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Download or read book The Clouds written by Aristophanes and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1997 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new translation attempts to inform the general as well as the more specialized reader of what Aristophanes put on stage in 423 B.C. It remains more or less faithful to the original Greek, avoiding radical changes that would make the Clouds conform to linguistic "fads" at the very end of the twentieth century.
Book Synopsis Aristophanes Clouds by : Aristophanes
Download or read book Aristophanes Clouds written by Aristophanes and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Aristophanes: Frogs and Other Plays by : Aristophanes
Download or read book Aristophanes: Frogs and Other Plays written by Aristophanes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aristophanes is the only surviving representative of Greek Old Comedy, an exuberant form of festival drama which flourished in Athens during the fifth century BC. One of the most original playwrights in the entire Western tradition, his comedies are remarkable for their brilliant combination of fantasy and satire, their constantly inventive manipulation of language, and their use of absurd characters and plots to expose his society's institutions and values to the bracing challenge of laughter. This vibrant collection of verse translations of Aristophanes' works combines historical accuracy with a sensitive attempt to capture the rich dramatic and literary qualities of Aristophanic comedy. The volume presents Clouds, with its famous caricature of the philosopher Socrates; Women at the Thesmophoria (or Thesmophoriazusae), a work which mixes elaborate parody of tragedy with a great deal of transvestite burlesque; and Frogs, in which the dead tragedians Aeschylus and Euripides engage in a vituperative contest of 'literary criticism' of each other's plays. Featuring expansive introductions to each play and detailed explanatory notes, the volume also includes an illuminating appendix, which provides information and selected fragments from the lost plays of Aristophanes.
Book Synopsis The clouds of Aristophanes by : Aristophanes
Download or read book The clouds of Aristophanes written by Aristophanes and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Clouds, and Peace of Aristophanes, tr. by a graduate of the University of Oxford by : Aristophanes
Download or read book The Clouds, and Peace of Aristophanes, tr. by a graduate of the University of Oxford written by Aristophanes and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Clouds of Aristophanes. With Notes. By C. C. Felton by :
Download or read book The Clouds of Aristophanes. With Notes. By C. C. Felton written by and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Clouds written by Aristophanes and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Religion and Politics in Aristophanes' Clouds by : Marie C. Marianetti
Download or read book Religion and Politics in Aristophanes' Clouds written by Marie C. Marianetti and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Socrates and Aristophanes by : Leo Strauss
Download or read book Socrates and Aristophanes written by Leo Strauss and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-03-26 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In one of his last books, Socrates and Aristophanes, Leo Strauss's examines the confrontation between Socrates and Aristophanes in Aristophanes' comedies. Looking at eleven plays, Strauss shows that this confrontation is essentially one between poetry and philosophy, and that poetry emerges as an autonomous wisdom capable of rivaling philosophy. "Strauss gives us an impressive addition to his life's work—the recovery of the Great Tradition in political philosophy. The problem the book proposes centers formally upon Socrates. As is typical of Strauss, he raises profound issues with great courage. . . . [He addresses] a problem that has been inherent in Western life ever since [Socrates'] execution: the tension between reason and religion. . . . Thus, we come to Aristophanes, the great comic poet, and his attack on Socrates in the play The Clouds. . . [Strauss] translates it into the basic problem of the relation between poetry and philosophy, and resolves this by an analysis of the function of comedy in the life of the city." —Stanley Parry, National Review
Book Synopsis South of the Clouds by : Lucien Miller
Download or read book South of the Clouds written by Lucien Miller and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tales included here represent all of Yunnan Province's officially designated ethnic minorities, and include creation myths, romances, historical legends, tales explaining natural phenomena, ghost stories, and festival tales. The tales are peopled by memorable characters, such as the Tibetan mother who, reborn as a cow, comforts and helps her daughter into her harsh life as a slave girl; the two Kucong sisters who marry snakes; and the bodiless Lahu "head-baby" who grows up to win one of the earth-god Poyana's daughters in marriage. Chosen for their representativeness, aesthetic appeal, and variety, the stories provide rich examples of the folk traditions of Southwest China. South of the Clouds includes introductions and an appendix which describe the places and people of Yunnan, analyzethe literary and psychological characteristics of their stories, give the sources of the tales, and explain the methodolgy of collecting folk literature in China.
Book Synopsis Reading the Clouds by : Oliver Perkins
Download or read book Reading the Clouds written by Oliver Perkins and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wouldn't it be useful to be able to come up with an accurate weather forecast simply by reading the clouds? Well, with this book, you can! TV forecasts, online predictions and smartphone apps are all based on the same data – a number-crunched overview of how air pressure and temperature affects the weather over a large geographical area. But to get an idea of how the weather will develop for the precise spot where you're standing (or walking, sailing, golfing, fishing, etc) you don't need any equipment or a wifi connection – you just need to look up. This book will give you a great understanding of why clouds are symptoms of weather patterns, not causes. Highly practical, it shows you how by reading these signs in the sky and referring to the explanatory colour photos and diagrams, you will be able to tell exactly what those signs mean. After its very well received first edition, this second edition is revised and expanded, including plenty of new photos to cover every possible view of the sky. With this at-a-glance guide to the clouds anywhere in the world, on land or at sea, you will be able to predict the weather by recognising cloud types, shapes, colours and behaviour. Including a Foreword by Tom Cunliffe, writer, TV presenter and yachting instructor, this will be an invaluable companion for everyone who enjoys time spent outdoors.
Book Synopsis In the Clouds by : Mary Noailles Murfree
Download or read book In the Clouds written by Mary Noailles Murfree and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ploughing the Clouds by : Peter Lamborn Wilson
Download or read book Ploughing the Clouds written by Peter Lamborn Wilson and published by City Lights Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rig Veda, written in India about 1500BC, praises a holy plant called Soma, which is sacrificed and consumed, granting the drinker an experience of enlightenment and ecstasy. The late Gordon Wasson identified Soma as a "magic mushroom," Amanita muscaria, and he and his followers discovered that such Indo-Europeans as the ancient Greeks, Iranians and Norse had also used a Soma-type plant. In Ploughing the Clouds Peter Lamborn Wilson investigates the probability of a Soma cult in ancient Ireland, tracing clues in Irish (and other Celtic) lore. By comparing Celtic folktales, romances, epics and topographic lore with the Rig Veda, he uncovers the Irish branch of the great Indo-European tradition of psychedelic (or "entheogenic") shamanism, and even reconstructs some of its secret rituals. He uses this comparative material to illuminate the deep meaning of the Soma-function in all cultures: the entheogenic origin of "poetic frenzy," the link between intoxication and inspiration.
Book Synopsis Secret in the Clouds by : Christopher Cummings
Download or read book Secret in the Clouds written by Christopher Cummings and published by DoctorZed Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 8 p.m. Saturday night February. The 'Wet Season' in tropical North Queensland Stephen Bell and his three friends of the 'Hiking Team' — Graham, Peter, and Roger — are camped in the jungle at the foot of the Black Mountain when they hear what sounds like a light aircraft crash into the mountain. Stephen is impelled to investigate but what he finds in the cloud and thick rainforest near the top of the mountain impels him to discover what really happened and who was involved. But his attempts to uncover the past reveal secrets that some powerful and dangerous people are determined to keep concealed. At all costs. Stephen and his friends are lead into deadly peril as they find shocking discoveries that test their emotional, spiritual, intellectual, and physical limits. "An adventure story for both teenagers and adults that touches on a little-known aspect of Australia's history."
Book Synopsis Breaking Through the Clouds by : Richard F. Fleck
Download or read book Breaking Through the Clouds written by Richard F. Fleck and published by Pruett Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by his ranger days in Rocky Mountain national park over forty years ago and by his recent pilgrimage to Hareny Peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Richard Fleck has created these descriptive essays. The mountains are a constant source of spiritual renewal, enabling him to become more aware and whole.
Book Synopsis Boys of the Clouds by : Gary C. Boegel
Download or read book Boys of the Clouds written by Gary C. Boegel and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boys of the Clouds tells the fascinating stories, in their own words, of over seventy veterans of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion during the Second World War. The Battalion, part of the British 6th Airborne Division, was among the very first Allied soldiers to land on French soil on June 6, 1944. Despite a widely scattered drop, they managed to take and hold all their objectives on D-Day, and continued to hold off German counter attacks through that fateful summer. After suffering heavy losses in Normandy, the unit returned to England in September 1944 to refit and train for the next airborne operation. This training was interrupted when they were hastily sent to defend against the German offensive in the Ardennes, commonly known as the Battle of the Bulge. They were the only Canadian unit to take part in this action. After the threat had passed, and the German offensive halted, they once again returned to England to prepare for the next drop. This finally came on March 24, 1945 when the Allies were able to cross the Rhine in a massive combined airborne and river crossing operation, the largest the world has ever seen. Success came quickly on the drop zone and within three days, they embarked on a hectic journey that would take them from the Rhine River all the way to Wismar on the Baltic Sea by May 2nd, where they linked up with Russian forces. This historic meeting signified the end of the war in Europe. The Battalion then had the honour of being the first Canadian unit to return to Canada as a complete group. They landed in Halifax to a tumultuous welcome and were awarded the key to the city. Follow their arduous and often hilarious journey and discover why they joined up, what the parachute training was like, especially their first jump, what it was like jumping into action for the first time in Normandy, the conditions in the Ardennes, crossing the Rhine and the fateful trek to Wismar to end the war. It's all here, in their own words.
Book Synopsis Empire of the Clouds by : James Hamilton-Paterson
Download or read book Empire of the Clouds written by James Hamilton-Paterson and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an intercontinental bomber that could be thrown about the sky like a fighter. The Hawker Hunter, the most beautiful fighter-jet ever built and the Lightning, which could zoom ten miles above the clouds in a couple of minutes and whose pilots rated flying it as better than sex. How did Britain so lose the plot that today there is not a single aircraft manufacturer of any significance in the country? What became of the great industry of de Havilland or Handley Page? And what was it like to be alive in that marvellous post-war moment when innovative new British aircraft made their debut, and pilots were the rock stars of the age? James Hamilton-Paterson captures that season of glory in a compelling book that fuses his own memories of being a schoolboy plane spotter with a ruefully realistic history of British decline - its loss of self confidence and power. It is the story of great and charismatic machines and the men who flew them: heroes such as Bill Waterton, Neville Duke, John Derry and Bill Beaumont who took inconceivable risks, so that we could fly without a second thought.
