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Banquo. Lord Banquo / ˈbæŋkwoʊ /, the Thane of Lochaber, is a semi-historical character in William Shakespeare 's 1606 play Macbeth. In the play, he is at first an ally of Macbeth (both are generals in the King's army) and they meet the Three Witches together. After prophesying that Macbeth will become king, the witches tell Banquo that he ...
Macbeth, Act I, Scene IV Macbeth is an anomaly among Shakespeare's tragedies in certain critical ways. It is short: more than a thousand lines shorter than Othello and King Lear, and only slightly more than half as long as Hamlet. This brevity has suggested to many critics that the received version is based on a heavily cut source, perhaps a prompt-book for a particular performance. This would ...
Penelope ( / pəˈnɛləpi / [ 1] pə-NEL-ə-pee; Ancient Greek: Πηνελόπεια, Pēnelópeia, or Πηνελόπη, Pēnelópē) [ 2] is a character in Homer 's Odyssey. She was the queen of Ithaca and was the daughter of Spartan king Icarius and Asterodia. [ 3] Penelope is known for her fidelity to her husband Odysseus, despite the ...
Nausicaa ( / nɔːˈsɪkɪə /; [ 1][ 2] Ancient Greek: Ναυσικάα, romanized : Nausikáa [nau̯sikáaː], or Ναυσικᾶ, Nausikâ, [nau̯sikâː] ), also spelled Nausicaä or Nausikaa, is a character in Homer 's Odyssey. She is the daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of Phaeacia. Her name means "burner of ships" ( ναῦς ...
The Odyssey ( / ˈɒdɪsi /; [ 1] Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized : Odýsseia) [ 2][ 3] is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Iliad, the poem is divided into 24 books. It follows the Greek hero Odysseus ...
The women attacked both the Romans and the Ambrones who tried to desert. [143] 102/101 BCE [144] – General Marius of the Romans fought the Teutonic Cimbrians. Cimbrian women accompanied their men into war, created a line in battle with their wagons and fought with poles and lances, [145] as well as staves, stones, and swords. [146]
The Three Witches, also known as the Weird Sisters, Weyward Sisters or Wayward Sisters, are characters in William Shakespeare 's play Macbeth (c. 1603–1607). The witches eventually lead Macbeth to his demise, and they hold a striking resemblance to the three Fates of classical mythology. Their origin lies in Holinshed's Chronicles (1587), a ...
Aspasia. Marble portrait herm identified by an inscription as Aspasia, possibly copied from her grave. [ 1] Aspasia ( / æˈspeɪʒ ( i) ə, - ziə, - ʃə /; [ 2] Greek: Ἀσπασία Greek: [aspasíaː]; c. 470 – after 428 BC [ a]) was a metic woman in Classical Athens. Born in Miletus, she moved to Athens and began a relationship with ...