father Darius‚ and includes valuable information from his own travels to distant lands such as Egypt. Earlier texts that survive from ancient Greece are either poems (as with Homer and Sappho) or‚ with Aeschylus‚ drama. The Histories is the earliest surviving work of prose of Western literature – although fragments remain of earlier prose writers of histories (or‚ more likely‚ hagiographies) of city-states‚ such as Hecataeus of Miletus (fl. c. 500 BC). For all his reliance on verified sources and
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author. Alphonse Daudet (13 May 1840 – 16 December 1897) french short-story writer and novelist. Daudet wrote his first novel at age 14. Unable to finish his schooling after his parents lost all their money‚ he took a position in a duke’s household. He later joined the army but fled the terrors of the Paris Commune of 1871. His many works include the story collection Monday Tales (1873)‚ the play L’Arlsienne (1872)‚ the novels The Nabob (1877) and Sappho (1884)‚ and several volumes of memoirs.
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brought forth many possible explorations to the Greeks to move forward literature; and they unknowingly changed the world. There were so many great ancient Greek writers that wrote great literary works. Some of the writers were Sappho‚ Herodotus‚ Homer‚ and Aesop. Sappho was a gifted lyric poet that used few words‚ and wrote about feelings and emotions. Statues were built in her honor because she was such a great poet. Herodotus wrote about real world and people. One of his works was called “As Much
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As a modern poem”The Wasteland” “Eliot’s Waste Land is I think the justification of the ‘movement‚’ of our modern experiment‚ since 1900‚” wrote Ezra Pound shortly after the poem was published in 1922. T.S. Eliot’s poem describes a mood of deep disillusionment stemming both from the collective experience of the first world war and from Eliot’s personal travails. Born in St. Louis‚ Eliot had studied at Harvard‚ the Sorbonne‚ and Oxford before moving to London‚ where he completed his doctoral dissertation
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with volutes. A) Ionic B) Phrygian C) Doric D) Lydian Points Earned: 4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s):A 4. She is Odysseus’s ever-faithful wife who refuses to declare her husband dead and remarry one of her suitors. A) Athena B) Penelope C) Sappho D) Hera Points Earned:4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s):B 5. This term identifies a sculptural technique in which figures are carved out of a block of stone‚ part of which is left to form a background. A) relief B) flute C) volute D) capital Points
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- 310. Mackie‚ R. (2009). Two Settler Societies: New Zealand and Algeria. (Unit 13) In: The Open University Block 4 How Were Empires Experienced?. Milton Keynes: Bell & Bain Ltd. pp.194 - 231. Hughes‚ L. (2009). Land and Environment in Kenya. (Unit 16) In: The Open University Block 4 How Were Empires Experienced?. Milton Keynes: Bell & Bain Ltd. pp.311 – 344. The Open University‚ (2009) Glossary In: In: The Open University A326 Empire 1492 – 1975 Block 3 How do Empires Work and Block 4 How Were Empires
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Question Bank on Internet Technology Specially designed for Sixth Semester B.Sc. (IT) Students These notes are prepared for student’s personal use. Any commercial use of this material is strictly prohibited. Guide to solution code |Sr. No. |Chapter | |Starting with: |
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Bach Fugue 16 in G Minor‚ BWV 861 Analysis Johann Sebastian Bach’s Fugue 16 in G Minor is an example of a conventional fugue. What is interesting about this piece is that the body of the fugue is comprised of fragments of the subject and countersubject. The material within the episodes are a unique to this fugue. Also‚ inversions are found in key spots within the piece‚ and also create a similarity between the answer and countersubject. Within the first 3 measures‚ you find Bach brilliantly
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DELHI SCHEME OF EXAMINATION AND COURSES OF READING FOR THE M. A. EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH Syllabus applicable for students seeking admission to the M. A. Course in English in the academic year 2009-10 2 The M.A. English syllabus comprises 16 courses to be taught over 4 semesters and two years. Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3 Semester 4 Courses 0101 - 0104 Courses 0201 - 0204 Courses 0301 - 0304 Courses 0401 - 0404 Courses 0104‚ 0203‚ 0304 and 0403 offer options. Students will be required
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A standard dictionary simply defines a lesbian as a female homosexual. The term lesbian is nothing new. It originated to refer to an inhabitant of the Isle of Lesbos. Our present day connotation of the world evolved from references to Sappho‚ a Lesbian poet whose verse detailed her emotional ties to other women. It has been estimated that lesbians account for approximately 10-12% of the female population. Many myths exists concerning lesbianism. It is believed by some that all lesbians are very
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