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Tetralogies
A tetralogy (from Greek τετρα- ''tetra-'', "four" and -λογία ''-logia'', "discourse") is a compound work that is made up of four distinct works. The name comes from the Attic theater, in which a tetralogy was a group of three tragedies followed by a satyr play, all by one author, to be played in one sitting at the Dionysia as part of a competition. Examples Literature * Tetrateuch is a sometime name for the first four books of the Bible. The Tetrateuch plus Deuteronomy are collectively referred to as the Pentateuch. * ''Tintitives'' by Antiphon of Rhamnus; the author was an orator, and ''Tintitives'' is a kind of textbook for students. Each book consists of four speeches: the prosecutor's opening speech, the first speech for the defense, the prosecutor's reply, and the defendant's conclusion. Three of his tetralogies are known to have survived. * The traditional arrangement of the works of Plato into nine tetralogies, including some doubtful works, and the Letters as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Manuscripts Of Plato's Dialogues
The following is a partial list of manuscripts of Plato's dialogues. Contents The traditional division of the works of Plato into tetralogies was done by Thrasyllus of Mendes. The list includes works of doubtful authenticity (in italic), as well as the Letters. *1st tetralogy **Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo *2nd tetralogy ** Cratylus, Theatetus, Sophist, Statesman *3rd tetralogy **Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus *4th tetralogy **Alcibiades I, '' Alcibiades II'', ''Hipparchus'', '' Lovers'' *5th tetralogy **'' Theages'', Charmides, Laches, Lysis *6th tetralogy ** Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno *7th tetralogy ** Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus *8th tetralogy ** Clitophon, Republic, Timaeus, Critias *9th tetralogy **''Minos'', Laws, ''Epinomis'', '' Letters'' Following these tetralogies is an appendix of works whose genuineness was disputed in antiquity: ''Definitions'', ''Epigrams'', ''On Justice'', ''On Virtue'', ''Demodocus (dialogue), Dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antiphon (person)
Antiphon of Rhamnus (; ; 480–411 BC) was the earliest of the ten Attic orators, and an important figure in fifth-century Athenian political and intellectual life. Many people named Antiphon in ancient Greece, and many scholars have confused them due to a lack of resources.There is longstanding uncertainty and scholarly controversy over whether the Sophistic works of Antiphon and a treatise on the '' Interpretation of Dreams'' were also written by Antiphon the Orator, or whether they were written by a separate man known as Antiphon the Sophist. This article only discusses Antiphon the Orator's biography and oratorical works. Life Early Life Antiphon was born around 480 and from an old wealthy family from the deme Rhamnus. Though Pseudo-Plutarch says he was born at the time of Persian wars in ''Live of the Ten Orators'', Ostwald believed the date of Antiphon’s birth is inconsistent with the age when he began publishing his speeches, which is about sixty, and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henriad
In Shakespearean scholarship, the Henriad refers to a group of William Shakespeare's Shakespearean history, history plays depicting the rise of the English kings. It is sometimes used to refer to a group of four plays (a tetralogy), but some sources and scholars use the term to refer to eight plays. In the 19th century, Algernon Charles Swinburne used the term to refer to three plays, but that use is not current. In one sense, the Henriad refers to: ''Richard II (play), Richard II; Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2;'' and ''Henry V (play), Henry V''with the implication that these four plays are Shakespeare's Epic poetry, epic, and that Prince Hal, who later becomes Henry V, is the epic hero. (This group may also be referred to as the "second tetralogy" or "second Henriad".) In a more inclusive meaning, the Henriad refers to eight plays: the tetralogy mentioned above (''Richard II; Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2;'' and ''Henry V''), plus four plays that were written earlie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Man Could Stand Up —
''A Man Could Stand Up —'' is the third novel of Ford Madox Ford's highly regardedWilliam Carlos Williams wrote that the four Tietjens books 'constitute the English prose masterpiece of their time': ‘’Sewanee Review’’, 59 (Jan.-Mar. 1951), 154–61; reprinted in ''Selected Essays'' (New York: Random House, 1951), 315–23 (316). Malcolm Bradbury agreed, calling the sequence 'the greatest modern war novel from a British writer': 'Introduction', ''Parade's End'' (London: Everyman, 1992), xiii. Anthony Burgess thought it ‘the finest novel about the First World War’: ''The Best of Everything'', ed. William Davis, (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980), 97. sequence of four novels known collectively as ''Parade's End''. It was first published in 1926. Summary ''A Man Could Stand Up —'' is the climax of the series, though it is volume 3. It opens on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, in Valentine Wannop’s school, and the three chapters which make up the first Part are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Götterdämmerung
' (; ''Twilight of the Gods''), Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis, WWV 86D, is the last of the four epic poetry, epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Literary cycle, cycle ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nibelung''). It received its premiere at the on 17 August 1876, as part of the first complete performance of the whole work. The title is a German calque of the Old Norse phrase ', which in Norse mythology refers to a prophesied war among various beings and gods that ultimately results in the burning, immersion in water, and renewal of the world. As with the rest of the ''Ring'', however, Wagner's account diverges significantly from these Old Norse sources. The autograph manuscript of the work is preserved in the Richard Wagner Foundation. Composition Roles Synopsis Prologue Prelude to the Prologue ''Scene 1'' The three Norns, daughters of Jörð, Erda, the goddess of Nature, gather beside Brunhild, Brünnhilde's rock, weaving the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parade's End
''Parade's End'' is a tetralogy of novels by the British novelist and poet Ford Madox Ford, first published from 1924 to 1928. The novels chronicle the life of a member of the English gentry before, during and after World War I. The setting is mainly England and the Western Front (World War I), Western Front of the World War I, First World War, in which Ford had served as an officer in the Welch Regiment, a life he vividly depicts. The individual novels are ''Some Do Not ...'' (1924), ''No More Parades (novel), No More Parades'' (1925), ''A Man Could Stand Up —'' (1926) and ''Last Post (novel), Last Post'' (1928). The work is a complex tale written in a Modernism, modernist style and does not concentrate on detailing the experience of war. Robie Macauley, in his introduction to the Borzoi edition of 1950, described it as "by no means a simple warning as to what modern warfare is like... [but] something complex and baffling [to many contemporary readers]. There was a love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Some Do Not
''Some Do Not ...'', the first volume of Ford Madox Ford's highly regardedWilliam Carlos Williams wrote that the four Tietjens books 'constitute the English prose masterpiece of their time': ‘’Sewanee Review’’, 59 (Jan.-Mar. 1951), 154–61; reprinted in ''Selected Essays'' (New York: Random House, 1951), 315–23 (316). Malcolm Bradbury agreed, calling the sequence "the greatest modern war novel from a British writer": 'Introduction', ''Parade's End'' (London: Everyman, 1992), xiii. Anthony Burgess thought it "the finest novel about the First World War": ''The Best of Everything'', ed. William Davis, (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980), 97. ''Parade's End'' tetralogy, was originally published in April 1924 by Duckworth and Co. The following is a summary of the plot, chapter by chapter. Part I I.i ''Some Do Not …'' begins with the two young friends, Christopher Tietjens and Vincent Macmaster, on the train to Rye for a golfing weekend in the country. The year, proba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No More Parades (novel)
''No More Parades'' is the second novel of Ford Madox Ford's highly regarded tetralogy about the First World War, ''Parade's End ''Parade's End'' is a tetralogy of novels by the British novelist and poet Ford Madox Ford, first published from 1924 to 1928. The novels chronicle the life of a member of the English gentry before, during and after World War I. The setting is ...''. It was published in 1925, and was extraordinarily well-reviewed.See ''No More Parades'', ed. Joseph Wiesenfarth (Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2010), xix–xx Summary by Chapter Part I Part I deals, primarily, with Captain Christopher Tietjens at work. I.i. The novel opens with Captain Christopher Tietjens, ably helped by Sergeant-Major Cowley, trying to move a draft of 2,994 troops, among them a contingent of Canadian railway workers, from a base camp in Rouen to the trenches at the front. His efforts are blocked by having orders given and then countermanded; by having inadequate supplies for these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek Dark Ages, Dark Ages (), the Archaic Greece, Archaic or Homeric Greek, Homeric period (), and the Classical Greece, Classical period (). Ancient Greek was the language of Homer and of fifth-century Athens, fifth-century Athenian historians, playwrights, and Ancient Greek philosophy, philosophers. It has contributed many words to English vocabulary and has been a standard subject of study in educational institutions of the Western world since the Renaissance. This article primarily contains information about the Homeric Greek, Epic and Classical periods of the language, which are the best-attested periods and considered most typical of Ancient Greek. From the Hellenistic period (), Ancient Greek was followed by Koine Greek, which is regar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Walküre
(; ''The Valkyrie''), Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis, WWV 86B, is the second of the four epic poetry, epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Literary cycle, cycle ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nibelung''). It was performed, as a single opera, at the National Theatre Munich on 26 June 1870, and received its first performance as part of the ''Ring'' cycle at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 14 August 1876. As the ''Ring'' cycle was conceived by Wagner in reverse order of performance, ''Die Walküre'' was the third of the four texts to be written, although Wagner composed the music in performance sequence. The text was completed by July 1852, and the music by March 1856. Wagner largely followed the principles related to the form of musical drama, which he had set out in his 1851 essay ''Opera and Drama'' under which the music would interpret the text emotionally, reflecting the feelings and moods behind the work, using a system of recurring leitmotifs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Post (novel)
''Last Post'' is the fourth and final novel of Ford Madox Ford's highly regarded sequence of four novels, ''Parade's End''.Lloyd Morris wrote that the sequence was ‘one of the few real masterpieces of fiction that have been produced during our era’, in New York Herald Tribune Book Review (1 October 1950), 4. William Carlos Williams called the four volumes ‘the prose masterpiece of their time’, in Sewanee Review, LIX (January–March 1951), 154-161. W. H. Auden wrote that ‘There are not many English novels which deserve to be called great: Parade’s End is one of them’: ‘Il Faut Payer’, Mid-Century, 22 (February 1961), 3-10. For Samuel Hynes. it was ‘the greatest war novel ever written by an Englishman’, in ‘The Genre of No Enemy’, Antaeus, 56, (Spring 1986), 140. It was published in January 1928 in the UK by Duckworth, and in the US under the title ''The Last Post'' by Albert and Charles Boni, and also the Literary Guild of America. The book entered the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Master Of Hestviken
''The Master of Hestviken'' is a tetralogy about medieval Norway written by Sigrid Undset. It was originally published in Norwegian as two volumes ''Olav Audunssøn i Hestviken'' and ''Olav Audunssøn og Hans Børn'', from 1925 to 1927. Hestviken is a fictional mediaeval farm on the East side of the Oslo fjord. The series is set partly during the Civil war era in Norway, in which period the Bagler faction frequently established themselves in the nearby Viken area. It's inspired by the summer cottages located in Hvitsten, near Drobak. In the 1920s, Sigrid Undset resided there for a brief period. Written in the direct aftermath of Undset's conversion to the Catholic Church, the tetralogy presents in a clearly favorable light the Medieval Church with its institutions and rituals; the saintly Bishop Thorfinn of Hamar as well as nearly all priests and monks appearing in the four books are positive characters. The series' central theme is also preeminently Catholic: the tragedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
