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Pericles and Aspasia
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
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Pericles and Aspasia, a prose work by W. S.
Landor, published 1836.
The book consists of imaginary letters mainly between Aspasia and Cleone. Others are between Pericles and Aspasia, and some are between Pericles and prominent figures of the time. The letters include discussions of artistic, literary, political, religious, and philosophical subjects, and they end with the death of Pericles.
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ASPASIA ANGELUS, DEVOTED TO FAMILY, GREEK HERITAGE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/14/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...were not on the table. He ate pastries prepared by his wife, Aspasia. So did their children. So did the ever-present guests...blueberry pie, but that was it. He wanted Mom's cooking." Aspasia (Kontourousis) Angelus, who as a teenager immigrated to...
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Medical Eye Services and The Eye Care Network Promote Aspasia Shappet to President.
Business Wire; 6/24/2002; 630 words
; ...and The Eye Care Network recently announced the promotion of Aspasia Shappet to President of both organizations. Ms. Shappet has...strategies," stated Bob Bjorkquist, Chief Executive Officer. Aspasia was recently appointed to the Board of Directors for Employers...
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At 85, Aspasia Lanata-Poly-Cocotas.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 6/3/2002; 439 words
; Aspasia B. (Daston) Lanata-Poly-Cocotas of West Roxbury, a homemaker, died Friday at the Hellenic Nursing Home in Canton after...
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TOMATO SHOWN IN ITS GLORY AT ASPASIA
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/22/2001; ; 384 words
; Late summer is tomato season. Aspasia in Cambridge fills its tiny restaurant with tomato fever in August with a prix fixe menu dedicated to the fruit. Chef/co-owner...
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TWO WOMEN AND THE ELGIN MARBLES
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 11/16/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...lived. More than 2,000 years separate Aspasia, the mistress of Pericles, Athenian...or their rights as women. Ironically, Aspasia, who was not even married to Pericles...opportunity for power than did Mary Elgin. Aspasia and Mary Elgin are connected by more than...
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Greek vs. Greek: From 431 to 404 B.C., Greece's two mightiest city-states battled each other for control of land and sea. In the end, both would lose. (World History Play).
Magazine article from: Junior Scholastic; 12/13/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...HISTORIAN PERICLES, LEADER OF ATHENS ASPASIA, PERICLES' WIFE * ATHENIAN CITIZEN...punished! It cannot leave the League! Aspasia: I hear that Samos does nor want to pay...SCENE 3 Narrator C: Back in Athens... Aspasia: How are you going to answer the letter...
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La pietra del paragone
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Clarice); Jennifer Holloway (Baronessa Aspasia); Laura Giordano (Donna Fulvia...pushy poet named Pacuvio, the Baroness Aspasia, and a young widow, the Marchesa Clarice...yellow journalist who is also courting Aspasia, gets into a quarrel with the poet Giocondo...
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Police: Ex-wife ran for her life at mall.
Newspaper article from: Sun (Lowell, MA); 12/9/2006; 700+ words
; ...Wednesday night, asking to talk. But when Aspasia Kousounadis refused and ran away from...car and fired, court documents state. Aspasia Kousounadis told police she was only three...Court. According to court documents, Aspasia Kousounadis told police that on Dec...
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Women in ancient history
Magazine article from: Herizons; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...in the battle, and so won only by default. Aspasia - circa Fifth Century B.C. Aspasia was the wife of Pericles, First Citizen of...property of male relatives, then their husbands. Aspasia was one of the `Hetarai,' Ionian courtesans...
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AUSTRIA: VIENNA.
Magazine article from: Opera Canada; 9/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...sons, Farnace and Sifare, for power and the love of Aspasia; Aspasia and the sons face possible exile or execution from...prompting Mitridate's suicide after joining Sifare to Aspasia and Farnace to his erstwhile fiancee, Ismene, a worthy...
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Aspasia
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Aspasia A contributor to learning in Athens, Aspasia of Miletus (c. 470-410 BC) boldly surpassed the limited...Renowned for talent, brilliant accomplishments, and beauty, Aspasia, daughter of Axiochus, was born to a literate Anatolian...
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Pericles and Aspasia
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Pericles and Aspasia, a prose work by W. S. Landor , published 1836. The book consists of imaginary letters mainly between Aspasia and Cleone. Others are between Pericles and Aspasia, and some are between Pericles and prominent figures...
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Walter Savage Landor
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the epic to the epigrammatic, including many lyrics of great simplicity and intensity. His other works include Pericles and Aspasia (1836), Hellenics (1847), and Heroic Idylls (1863). Bibliography: See his complete works (ed. by T. E. Welby...
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Courtesanship
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary
133. Courtesanship (See also , .) Aspasia mistress of Pericles; byword for cultured courtesan. [Gk. Hist.: Ben é t, 58] Camille beautiful courtesan, the...
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Moorehead, Agnes
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Conway) (as cousin's wife); The Seventh Cross (Zinnemann) (as Mme. Marelli); Mrs. Parkington (Garnett) (as Aspasia Conti); Tomorrow the World (Fenton) (as Jessie) 1945 Keep Your Powder Dry (Buzzell) (as Lt. Colonel Spottiswoode...
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