Romantic ……続きを見る

Questa è sicuramente l'opera più famosa di Alexander Dumas figlio. Forse fu l'incontro con Marie Duplessis ad ispirare all'autore il personaggio di Marguerite Gautier questa bellissima donna che si ……続きを見る

Luna piena e confusi stati mentali, un viaggio mal vissuto ed incredibilmente vicino alla follia. Un invito, un uomo, una donna, un treno tutto in una notte... 続きを見る

E’ libro sicuramente più famoso del nostro autore inglese. Dal 1910 sono 16 le trasposizioni cinematografiche a dimostrazione del grande interesse che ha suscitato questo romanzo che quando nel 1980……続きを見る

Sophocles Six Pack includes the Athenian tragedian's six masterworks - Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone, Ajax, Electra and Philoctetes. 続きを見る

"Aiace" è una tragedia di Sofocle. In essa, la perdita dell'onore ha nel suicidio l'unico riscatto possibile, come avveniva nelle culture arcaiche. L'autore Sofocle (Colono 496 a.C. – Atene, 406 a.C……続きを見る

The Betrothed is an 1825 novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is the first of two Tales of the Crusaders, the second being The Talisman. Parts of the novel were incorporated into Francesco Maria Piave's li……続きを見る

The Just So Stories for Little Children are a collection written by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Highly fantasised origin stories, especially for differences among animals, they are among Kip……続きを見る

Un giovane aristocratico boicotta il matrimonio combinato che sua madre da sempre sogna per lui. Da questa sofferta decisione ha inizio una serie di viaggi: un bosco fatato, un villaggio senza tempo……続きを見る

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The story is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, ……続きを見る