putto
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putto (It.: ‘little boy’). Term applied to a representation of a chubby, naked child, sometimes winged, appearing—usually as a subsidiary figure—in a work of art. Putti have been a frequent motif of decorative art since classical antiquity and may have a pagan, human, or divine status. They derived from a type of figure used in ancient art to represent Eros, the Greek god of love, and from the
Renaissance onwards a putto has often been used to represent his Roman counterpart, Cupid. More commonly, however, putti are anonymous figures, pictured attending classical gods, or, for example, the Virgin Mary.
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THE ART OF THEATRE
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/17/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...killed my father, there you must die. AEGISTHUS: The palace of the children of Atreus...yours. That much, at least, is sure. AEGISTHUS: And what of your own death, if you...Still you invent arguments! Go inside. AEGISTHUS Lead the way. ORESTES: No: you must...
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From MetroStage, An 'Electra' That Carries No Charge
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/28/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...military state, where a thuggish king, Aegisthus, decked out like one of the Sopranos...her father, the rightful ruler whom Aegisthus has murdered, and she's furious at...business. They also are in charge of Aegisthus's car keys. What any of these affectations...
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 "Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)")
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Back to seek out revenge.(News)
Newspaper article from: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England); 1/23/2009; 700+ words
; ...her mother Klytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. Susan was educated at Cheadle Hulme...The plot relates how Klytemnestra and Aegisthus murdered Agamemnon on his return home...as Klytemnestra, and Peter Hoare as Aegisthus. Elektra will be sung in German with...
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Russian setting for this tragic, epic story was all Greek to me; Electra (Smirnoff Underbelly) verdict *****.(Review)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 8/15/2002; ; 666 words
; ...installed in the palace with her lover, Aegisthus. What we must never forget is that Clytemnestra...the brutal executions of Electra and Aegisthus, offstage, are the work of their own...such Mediterranean passions, you feel. Aegisthus deserves to go, especially for his beard...
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Washington Opera's electric `Elektra'.(Metropolitan Times)(Arts & Entertainment)(Theater)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/3/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Trojans, his wife, Clytemnestra, takes Aegisthus as a lover. When the triumphant king...possession of the Trojan princess Cassandra, Aegisthus and Clytemnestra take an ax and murder...and Hofmannsthal treat the murder of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra in classic Greek fashion...
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Man and Winckelmann
Magazine article from: The Village Voice; 10/8/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...her mistreatment by her mother and Aegisthus, the false news of her brother's death...participate in it; his confrontation with Aegisthus ends the play as it began, womanless...blood kin, or telling Orestes to throw Aegisthus's body to the dogs. Neither the divine...
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'Agamemnon' fails to stir emotions
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 10/24/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...emerges as a powerful and aggressive Aegisthus. Another interesting element is guest...also help to know that Clytemnestra and Aegisthus had become lovers during Agamemnon's absence and that Aegisthus hoped to take the throne for himself...
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'Electra' can still provide a shock.(LIFE - ARTS ETC.)(THEATER)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 4/26/2005; 700+ words
; ...Her mother and her mother's lover, Aegisthus (Brian Hemmingsen), murdered her father...basket case to be avoided at all costs. Aegisthus will never let her marry and bear children...of menace in his brief appearance as Aegisthus. Mr. Feldman's Orestes is so mild...
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ELEKTRA POWERFUL WORK GETS STATE PREMIERE AT VIRGINIA OPERA.(DAILY BREAK)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 1/23/2002; 700+ words
; ...by her mother, Klytemnestra, and Klytemnestra's lover, Aegisthus. Elektra's brother, Orestes, has been sent away from...servants. Orestes comes back and murders Klytemnestra and Aegisthus. Elektra dances triumphantly and drops dead, as the orchestra...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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CCM'S 'ELEKTRA' IS BOTH RAW AND CONTEMPORARY.(News)(Theater review)(Review)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 10/31/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Klytemnestra, Elektra's and Orestes' mother, has with her lover Aegisthus, killed her husband Agamemnon by removing his head. Director...played full of arrogance and in drag by Derek Duane Hake) and Aegisthus (an effective Daniel Wisler playing the character as a drunken...
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Aegisthus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Aegisthus , in Greek mythology, according to most legends the incestuous offspring of Thyestes and his daughter Pelopia. At Thyestes' behest Aegisthus revenged the murder of his brothers by killing his uncle Atreus . Later...
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Orestes
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...was away, Clytemnestra took a lover, Aegisthus. She may have been driven to infidelity...murdered by his wife and her lover. Aegisthus seized the throne. Electra feared that...Electra and Pylades, Orestes killed Aegisthus and Clytemnestra, despite her pleas...
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Clytemnestra
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...persuaded to infidelity by the tyrant Aegisthus. However, the Greek tragedians, most...and Iphigenia. She conspired with Aegisthus to murder Agamemnon on his return from...his father by killing his mother and Aegisthus.
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Electra
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...Agamemnon was away at war, Clytemnestra took a lover named Aegisthus, and they plotted to murder Agamemnon when he returned...She helped her brother and Pylades murder Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. It was said that Electra later married Pylades. Titan one...
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Tower Beyond Tragedy, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...Agamemnon ( Frederic Tozere), and while he is away at war she falls in love with Aegisthus ( Philip Ruston). On Agamemnon's return, Clytemnestra and Aegisthus murder him. She, in turn, is slain by her son, Orestes ( Alfred Ryder), to...
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