Download or read book The Theatre at Epidaurus Greece written by Bruce Dilg and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most vexing problems for an architect is the design of acoustics. In the Theatre at Epidaurus, part of the Sanctuary of Asclepius, the god of Healing, the Greek architect, Polyclitus the Younger, achieved a solution that some say is unduplicated even today. Originally built in 330 B.C.E., this stone theatre has survived virtually intact, except for the proskenion and skene buildings. This 14,000-15,000-seat theater is sited in the hills of the Pelopennese 4km west of Epidaurus, Greece.
Download or read book The Thymele at Epidauros written by Peter Schultz and published by Theran Press. This book was released on 2016-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thymele at Epidauros is one of the most enigmatic buildings of the ancient Greek world. At the center of this book there lies a mystery. It is a mystery that has intrigued scholars for almost two centuries - a mystery that revolves around unique marks, sacred geometries, perplexing architecture, hidden passages, uncertain timelines, and lost rituals. It is a mystery that has yet to be solved. In this important book, an international, interdisciplinary team has compiled, synthesized, and speculated on a host of new (and old) clues that bring the puzzles circling the thymele at Epidauros into clearer focus. While the ancient ideas and intentions that motivated the construction of this remarkable building remain shrouded by time, the material evidence, the epigraphical record, and the literary testimonia hold numerous potential solutions. Through reexamination of these clues and their contexts, the authors hope to spark fresh debate regarding the form, the function, and the meaning of this unique and mysterious ancient structure.
Download or read book Electra written by Sophocles and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Locked into a bloody cycle of murder and reprisal, Electra, haunted by her father's assassination, is consumed by grief and a thirst for vengeance. When her brother Orestes at last returns, she urges him to a savage and terrifying conclusion. Frank McGuinness's charged adaptation of Sophocles' powerful tragedy was first performed at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1997 and was revived at the Old Vic, London, in 2014.
Download or read book Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece written by Patricia F. O'Grady and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Greece was the cradle of philosophy in the Western tradition. Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece brings the thoughts and lives of the pioneers of Western philosophy down from their sometimes remote heights and introduces them to a modern audience. Comprising seventy essays, written by internationally distinguished scholars in a lively and accessible style, this book presents the values, ideas, wisdom and arguments of the most significant thinkers from the world of ancient Greece. Commencing with Thales of Miletus and continuing to the end of the Ancient Period of philosophy by way of Heraclitus, Parmenides, Protagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Archimedes, Epictetus this book explores the major contributions of each philosopher as well as looking at archaeological and historical sites where they lived, worked and thought. This book is an outstanding introduction to the world of the philosophers of Ancient Greece.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean written by Eric H. Cline and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greek Bronze Age, roughly 3000 to 1000 BCE, witnessed the flourishing of the Minoan and Mycenean civilizations, the earliest expansion of trade in the Aegean and wider Mediterranean Sea, the development of artistic techniques in a variety of media, and the evolution of early Greek religious practices and mythology. The period also witnessed a violent conflict in Asia Minor between warring peoples in the region, a conflict commonly believed to be the historical basis for Homer's Trojan War. The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean provides a detailed survey of these fascinating aspects of the period, and many others, in sixty-six newly commissioned articles. Divided into four sections, the handbook begins with Background and Definitions, which contains articles establishing the discipline in its historical, geographical, and chronological settings and in its relation to other disciplines. The second section, Chronology and Geography, contains articles examining the Bronze Age Aegean by chronological period (Early Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age). Each of the periods are further subdivided geographically, so that individual articles are concerned with Mainland Greece during the Early Bronze Age, Crete during the Early Bronze Age, the Cycladic Islands during the Early Bronze Age, and the same for the Middle Bronze Age, followed by the Late Bronze Age. The third section, Thematic and Specific Topics, includes articles examining thematic topics that cannot be done justice in a strictly chronological/geographical treatment, including religion, state and society, trade, warfare, pottery, writing, and burial customs, as well as specific events, such as the eruption of Santorini and the Trojan War. The fourth section, Specific Sites and Areas, contains articles examining the most important regions and sites in the Bronze Age Aegean, including Mycenae, Tiryns, Pylos, Knossos, Kommos, Rhodes, the northern Aegean, and the Uluburun shipwreck, as well as adjacent areas such as the Levant, Egypt, and the western Mediterranean. Containing new work by an international team of experts, The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean represents the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date single-volume survey of the field. It will be indispensable for scholars and advanced students alike.
Download or read book La voix humaine written by Jean Cocteau and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Theatre Histories written by Phillip B. Zarrilli and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2010 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a clear journey through centuries of European, North and South American, African and Asian forms of theatre and performance, this introduction helps the reader think critically about this exciting field through fascinating yet plain-speaking essays and case studies.
Download or read book Epidaurus Encounters written by Conor Hanratty and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre written by Rune Frederiksen and published by Aarhus Universitetsforlag. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of papers following the conference The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre, held in Athens in January 2012. Fundamental publications on the topic have not been issued for many years. Bringing together the leading experts on theatre architecture, this conference aimed at introducing new facts and important comprehensive studies on Greek theatres to the public. The published volume is, first of all, a presentation of new excavation results and new analyses of individual monuments. Many well-known theatres such as the one of Dionysos in Athens, and others at Dodone, Corinth, and Sikyon have been re-examined since their original publication, with stunning results. New research, presented in this volume, includes moreover less well known, or even newly found, ancient Greek theatres in Albania, Asia Minor, Cyprus, and Sicily. Further studies on the history of research, on regional theatrical developments, terminology, and function, as well as a perspective on Roman theatres built in Greek traditions make this volume a comprehensive volume of new research for expert scholars as well as for students and the interested public.
Download or read book The Murderess written by Alexandros Papadiamantis and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Murderess is a bone-chilling tale of crime and punishment with the dark beauty of a backwoods ballad. Set on the dirt-poor Aegean island of Skiathos, it is the story of Hadoula, an old woman living on the margins of society and at the outer limits of respectability. Hadoula knows about herbs and their hidden properties, and women come to her when they need help. She knows women’s secrets and she knows the misery of their lives, and as the book begins, she is trying to stop her new-born granddaughter from crying so that her daughter can at last get a little sleep. She rocks the baby and rocks her and then the terrible truth hits her: there’s nothing worse than being born a woman, and there’s something that she, Hadoula, can do about that. Peter Levi’s matchless translation of Alexandros Papadiamantis’s astonishing novella captures the excitement and haunting poetry of the original Greek.
Download or read book Epidauros written by Richard Allan Tomlinson and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of the Greek and Roman Theater written by Margarete Bieber and published by . This book was released on 2003-01 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to Live in a Van and Travel written by Mike Hudson and published by Bluedog Books. This book was released on 2017-06-11 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living a mobile lifestyle is now more possible than ever before. It's the new option. Forget hostel costs or rent. You have transport and your have a home. You're free to travel the world and you can do it on a budget. This book shows you how.
Download or read book Greek Theatre Performance written by David Wiles and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-05-25 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specially written for students and enthusiasts, David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre and cultural life.
Download or read book The Attic Theatre written by Arthur Elam Haigh and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Way to Heaven written by Juan Mayorga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heart of Europe. 1942. Children playing, lovers' tiffs, a deserted train station and a ramp rising towards a hangar. This is what you can see, but what should the Red Cross representative report say? Way to Heaven has previously been produced at the Teatro Mara Guerrero, Madrid by the Centro Dramatico Nacional. A production of this English translation opened at the Royal Court Theatre, London in June 2005.
Download or read book The Colossus of Maroussi written by Henry Miller and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1958 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's quest for spiritual renewal is illuminated in descriptions of his impressions of Greece and its people.
