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52 relations: Achilles, Agamemnon, Ajax the Great, Aleta Mitchell, American Repertory Theater, Ancient Greek, Antigone (Sophocles play), Athena, Bernard Knox, Calchas, Classical Athens, David R. Slavitt, E. F. Watling, Edward Plumptre, Erinyes, Eurysaces, Extant literature, Frederic Raphael, Greek tragedy, Herbert Golder, Howie Seago, Hugh Lloyd-Jones, Iliad, James Scully (poet), La Jolla Playhouse, Lament, Menelaus, Michael Grant (classicist), Odysseus, Onomatopoeia, P. E. Easterling, Paul Woodruff, Peter Meineck, Peter Sellars, Protagonist, R. C. Trevelyan, Richard Claverhouse Jebb, Robert Bagg, Romanization, Salamis Island, San Diego, Sophocles, Southwark Playhouse, Suicide attack, Tecmessa, Teucer, Theodore Alois Buckley, Thomas Francklin, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Tragedy, ..., Transliteration, Trojan War. Expand index (2 more) »
Achilles
In Greek mythology, Achilles or Achilleus (Ἀχιλλεύς, Achilleus) was a Greek hero of the Trojan War and the central character and greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad.
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Agamemnon
In Greek mythology, Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων, Ἀgamémnōn) was the son of King Atreus and Queen Aerope of Mycenae, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra and the father of Iphigenia, Electra or Laodike (Λαοδίκη), Orestes and Chrysothemis.
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Ajax the Great
Ajax or Aias (or; Αἴας, gen. Αἴαντος Aiantos) is a mythological Greek hero, the son of King Telamon and Periboea, and the half-brother of Teucer.
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Aleta Mitchell
Aleta Mitchell is an American film, television and theatre actress.
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American Repertory Theater
The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is a professional not-for-profit theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Ancient Greek
The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.
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Antigone (Sophocles play)
Antigone (Ἀντιγόνη) is a tragedy by Sophocles written in or before 441 BC.
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Athena
Athena; Attic Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ, Athēnā, or Ἀθηναία, Athēnaia; Epic: Ἀθηναίη, Athēnaiē; Doric: Ἀθάνα, Athānā or Athene,; Ionic: Ἀθήνη, Athēnē often given the epithet Pallas,; Παλλὰς is the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare, who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva.
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Bernard Knox
Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox (November 24, 1914 – July 22, 2010Wolfgang Saxon,, New York Times, August 16, 2010.
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Calchas
In Greek mythology, Calchas (Κάλχας Kalkhas, possibly meaning "bronze-man"), son of Thestor, was an Argive seer, with a gift for interpreting the flight of birds that he received of Apollo: "as an augur, Calchas had no rival in the camp".
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Classical Athens
The city of Athens (Ἀθῆναι, Athênai a.tʰɛ̂ː.nai̯; Modern Greek: Ἀθῆναι, Athínai) during the classical period of Ancient Greece (508–322 BC) was the major urban center of the notable polis (city-state) of the same name, located in Attica, Greece, leading the Delian League in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and the Peloponnesian League.
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David R. Slavitt
David Rytman Slavitt (born 1935) is an American writer, poet, and translator, the author of more than 100 books.
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E. F. Watling
Edward Fairchild Watling (8 October 1899 – 6 September 1990) was an English school-master, classicist and translator.
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Edward Plumptre
Edward Hayes Plumptre (6 August 1821 – 1 February 1891) was an English divine and scholar born in London.
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Erinyes
In Greek mythology the Erinyes (sing. Erinys; Ἐρῑνύες, pl. of Ἐρῑνύς, Erinys), also known as the Furies, were female chthonic deities of vengeance; they were sometimes referred to as "infernal goddesses" (χθόνιαι θεαί).
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Eurysaces
Eurysaces in Greek mythology was the son of the Ajax and the former-princess captive-slave girl Tecmessa.
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Extant literature
Extant literature and extant music refers to texts or music that has survived from the past to the present time, as opposed to lost work.
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Frederic Raphael
Frederic Michael Raphael (born 14 August 1931) is an American-born, British-educated, screenwriter, biographer, nonfiction writer, novelist and journalist.
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Greek tragedy
Greek tragedy is a form of theatre from Ancient Greece and Asia Minor.
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Herbert Golder
Herbert Golder is a professor of Classical Studies at Boston University.
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Howie Seago
Howie Seago is an American actor and director.
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Hugh Lloyd-Jones
Sir Peter Hugh Jefferd Lloyd-Jones FBA (21 September 1922 – 5 October 2009 The Daily Telegraph, 5 October 2009) was a British classical scholar and Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford.
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Iliad
The Iliad (Ἰλιάς, in Classical Attic; sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer.
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James Scully (poet)
James Scully (born 1937, New Haven, Connecticut) is an American poet.
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La Jolla Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse is a not-for-profit, professional theatre on the campus of the University of California San Diego.
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Lament
A lament or lamentation is a passionate expression of grief, often in music, poetry, or song form.
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Menelaus
In Greek mythology, Menelaus (Μενέλαος, Menelaos, from μένος "vigor, rage, power" and λαός "people," "wrath of the people") was a king of Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, and the son of Atreus and Aerope.
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Michael Grant (classicist)
Michael Grant CBE (21 November 1914 – 4 October 2004) was an English classicist, numismatist, and author of numerous popular books on ancient history.
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Odysseus
Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς, Ὀδυσεύς, Ὀdysseús), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses (Ulixēs), is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey.
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Onomatopoeia
An onomatopoeia (from the Greek ὀνοματοποιία; ὄνομα for "name" and ποιέω for "I make", adjectival form: "onomatopoeic" or "onomatopoetic") is a word that phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the sound that it describes.
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P. E. Easterling
Patricia Elizabeth Easterling, FBA (née Fairfax; born 11 March 1934) is an English classical scholar, recognised as a particular expert on the work of Sophocles.
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Paul Woodruff
Paul Woodruff (born 1943) is a classicist, professor of philosophy, and dean at The University of Texas at Austin, where he once chaired the department of philosophy and has more recently held the Hayden Head Regents Chair as director of Plan II Honors program, which he resigned in 2006 after 15 years of service.
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Peter Meineck
Peter Meineck (born 1967) is Professor of Classics in the Modern World at New York University.
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Peter Sellars
Peter Sellars (born 27 September, 1957) is an American theatre director, noted for his unique contemporary stagings of classical and contemporary operas and plays.
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Protagonist
A protagonist In modern usage, a protagonist is the main character of any story (in any medium, including prose, poetry, film, opera and so on).
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R. C. Trevelyan
Robert Calverl(e)y Trevelyan (28 June 1872 – 21 March 1951) was an English poet and translator, of a traditionalist sort, and a follower of the lapidary style of Logan Pearsall Smith.
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Richard Claverhouse Jebb
Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb (27 August 1841 – 9 December 1905) was a British classical scholar.
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Robert Bagg
Robert Bagg (born 1935, New Jersey) is an American poet and translator.
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Romanization
Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of writing from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so.
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Salamis Island
Salamis (Σαλαμίνα Salamína, Ancient and Katharevousa: Σαλαμίς Salamís), is the largest Greek island in the Saronic Gulf, about 1 nautical mile (2 km) off-coast from Piraeus and about west of Athens.
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San Diego
San Diego (Spanish for 'Saint Didacus') is a major city in California, United States.
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Sophocles
Sophocles (Σοφοκλῆς, Sophoklēs,; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41.
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Southwark Playhouse
Southwark Playhouse is a theatre in London, located between Borough and Elephant and Castle tube stations.
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Suicide attack
A suicide attack is any violent attack in which the attacker expects their own death as a direct result of the method used to harm, damage or destroy the target.
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Tecmessa
The name Tecmessa (Ancient Greek: Τέκμησσα, Tékmēssa) refers to the following characters in Greek mythology.
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Teucer
In Greek mythology, Teucer, also Teucrus, Teucros or Teucris (Τεῦκρος, Teῦkros), was the son of King Telamon of Salamis Island and Hesione, daughter of King Laomedon of Troy.
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Theodore Alois Buckley
Theodore Alois William Buckley (1825–1856) was a translator of Homer and other classical works.
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Thomas Francklin
Thomas Francklin (1721–15 March 1784) was an English academic, clergyman, writer and dramatist.
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Timberlake Wertenbaker
Timberlake Wertenbaker is a British-based playwright, screenplay writer, and translator who has written plays for the Royal Court, the Royal Shakespeare Company and others, centering on themes of personal growth and displacement.
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Tragedy
Tragedy (from the τραγῳδία, tragōidia) is a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in audiences.
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Transliteration
Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus trans- + liter-) in predictable ways (such as α → a, д → d, χ → ch, ն → n or æ → e).
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Trojan War
In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(play)
