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Attica : in ancient Greece, a triangular area around Athens.

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... to the events of 404, when the oligarchs, seizing power, murdered or drove out large numbers of their political opponents; these, under the leadership of Thrasybulus, presently gained a footing in Attica, defeated the oligarchs, and restored the democracy in the following year. 13 his brother: Chaerecrates. 14 Dog!: Such pseudo-oaths were not peculiar to Socrates... 84 Greek warship prison at Athens, where Socrates stayed for one month before his execution. 31 Sphettus and Cephisia were "demes" or parishes in Attica. 32 from a tree or from a rock: Odyssey XiX 163. This proverbial expression, implying "so you must have some parents" is used by Penelope in encouraging the disguised Odysseus to... Page 85 religion which perhaps came to Greece from Thrace and certainly inspired the "mystery cults" which were practiced in various parts of Greece, especially at Eleusis in Attica. 41 The Great King: The king of Persia, regarded as a type of worldly prosperity. 42 Minos, Rhadamanthys, and Aeacus were by tradition mortal sons of Zeus ...

Kireet Joshi   >   Books   >   Other-Works   >   Socrates
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... to the events of 404, when the oligarchs, seizing power, ¦ murdered or drove out large numbers of their political opponents; these, under the leadership of Thrasybulus, presently gained a footing in Attica, defeated the oligarchs, and restored the democracy in the following year. Page 90 his brother. Chaerecrates. Dog!: Such pseudo-oaths were not peculiar to Socrates... comes immediately after Apology, taking place in the State prison at Athens, where Socrates stayed for one month before his execution. Sphettus and Cephisia were "demes" or parishes in Attica. from a tree or from a rock: Odyssey XiX 163. This proverbial expression, implying "so you must have some parents" is used by Penelope in encouraging the disguised Odysseus to reveal... some ways remarkably enlightened religion which perhaps came to Greece from Thrace and certainly inspired the "mystery cults" which were practised in various parts of Greece, especially at Eleusis in Attica. The Great King: The king of Persia, regarded as a type of worldly prosperity. Minos, Rhadamanthys, andAeacus were by tradition mortal sons of Zeus (the gods' king), and ...

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... stride when the southern and northern Achaians Gazing with dull distaste now over their severing isthmus Hate-filled shall move to the shock by the spur of the gods in them driven, Pelops march upon Attica, Thebes descend on the Spartan? Then shall the hour now kept in heaven for us ripen to dawning, Then shall Victory cry to our banners over the Ocean Calling our sons with her voice immortal. Children ...

Sri Aurobindo   >   Books   >   CWSA   >   Collected Poems
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... : from the fourth line onwards it is logopoeic. Let us go over it slowly. "O Attic shape!" — the Page 292 Urn is of course addressed and it is called by the adjective referring to Attica, ancient Athens. In being called Attic its artistic perfection is suggested: the adjective in phrases like "Attic salt" and "Attic wit" connotes exquisite refinement. Robert Bridges introduces a rather... is truth, truth beauty" — comes on top of all that the Urn has already been said by the poet to do and gathers up and completes the significance communicated so far of the little master-piece from Attica: it "caps, crowns and clinches all". If it did not perform that function, it would be an anti-climax or pompous irrelevance. It may include the doctrine of eschewing both gross realism and ornament ...

Amal Kiran   >   Books   >   Other-Works   >   Talks on Poetry
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... impregnated with Orphism, and when the yogic development contained in the mysteries reached their highest point of development, Orphic communities began to be formed. The original home of these was Attica but in due course, they spread in southern Italy and Sicily with extraordinary rapidity. The Orphic communities believed in revelation and regarded it as the source of religious authority. The poems ...