10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMPHITHEATRICAL»
Discover the use of
amphitheatrical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
amphitheatrical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Old wells dug out: being a 3rd ser. of 50 sermons
God was keeping it for us. " UNCHURCHLY " AECHITECTUEE. The next
question to be decided was, Who shall be the architect ? I went to one of the
prominent architects in New York, and said : " Give us a church in amphitheatrical
shape.
Thomas De Witt Talmage, 1875
2
Public Spectacles in Roman and Late Antique Palestine
None of the sources—historical, epigraphical, or artistic—provides information
about the athletic competitions, circus races, theatrical performances, and
amphitheatrical shows held in the Galilean cities. The buildings for mass
entertainment in ...
3
Tears in the Graeco-Roman World
After a short summary of the decisive characteristics and functions of
amphitheatrical stagings, two different groups of testimonies are dealt with: texts
that supply immediate evidence by presenting weeping scenes in the
amphitheatre, and ...
4
The Yale Companion to Chaucer
In contrast to the stately amphitheatrical displays of the Knight, the Miller is a
creature of a wilder kind of theater. He cries in Pilate's voice, in the voice of the
ranting figure of the provincial cycle plays.22 His swearing, "by armes, and by
blood ...
5
Caesarea Maritima: A Retrospective After Two Millennia
8. "Amphitheatrical". Hippo-Stadia. John H. Humphrey Ann Arbor, Michigan The
title chosen may mystify, for there is no such word as "hippo-stadia" in any
dictionary, ancient or modern, nor is it likely that the ancients would have
invented such ...
Avnēr Rabbān, Kenneth G. Holum, 1996
6
Women, Nationalism, and the Romantic Stage: Theatre and ...
This caricature, like the amphitheatrical attacks on the Bastille it represents,
worked to keep the prison "existin" - in addition to representing its fall, these
comic performances kept the symbol of authoritarian repression visually at the
forefront of ...
7
Stable Talk and Table Talk: Or, Spectacles for Young Sportsmen
AMPHITHEATRICAL HORSES. JUDGING from what I have personally heard
many persons say, I believe it is a very current opinion with the' majority of the
public that those horses that are trained for stage and amphitheatrical purposes ...
8
Tragedy in Ovid: Theater, Metatheater, and the ...
ZZ As much as they owe to Ovid's times, the amphitheatrical proportions of his
tragic stories are consonant with epic format and epic tradition. Because the
genre is a purely verbal form, there are few if any restrictions on what it can
display ...
9
A compleat history of the ancient amphitheatres ... and in ...
Thilo, who was an Alexandrian, relating, that in the Beginning of Caligula's Reign
, every City seasted, and were employed about Games, calls them Theatrical and
Circenfian, but not Amphitheatrical. In fine, all the Passages we meet with in the ...
Francesco Scipione Maffei (march.), 1730
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Blood in the Arena: The Spectacle of Roman Power
It may be that Hadrian's emphasis on civil rather than military affairs distracted
him from the provision of the amphitheatrical accommodations in this remote area
. Our evidence may also be at fault. Poetovio, home to legianes VIII Augusta and
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMPHITHEATRICAL»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
amphitheatrical is used in the context of the following news items.
Bolts Season Ticketholders Eye Federal Litigation Bid
Dean Plassaras · Top Commenter · President at Solygeia - 1045 m2 buildable parcel w/ amphitheatrical views. Do it. Enough with the NFL ... «NBC 7 San Diego, May 15»
Caribbean island-hopping: Antigua, St Kitts and Tobago
Grenada has a gentler beauty, with the amphitheatrical, red-roofed capital St Georges, fantastic fertility, and lovely beaches and hidden coves ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
How Australia Put Evolution on Darwin's Mind
Here were the “most stupendous cliffs I have ever seen,” he raved, each precipice topped with ancient forests, framing a “grand amphitheatrical depression” ... «Smithsonian, Dec 14»
Casa Taíde balances a modern, angular addition over a granite …
... the structure directly references the inclined roofs typical of the region, folding into itself to protect the interiors from the area's amphitheatrical ... «wallpaper.com, Dec 14»
Santorini's luxury tradition
The complex is set within an amphitheatrical landscape of curves stepping down to a central stone terrace, with a pool that flows over the edge ... «Neos Kosmos, Oct 14»
Munich Opera Festival über alles
L'Orfeo was mounted in the fin-de-siècle Prinzregententheater, which has a thousand-seater auditorium, designed in an amphitheatrical style ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
The Rise of PEC Zwolle, From Liquidation to Europe in 25 Years
Thousands of denizens made the 90-mile pilgrimage to Rotterdam, whose De Kuip stadium provided the amphitheatrical setting for a titanic ... «Football-Oranje, Aug 14»
IndyCar preview: Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway
... structures yet it retains that old-school amphitheatrical feel, heightened further by the IndyCar race starting in the evening and ending at night. «Racer, Jun 14»
Why we risk life and property
In retrospect, it surprised few people that Rincon Mountain, the amphitheatrical scarp that holds La Conchita in its perilous embrace, exploded ... «High Country News, Apr 14»
William Shakespeare's 450th birthday: Walking from Stratford-upon …
Our first picnic spot, a grassy hollow beside the Stour, had an amphitheatrical quality, though there was no literary conversation - Talton Mill ... «The Independent, Apr 14»
