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On empire: Thucydides
; ...upon the Athenians using violence and plundering their territory, assumed an attitude of open hostility. Cleomedes, son of Lycomedes, and Tisias, son of Tisimachus, the generals, encamping in their territory with the above armament, before doing any harm...
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Deidamia.
; ...island of Scyros, where he is raised with the daughters of Lycomedes, king of that island nation. His identity is discovered when...ambassador of all Greece ) and baritone Antonio Abete as Lycomedes. Curtis moves things along at an admirable pace, with superb...
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More than milordi: an exhibition opening in London this month reveals Pompeo Batoni to be an artist of great variety and intelligence as well as a portrait painter of supreme elegance.('Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in 18th Century Rome)
; ...again gesture plays a key role in illuminating the conception. Lycomedes's daughters finger the jewels while Achilles in drag grasps...from its sheath in the Uffizi's Achilles and the Daughters of Lycomedes. The quality and credibility of these biblical and mythological...
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Delightful `Deidamia; 246 Years Later, Handel's Work Gets Its Due
; ...quarters at the palace of his friend, King Lycomedes of Scyros. But Ulysses, the wisest of...trying to get home from the Trojan War. Lycomedes, the least active character in the cast...stronger impression than Myron Myers as Lycomedes. Tatiana Troyanos (Ulysses) is probably...
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HOMER'S HERO, IN A NEW, FIERCE LIGHT
; ...thoroughly is each scene and situation invoked that it is as if we too are with Achilles disguised as a girl at the court of King Lycomedes, or riding on a horse behind the queen of the Amazons. And such is the poetic intensity of the writing that the whole life...
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 "Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)")
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How to become a five-star gladiator
; ...rococo paintings by Tiepolo which grace the hotel lobby's cocktail bar. Ulysses Discovers Achilles Among the Daughters of Lycomedes; Apollo Skins Mars, and Hercules and Anteus were touted at Sotheby's in Milan as "the most important works by Tiepolo to have...
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Life of luxury in the eternal city; travel Tanya Russell learns how to fight like a gladiator in Rome.(Features)
; ...lobby's cocktail bar. The three pieces alone cost EUR8m (pounds 3.9m) - Ulysses Discovers Achilles Among the Daughters of Lycomedes, Apollo Skins Mars and Hercules and Anteus were touted as the most important works by Tiepolo to have appeared at auction...
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