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Brewer's: Attic Bee
(The). Sophocles, the tragic poet, a native of Athens; so called from the great sweetness of his compositions. (B.C. 495–405.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Literary Allusions
Boswell: James Boswell (1740–95) is best known for his 1791 book The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., considered by many to be the greatest English-language biography ever written. His name is…Brewer's: Philoctetes
The most famous archer in the Trojan war, to whom Hercules, at death, gave his arrows. He joined the allied Greeks, with seven ships, but in the island of Lemnos, his foot being bitten by…Brewer's: Plato and the Bees
When Plato was an infant, some bees settled on his lips when he was asleep, indicating that he would become famous for his honeyed words. The same is said of Sophocles, Pindar, St. Ambrose…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Note on Poems of 1817, by Mrs. Shelley
by Percy Bysshe Shelley OzymandiasNote on Poems of 1817, by Mrs. Shelley The very illness that oppressed, and the aspect of death which had approached so near Shelley, appear to have…Brewer's: Agamemnon
Agamem′non King of Argos, in Greece, and commander-in-chief of the allied Greeks who went to the siege of Troy. The fleet being delayed by adverse winds at Aulis, Agamemnon sacrificed his…Pericles
(Encyclopedia) PericlesPericlespĕrˈĭklēz [key], c.495–429 b.c., Athenian statesman. He was a member of the Alcmaeonidae family through his mother, a niece of Cleisthenes. He first came to prominence…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Note on Hellas, by Mrs. Shelley
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Time: Sunset.Note on Hellas, by Mrs. Shelley The South of Europe was in a state of great political excitement at the beginning of the year 1821. The Spanish…Brewer's: Bee
The Athenian Bee. Plato. (See Athenian Bee , page 72, col. 1.) It is said that when Plato was in his cradle, a swarm of bees alighted on his mouth. The story is good enough for poets and…Top 100 Works in World Literature
Source: Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, 2002. The editors of the Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, polled a panel of 100 authors from 54…Trending
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