- suppliants
- sup·pli·ant || 'sʌplɪənt n. supplicant, petitioner, one who earnestly requests
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Suppliants, The — 1. a tragedy (c463 B.C.) by Aeschylus. 2. a tragedy (c420 B.C.) by Euripides. * * * … Universalium
Suppliants, The — 1. a tragedy (c463 B.C.) by Aeschylus. 2. a tragedy (c420 B.C.) by Euripides … Useful english dictionary
The Suppliants (Aeschylus) — The Suppliants La Danaide Statue by Rodin Written by Aeschylus Chorus The … Wikipedia
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The Suppliants — may refer to: * The Suppliants (Aeschylus) by Aeschylus, an ancient Greek play where the Danaides seek protection from King Pelasgus * The Suppliants (Euripides) by Euripides, an ancient Greek play where the mothers of the Seven Against Thebes… … Wikipedia
Aeschylus — ] The first competition, which Aeschylus would have participated in, was for the tragedians, and consisted of three playwrights each presenting three tragic plays followed by a shorter comedic satyr play. A second competition of five comedic… … Wikipedia
Aeschylus — Aeschylean /es keuh lee euhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee skeuh /, adj. /es keuh leuhs/ or, esp. Brit., /ee skeuh /, n. 525 456 B.C., Greek poet and dramatist. * * * born 525/524 died 456/455 BC, Gela, Sicily Greek tragic dramatist. He fought with the… … Universalium
ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… … Universalium
suppliant — suppliant, iante [ syplijɑ̃, ijɑ̃t ] adj. et n. • XIVe; de supplier 1 ♦ Qui supplie. « L étranger suppliant » (A. Chénier). Fig. « Cette superbe raison humiliée et suppliante » (Pascal). ♢ Qui exprime la supplication. Air, regard suppliant.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Kneeling and Genuflection — Genuflexion † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Genuflexion To genuflect [Lat. genu flectere, geniculare (post classic), to bend the knee; Gr. gonu klinein or kamptein] expresses: ♦ an attitude ♦ a gesture: involving, like prostration,… … Catholic encyclopedia
