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Themis

(Encyclopedia) ThemisThemisthēˈmĭs [key], in Greek religion and mythology, a Titan. Sometimes identified as an earth goddess, she was more commonly a goddess of law, order, and justice. She was the…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Prometheus Unbound Act 4

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Act 3 Cancelled Fragments of "Promet... Act 4 A PART OF THE FOREST NEAR THE CAVE OF PROMETHEUS. PANTHEA AND IONE ARE SLEEPING: THEY AWAKEN GRADUALLY DURING THE FIRST…

Manship, Paul Howard

(Encyclopedia) Manship, Paul Howard, 1885–1966, American sculptor, b. St. Paul, Minn., studied at St. Paul Institute of Arts, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the American Academy at Rome.…

Atlas, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia) AtlasAtlasătˈləs [key], in Greek mythology, a Titan; son of Iapetus and Clymene and the brother of Prometheus. When the Titans were defeated, Atlas was condemned to hold the sky on his…

Bryson, Lyman

(Encyclopedia) Bryson, Lyman, 1888–1959, American educator, b. Valentine, Nebr., grad. Univ. of Michigan (B.A., 1910; M.A., 1915). He taught there from 1913 to 1917. From 1918 to 1924 he was active…

Spitteler, Carl Friedrich Georg

(Encyclopedia) Spitteler, Carl Friedrich GeorgSpitteler, Carl Friedrich Georgkärl frēˈdrĭkh gāˈôrkh shpĭtˈələr [key], 1845–1924, Swiss poet, whose pseudonym was Carl Felix Tandem. He was awarded the…

Lowell, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Lowell, Robert (Robert Traill Spence Lowell 4th), 1917–77, American poet and translator, widely considered the preeminent American poet of the mid-20th cent., b. Boston, grad. Kenyon…

Franklin BOUND, Congress, PA (1829-1910)

BOUND Franklin , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Milton, Northumberland County, Pa., April 9, 1829; attended the common schools and old Milton Academy; studied law at Easton, Pa.;…

closet drama

(Encyclopedia) closet drama, a play that is meant to be read rather than performed. Precursors of the form existed in classical times. Plato's Apology is often regarded as tragic drama rather than…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Prometheus Unbound

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Julian and MaddaloThe CenciPrometheus Unbound AUDISNE HAEC AMPHIARAE, SUB TERRAM ABDITE? PrefaceDramatis PersonaeAct 1Act 2Act 3Act 4Cancelled Fragments of "…