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  • 71ÉLISABÉTHAIN (THÉÂTRE) — On désigne sous le terme de théâtre élisabéthain la production dramatique qui fit la gloire littéraire du règne d’Élisabeth Ire (1558 1603) et se prolongea jusqu’à la fermeture des théâtres, en septembre 1642, après la victoire des puritains.… …

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  • 72Ohne Wahl verteilt die Gaben, ohne Billigkeit das Glück —   Das Zitat mit der Fortsetzung »Denn Patroklus liegt begraben,/Und Thersites kommt zurück« stammt aus Schillers Gedicht »Das Siegesfest«, das sich auf das Ende des Trojanischen Krieges bezieht. Als Beispiel für die Wahllosigkeit und… …

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  • 73Shakespeares großes Welttheater —   Dem einmaligen Theatergenie Shakespeare und seinen 38 Dramen ist vielleicht in einem mehrbändigen Kompendium beizukommen hier kann nur gewagt werden, die Besonderheit seines Werkes in skizzenhafter Andeutung zu beschreiben und eine Antwort auf… …

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  • 74ther|sit|i|cal — «thuhr SIHT uh kuhl», adjective. abusive; reviling; scurrilous: »thersitical satire. ╂[< Greek Thersítēs Thersites + English ic + al1] …

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  • 75Lapse — Lapse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lapsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lapsing}.] 1. To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; mostly restricted to figurative uses. [1913 Webster] A tendency to lapse… …

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  • 76Lapsed — Lapse Lapse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lapsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lapsing}.] 1. To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; mostly restricted to figurative uses. [1913 Webster] A tendency to… …

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  • 77Lapsing — Lapse Lapse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lapsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lapsing}.] 1. To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; mostly restricted to figurative uses. [1913 Webster] A tendency to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 78Ajax the Lesser — raping Cassandra For other uses of this name, see Ajax (disambiguation). Ajax (Greek: Αἴας) was a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris. He was called the lesser or Locrian Ajax …

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  • 79Homer — This article is about the Greek poet Homer and the works attributed to him. For other meanings, see Homer (disambiguation). Homeric redirects here. For other uses, see Homeric (disambiguation). See also: English translations of Homer …

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  • 80Menelaus — For other uses, see Menelaus (disambiguation). Menelaus In Greek mythology, Menelaus (Ancient Greek: Μενέλαος, Menelaos) was a legendary king of Mycenaean (pre Dorian) Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, and a central figure in the Trojan War …

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