Theseus
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Pioneer Theatre Company: Ralphie wants his gun...be Las Vegas-based actor Don Burroughs, who plays Ralphie's dad, referred to as The Old Man. Burroughs most recently played Oberon and Theseus in PTC's 2008 production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," also directed by Barnes. Last summer,... In this article: A Christmas Story, Dog, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Red Ryder |
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IGN | November 17, 2009
God of War Collection - GOW2: Walkthrough
...the while avoiding his attacks. K. Continue to defeat Minotaurs to refill your magic and use Typhon's Bane at every chance you can on Theseus until you have knocked him off the building. <Button/Analog Stick Sequence Scene> L. Once he is...
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God of War Collection - GOW2: Plot Summary
...that Kratos was the last person to see Kratos attempt to reach the Fates. Kratos demands that Theseus let him pass in exchange for his life, which Theseus replies that he is no longer a god, more of less defeat him in combat. Theseus...
In this article: Kratos, Ares, Athena, Colossus of Rhodes, Titan, God of War, Cronus, Gaia, and Mount Olympus
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Detroit News | November 14, 2009
Hilberry's 'Midsummer Night's Dream' a sweet one
At its center is a love-scramble. Hermia and Lysander want to be married, but Hermia's father prefers Demetrius, who is adored by Helena. Theseus, the Duke of Athens, rules that Hermia must marry Demetrius or retire to a convent or face...
In this article: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck, Lysander, Oberon, Titania, and William Shakespeare
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Reuters | November 11, 2009
Richard Attenborough art sale beats expectations
...auctioneer in 1984. It sold for 481,000 pounds, a new auction record for the artist. Other artist records included Keith Vaughan's "Theseus and The Minotaur (Interior at Minos)" (313,000 pounds) and Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson's "The...
In this article: Richard Attenborough, Gandhi, Oscar, Sotheby's, Minos, L.S. Lowry, and Graham Sutherland
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Guardian | November 11, 2009
Douglas Campbell obituary
...festival. In 1951, at Guthrie's invitation, he returned to the Old Vic, and in his second season played Othello, Macbeth, and Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream. He went on to play the title roles in Julius Caesar and The Merchant of...
In this article: Tyrone Guthrie, Douglas Campbell, Stratford, Christopher Plummer, Falstaff, and A Midsummer Night's Dream
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World Wide Words newsletter | November 07, 2009
664-1: Feedback, notes and comments
...it refers, could have been influenced by the ending of another of Shakespeare's plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream. In act 5, Scene 1, Theseus says: * The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve. Lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy...
In this article: Colcannon, Halloween, Salads, Sandwiches, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Mischief night
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Zap2it | November 02, 2009
'Heroes': Oh, what fools these mortals be
..."Oh boy" and "Great Scott" were just excellent. Two of the great time-travel exclamations of all time. When Noah started reciting Theseus from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," I squealed in delight and finished, "Four days will quickly steep...
In this article: Hiro, Noah Bennett, Claire, and A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Washington Times | October 26, 2009
OPERA: Satirical 'Ariadne' sparkles
...of the satirist's pen. Act 2 still focuses on suicidal Ariadne (soprano Irene Theorin) - who mourns her abandonment by her lover, Theseus. But now she gets saved by the comics and Bacchus (tenor Corey Evan Rotz) who picks up where Theseus...
In this article: Ariadne auf Naxos, Washington National Opera, Richard Strauss, and Andreas Delfs
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Chicago Tribune | October 12, 2009
'Fedra: Queen of Haiti' is the stuff of legends
...human exposure - is a problem with this show. The script runs a little scared of it, and so do the actors. Only Morocco Omari's stentorian Theseus fully embraces the play's potency, but even he could reveal more of his inner self. At its...
In this article: Haiti, Hippolytus, Phaedra, Chicago, Caribbean, and Athens
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USATODAY.com Books - Top Stories | August 31, 2009
Collins leaves young love unresolved in 'Catching Fire'
By Todd Plitt, USA TODAY Suzanne Collins says the idea for her teen trilogy The Hunger Games evolved from the story of Theseus, who took it upon himself to kill the Minotaur and end the sacrifice of Athenian youths. EXCERPT I know my...
In this article: Suzanne Collins, USA Today, Athens, Bread, Coal, and Google
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For other uses, see Theseus (disambiguation)
Theseus (Greek: Θησεύς) was a legendary king of Athens, son of Aethra, and fathered by Aegeus and Poseidon, with whom Aethra lay in one night. Theseus was a founder-hero, like Perseus, Cadmus or Heracles, all of whom battled and overcame foes that were identified with an archaic religious and social order. As Heracles was the Dorian hero, Theseus was the Ionian founding hero, considered by Athenians as their own great reformer. His name comes from the same root as ' ("thesmos"), Greek for institution. He was responsible for the synoikismos ("dwelling together")—the political unification of Attica under Athens, represented in his journey of labours. Because he was the unifying king, Theseus built and occupied a palace on the fortress of the Acropolis that may have been similar to the palace excavated in Mycenae. Pausanias reports that after the synoikismos, Theseus established a cult of Aphrodite Pandemos ("Aphrodite of all the People") and Peitho on the southern slope of the Acropolis.
In The Frogs, Aristophanes credited him with inventing many everyday Athenian traditions. If the theory of a Minoan hegemony is correct he may have been based on Athens' liberation from this political order rather than on an historical individual.
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