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Thésée means Theseus in French. Thésée may also refer to: Operas * ''Thésée'' (Lully) * ''Thésée'' (Mondonville) * ''Thésée'' (Gossec) Places *Thésée, Loir-et-Cher People * Lucie Thésée, a surrealist poet from the Antilles Others * French ship Thésée (1790) See also *Theseus (other) *Teseo (other) ''Teseo'' is an opera seria by George Frideric Handel, and means Theseus in Italian or Spanish. Teseo may also refer to: People * Teseo de Cupis, a Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Macerata and Bishop of Recanati * Teseo Ambrogio degli Albones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theseus
Theseus (, ; ) was a divine hero in Greek mythology, famous for slaying the Minotaur. The myths surrounding Theseus, his journeys, exploits, and friends, have provided material for storytelling throughout the ages. Theseus is sometimes described as the son of Aegeus, king of Athens, and sometimes as the son of the god Poseidon. He is raised by his mother, Aethra (mother of Theseus), Aethra, and upon discovering his connection to Aegeus, travels overland to Athens, having many adventures on the way. When he reaches Athens, he finds that Aegeus is married to Medea (formerly wife of Jason), who plots against him. The most famous legend about Theseus is his slaying of the Minotaur, half man and half bull. He then goes on to unite Attica under Athenian rule: the ''synoikismos'' ('dwelling together'). As the unifying king, he is credited with building a palace on the fortress of the Acropolis. Pausanias (geographer), Pausanias reports that after ''synoikismos'', Theseus establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thésée (Lully)
''Thésée'' (; ) is a ''tragédie en musique'', an early type of French opera, in a prologue and five acts with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and a libretto by Philippe Quinault based on Ovid's ''Metamorphoses''. It was first performed on 11 January 1675Although the original libretto states the date of the premiere as 10 January, most sources give it as 11 January and the listing of performances o''Thesée''at ''césar'' gives the date as 12 January. by the Paris Opera for the royal court at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye and was first performed in public in April at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. The plot centres around a love triangle: Aegeus wants to marry his ward, princess Aegle, while the sorceress Medea wishes to marry the young warrior Theseus, but Theseus and Aegle love each other. Medea attempts to force the lovers to renounce each other: first by using her magic to bring Aegle to a place of torment, then by convincing Aegeus to have Theseus killed as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thésée (Mondonville)
(''Theseus'') is an opera by the French composer Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, first performed at the Palace of Fontainebleau on 7 November 1765. It takes the form of a ''tragédie en musique'' in five acts. The opera is a new setting of a libretto by Philippe Quinault, originally set by Jean-Baptiste Lully in 1675. Mondonville's version was not a success and did not get to enjoy its public premiere at the Paris Opera The Paris Opera ( ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be kn ... until 13 January 1767, but audience rejected it calling for the restoration of Lully's original music. Mondonville's opera was withdrawn for good after its fourth performance.Pitou. The music is now lost. Roles References Notes Sources * Original 1765 libretto oGoogle Books* Spire Pitou, ''The Paris Opéra. An Encyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thésée (Gossec)
''Thésée'' (''Theseus'') is an opera by the composer François-Joseph Gossec, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique on 1 March 1782. It is a setting of a revised version in four acts of a libretto by Philippe Quinault, originally set by Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully ( – 22 March 1687) was a French composer, dancer and instrumentalist of Italian birth, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court o ... in 1675. Roles Synopsis Act 1 Princess Églé is in love with Thésée and prays for his safe return from battle against rebels who are threatening King Égée of Athens. Égée enters victorious. He tells Églé he is in love with her, despite being betrothed to the sorceress Médée. Égée says he now intends to marry Médée to his son, whom he has hidden away at Troezen and has not seen for years. The Athenians celebrate their victory with a sacrifice to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thésée, Loir-et-Cher
Thésée () is a commune of the Loir-et-Cher department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes o ... References Communes of Loir-et-Cher {{LoirCher-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucie Thésée
Lucie Thésée was a surrealist poet from the Antilles, who settled in Martinique and participated in the group around the Martinican cultural review ''Tropiques''. Life Little is known of Thésée's life. She appears to have originally come from the Antilles, and worked in Martinique as a schoolteacher. Her first poem for ''Tropiques'', 'Beautiful As...', took Lautréamont's famous line "beautiful as the chance meeting on a dissecting-table of a sewing-machine and an umbrella" as its point of departure: "beautiful as a high frothing wave spurting into a crystal globe". After the Vichy official Lieutenant Bayle refused to provide paper to ''Tropiques'', accusing the review of being "revolutionary, racial and sectarian", Thésée was amongst the six signatories to the magazine's reply. Legacy Léon Damas praised the "abundance and excellence of images" in Thésée's poetry in his 1947 ''Poètes d'expression française''. Her poems have been repeatedly anthologised, and translated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Thésée (1790)
''Thésée'' was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. As ''Révolution'', she took part in the Expédition d'Irlande The French expedition to Ireland, known in French as the ''Expédition d'Irlande'' ("Expedition to Ireland"), was an unsuccessful attempt by the French Republic to assist the outlawed Society of United Irishmen, a popular rebel Irish republica ... under Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley. External links Ships of the line Ships of the line of the French Navy Ships built in France Téméraire-class ships of the line 1790 ships {{France-line-ship-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theseus (other)
Theseus was the mythical king and founder-hero of Athens. Theseus may also refer to: Vehicles * Theseus (AUV), an autonomous underwater vehicle *THESEUS (satellite), a proposed space telescope * Bristol Theseus, an aircraft engine * HMS ''Theseus'', three ships of the Royal Navy Other uses * ''Theseus'' (genus), a genus of stink bug in the tribe Halyini * Theseus1 (THE1), an enzyme found in plant cells * An electromechanical mouse constructed by Claude Shannon *"Theseus", a 2008 episode of the radio comedy '' The Penny Dreadfuls'' *"Theseus", a song by Patrick Wolf from '' The Bachelor'' See also *Ship of Theseus, also known as Theseus's paradox * ''Ship of Theseus'' (film), a 2013 Indian film by Anand Gandhi Anand Gandhi (born Anand Modi, 26 September 1980) is an Indian filmmaker, entrepreneur, media producer, innovator and systems researcher. He is also the founder/CEO of the Mumbai-based new media studio and systems think tank Memesys Culture Lab. ... * Theseus Ring, a go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
