Ruinen von Athen, Die

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Ruinen von Athen, Die (The Ruins of Athens). Ov. and incidental mus. by Beethoven, Op.113, comp. 1811 for an epilogue by Kotzebue written for first night of Ger. th. in Budapest, 1812. (See also König Stephan.) In 1922–4, Strauss and Hofmannsthal ed. and arr. Die Ruinen von Athen and included parts of Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus.