The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 29Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1982 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 86
Page 220
Equip- ment and techniques of Greek theatre The works of Gnaeus Naevius Closet drama in the imperial age Survival of the Roman. vive is Euripides ' Cyclops . Comedy ( from Greek kōmos : revel ) developed later , its origins in ...
Equip- ment and techniques of Greek theatre The works of Gnaeus Naevius Closet drama in the imperial age Survival of the Roman. vive is Euripides ' Cyclops . Comedy ( from Greek kōmos : revel ) developed later , its origins in ...
Page 241
... Greek theatres extant , two excellent examples ( both extensively remodelled in Roman times ) are the great theatre at Syracuse in Sicily and that at Argos in the Peloponnese on the Greek mainland . The best preserved of all Greek ...
... Greek theatres extant , two excellent examples ( both extensively remodelled in Roman times ) are the great theatre at Syracuse in Sicily and that at Argos in the Peloponnese on the Greek mainland . The best preserved of all Greek ...
Page 583
... Greek theatre . Once the drama became a part of the secular life of the communities , popular tastes affected its religious orienta- tion . Comic scenes , like those involving Noah's nagging wife , a purely secular creation who does not ...
... Greek theatre . Once the drama became a part of the secular life of the communities , popular tastes affected its religious orienta- tion . Comic scenes , like those involving Noah's nagging wife , a purely secular creation who does not ...
Common terms and phrases
19th century actors adiabatic process applied audience broadcasting cable called camera carpels carrier centimetres centre channels chemical chrominance circuit classical colour commedia dell'arte communications court device drama drugs early effect eigenvalues electrical electrons energy engine entropy Eocene equation Europe fabrics fibres Figure film frequency Germany Greek heat important increased industry loom machine material mechanical megahertz ment metal method metres millimetres Miocene modern modulation Oligocene operation Paleocene pattern percent performance picture play pressure production radio real tennis receiver religious Roman scanning signal social space species stable equilibrium stage steam teachers techniques tektites telegraph telephone teleprinter telescope television temperature tennis tetraodontiforms textile textual criticism Thailand theatre theatrical thermodynamics thermoelectric thermoreceptors tion transmission transmitted tube ture United usually warp weave weft wire yarns