In which Shakespeare play does the character 'Autolycus' appear?
"The Winter's Tale (opera) The Winter's Tale is an opera in three acts by Ryan Wigglesworth. The libretto is by the composer, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. The opera, in a production directed by Rory Kinnear, and conducted by the composer, was premiered at the English National Opera on 27 February 2017. The opera follows the main story of the play, reduced to three acts, and dropping the character Autolycus, and some other well-known features of the play such as Antigonus's stage direction ""Exit, pursued by a bear"". Act I is set in Sicily."
"Autolycus In Greek mythology, Autolycus (; Ancient Greek: Αὐτόλυκος ""Autolykos"", ""the wolf itself"") was a successful robber who had even the power of metamorphosing both the stolen goods and himself . He had his residence on Mount Parnassus and was renowned among men for his cunning and oaths. There are a number of different accounts of the birth of Autolycus. According to most, he was the son of Hermes and Chione or Philonis. In Ovid's version, Autolycus was conceived after Hermes had intercourse with the virgin Chione. Pausanias instead states that Autolycus' real father was Daedalion. In some accounts, his"
"has appeared in a number of works of fiction. Autolycus In Greek mythology, Autolycus (; Ancient Greek: Αὐτόλυκος ""Autolykos"", ""the wolf itself"") was a successful robber who had even the power of metamorphosing both the stolen goods and himself . He had his residence on Mount Parnassus and was renowned among men for his cunning and oaths. There are a number of different accounts of the birth of Autolycus. According to most, he was the son of Hermes and Chione or Philonis. In Ovid's version, Autolycus was conceived after Hermes had intercourse with the virgin Chione. Pausanias instead states that"
"Autolycus of Athens Autolycus (; fl. 5th century BC) was a young Athenian athlete of singular beauty and the object of the affection of Callias. It is in honour of a victory gained by him in the pentathlon at the Panathenaic Games that Callias gives the banquet described by Xenophon. After the defeat of Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars at the hands of Lysander, Autolycus defeated the Spartan-appointed governor Callibius by ""tripping up his heels and throwing him to the ground"". Callibius in turn hit Autolycus with his staff upon which Callibius was scolded by Lysander who told him that"
"he ""didn't know how to govern free men"". Puppets of Lysander and the Spartans killed Autolycus soon after to appease Callibius. Autolycus of Athens Autolycus (; fl. 5th century BC) was a young Athenian athlete of singular beauty and the object of the affection of Callias. It is in honour of a victory gained by him in the pentathlon at the Panathenaic Games that Callias gives the banquet described by Xenophon. After the defeat of Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars at the hands of Lysander, Autolycus defeated the Spartan-appointed governor Callibius by ""tripping up his heels and throwing him to"
"Autolycus of Pitane Autolycus of Pitane (; c. 360 – c. 290 BC) was a Greek astronomer, mathematician, and geographer. The lunar crater Autolycus was named in his honour. Autolycus was born in Pitane, a town of Aeolis within Ionia, Asia Minor. Of his personal life nothing is known, although he was a contemporary of Aristotle and his works seem to have been completed in Athens between 335–300 BC. Euclid references some of Autolycus' work, and Autolycus is known to have taught Arcesilaus. Autolycus' surviving works include a book on spheres entitled ""On the Moving Sphere"" (Περὶ κινουμένης σφαίρας) and"
"In his ""Roscius Anglicanus"" (1708), Downes claims that the role of Henry VIII in this play was originally performed by John Lowin, who ""had his instructions from Mr. Shakespeare himself."" Fifteen years to the day after the fire, on 29 June 1628, The King's Men performed the play again at the Globe. The performance was witnessed by George Villiers, the contemporary Duke of Buckingham (no relation or descendant to the Duke of Buckingham portrayed in the play) who left halfway through once the play's Duke of Buckingham was executed. (A month later, Villiers was assassinated.) During the Restoration era, Sir"
"4, scene 3, line 15. Titus Andronicus Titus Andronicus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1588 and 1593, probably in collaboration with George Peele. It is thought to be Shakespeare's first tragedy and is often seen as his attempt to emulate the violent and bloody revenge plays of his contemporaries, which were extremely popular with audiences throughout the 16th century. The play is set during the latter days of the Roman Empire and tells the fictional story of Titus, a general in the Roman army, who is engaged in a cycle of revenge with"
"that ""any star which rises and sets always rises and sets at the same point in the horizon."" Autolycus relied heavily on Eudoxus' astronomy and was a strong supporter of Eudoxus' theory of homocentric spheres. Autolycus of Pitane Autolycus of Pitane (; c. 360 – c. 290 BC) was a Greek astronomer, mathematician, and geographer. The lunar crater Autolycus was named in his honour. Autolycus was born in Pitane, a town of Aeolis within Ionia, Asia Minor. Of his personal life nothing is known, although he was a contemporary of Aristotle and his works seem to have been completed in"
"before Shakespeare. These had previously been portrayed in the anonymous play ""The Famous Victories of Henry V"", in which Hal's criminal and riotous behaviour is depicted as entirely unfeigned. In Shakespeare's plays Hal has soliloques in which he says that he is self-consciously adopting a wayward lifestyle to surprise and impress people by his later apparent character transformation: <poem> </poem> In ""Henry IV, Part 2"", the Earl of Warwick suggests that Hal is fraternising with low-life characters to learn about human nature. He is ""studying his companions"" almost like learning a foreign language, which would include learning vulgar and offensive"
"who was commonly known for being a crafty king that killed guests, seduced his niece and stole his brothers' throne and was banished to the throes of Tartarus by the gods. Heracles, the great Greek hero, was taught the art of wrestling by Autolycus. However, Autolycus was a source of trouble in Heracles' life, because when Autolycus stole some cattle from Euboea and Eurytus, they accused Heracles of the deed; upon going mad from these accusations, Heracles killed them and another one of Eurytus' sons, Iphitus. This led to Heracles serving three years of punishment to repent the deed. Through"
"Amycos Satyrykos The ""Amycos"" is a satyr play by the 5th century BCE Athenian playwright Sophocles. This satyr play almost certainly told the story of the Argonauts and their encounter with Amycus, an inhospitable king in Bythinia, who would challenge travellers to a boxing match before allowing them to draw water for their ships, and invariably killed his opponents. However, upon landing, Polydeuces promptly challenged and defeated the king, and depending on the author, the Argonaut then either killed Amycos or made him swear an oath on his life that he would no longer “maltreat strangers”. Jebb believes another ending,"
"play out. The earliest of the mature soliloquies occur in ""Julius Caesar"" where Shakespeare develops Brutus as a forerunner of Hamlet: the self-critical and honest man struggling to do what’s right in unpropitious circumstances. Hamlet’s seven soliloquies, and the single major soliloquy of Claudius in ""Hamlet"" can all be described as ‘a search for a difficult sincerity’, and represent Shakespeare’s most extended study of the workings of the human mind; it is not until the novels of Dostoyevsky that a character’s inner self is examined with such power, discrimination and technical skill. Shakespeare’s soliloquies are written in blank verse of"
"Titus Andronicus (character) Titus Andronicus is the main character and tragic hero in William Shakespeare's play of the same name, ""Titus Andronicus"", a Senecan tragedy. Titus is a Roman nobleman and a general in the war who distinguished himself in ten years of service against the Goths. Despite his exemplary service the war's toll on him is sufficient that he declined the emperorship. Nonetheless, he begins the play as an exemplary citizen. However faith in the traditions of the Roman system of government eventually leads to his death as others seek revenge. Some sources claim that the name Andronicus comes"
"Titus Andronicus Titus Andronicus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1588 and 1593, probably in collaboration with George Peele. It is thought to be Shakespeare's first tragedy and is often seen as his attempt to emulate the violent and bloody revenge plays of his contemporaries, which were extremely popular with audiences throughout the 16th century. The play is set during the latter days of the Roman Empire and tells the fictional story of Titus, a general in the Roman army, who is engaged in a cycle of revenge with Tamora, Queen of the Goths."
"a disciple of Socrates, and dated it, as forming the coda of a tetralogy, following 3 tragedies by Critias -""Peirithous, Rhadumunthus"" and ""Tennes"" -, which he argued was written sometime after his return from exile in 411. The view that it was written by Euripides frequently identifies it as belonging to the Sisyphus, the satyr play capping his 415 trilogy: ""Alexandros, Palamedes"" and ""The Trojan Women"", though Jan N. Bremmer suggests another lost play by Euripides, his ""Autolykos"" would be a more attractive candidate as the original source. A major issue in discussing to authorship of the passage hinges round"
"to dispose this treasure in mine arms,/And secretly to greet the Empress' friends"" (4.2.172–174); and Tamora's ""Now will I to that old Andronicus,/And temper him with all the art I have,/To pluck proud Lucius from the warlike Goths"" (4.4.107–109). The most significant difference from the original play concerned the character of Young Lucius, who is a much more important figure in the adaptation; he is present throughout Act 1, and retrieves the murder weapon after the death of Mutius; it is his knife which Titus uses to kill the fly; he aids in the capture of Chiron and Demetrius; he"
"humans and animals before becoming the Learned Pig. He recalls his previous incarnations. After Romulus he became Brutus, and then entered several human and animal bodies. Adapting the Shakespeare theme, the pamphlet states that he became a man called ""Pimping Billy"", who worked as a horse-holder at a playhouse with Shakespeare and was the real author of his plays. He then became a famous British aristocrat and general — identified only by asterisks — before entering the body of a pig. Puns on the name ""Bacon"", referring to the philosopher Francis Bacon, also appeared in the literature. In the poem"
"around her to think, feel, and love better than they have previously, and she ensures that the courtiers returning from Ardenne are far gentler than those who fled to it. Jaques is one of the followers of Duke Senior. He acts like a cynic throughout the play. He is always in a melancholic mood, earning him the title of Melancholy Jaques and constantly criticizes the Duke and other characters. Also, he does not like the world of court and always criticizes it. He is a lead, and says two of Shakespeare's most common monologues. Amiens is one of the lords"
"of 1623. Elements of the text, such as the uncommonly detailed stage directions, lead some Shakespeare scholars to believe the text was prepared from a theatrical prompt book. A. C. Bradley described this play as ""built on the grand scale,"" like ""King Lear"" and ""Macbeth,"" but it differs from those two masterpieces in an important way. The warrior Coriolanus is perhaps the most opaque of Shakespeare's tragic heroes, rarely pausing to soliloquise or reveal the motives behind his proud isolation from Roman society. In this way, he is less like the effervescent and reflective Shakespearean heroes/heroines such as Macbeth, Hamlet,"
"on his false friends, before abandoning feasting and the city completely by exiling himself. The senses are absent from this feast: Timon mocks the insatiable appetite of his guests as he uncovers dishes of smoke and water. Timon is misled by facades of friendship, and so inflicts apropos revenge: misleading those that had misled him by having them suffer the disillusionment of mortal senses with the mere spectacle of a banquet. Shakespeare includes the character of Alcibiades in the play, the ultimate redeemer of iniquitous Athens. He would have been known among the educated of the audience for his presence"
"is evident in his comedies, some of the most entertaining scenes and characters are found in tragedies such as Hamlet and histories such as Henry IV, Part 1. Shakespeare's humour was largely influenced by Plautus. Shakespeare's plays are also notable for their use of soliloquies, in which a character makes a speech to him- or herself so the audience can understand the character's inner motivations and conflict. In his book ""Shakespeare and the History of Soliloquies"", James Hirsh defines the convention of a Shakespearean soliloquy in early modern drama. He argues that when a person on the stage speaks to"
"be a reference to ""Lucius"" in the Brutus legend, a source for Saxo Grammaticus' ""Gesta Danorum"", itself a candidate source for ""Hamlet"". Playes the role similar to Claudius and kills the king by pouring poison into his ear. The ""Mousetrap"" play-within-a-play has a very brief Prologue recited by one of the Players. The First Player may do the Prologue, but if not, a Fourth Player, with a speaking part, is probably required to do it. The bailiff informs the sexton that Ophelia's death was suicide, but the sexton argues the point. Later, the sexton unearths Yorick's skull, which leads to"
"compare himself to ""a strange soul upon the Stygian banks"" and call upon Pandarus to transport him ""to those fields where I may wallow in the lily beds"". In MacNeice's poem the flowers have become children, a paradoxical use of the traditionally sterile Troilus who The third reference to the Styx is in Christopher Morley's ""The Trojan Horse"". A return to the romantic comedy of Chaucer is the solution that Boitani sees to the problem of how the love story can survive Shakespeare's handling of it. Morley gives us such a treatment in a book that revels in its anachronism."
"Rome from 79 to 81. Jonathan Bate speculates that the name Andronicus could have come from Andronicus V Palaeologus, co-emperor of Byzantium from 1403 to 1407, but, since there is no reason to suppose that Shakespeare might have come across these emperors, it is more likely that he took the name from the story ""Andronicus and the lion"" in Antonio de Guevara's ""Epistolas familiares"". That story involves a sadistic emperor named Titus who amused himself by throwing slaves to wild animals and watching them be slaughtered. However, when a slave called Andronicus is thrown to a lion, the lion lies"
"Autolycus (crater) Autolycus is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southeast part of Mare Imbrium. West of the formation is Archimedes, a formation more than double the size of Autolycus. Just to the north is Aristillus, and the outer ramparts of these two craters overlap in the intermediate stretch of the lunar mare. Further southeast are Rimae and Promontorium Fresnel and the smaller crater Santos-Dumont. From that location, the Earth appears at around 60 degrees from the horizon facing south. Also the sun rises during the third quarter of Earthshine and the sun sets during its first"
"fleece. Autolycus obtained most of the same skills that his supposed father Hermes possesses, such as the arts of theft and trickery and skill with the lyre and gracious song. It was said that he ""loved to make white of black, and black of white, from a hornless animal to a horned one, or from horned one to a hornless"". He was given the gift that his thievery could not be caught by anyone. He had a helmet to make him invisible. Autolycus, master of thievery, was also well known for stealing Sisyphus' herd right from underneath him – Sisyphus,"
"Coriolanus Coriolanus ( or ) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus. The tragedy is one of the last two tragedies written by Shakespeare, along with ""Antony and Cleopatra"". Coriolanus is the name given to a Roman general after his more than adequate military success against various uprisings challenging the government of Rome. Following this success, Coriolanus becomes active in politics and seeks political leadership. His temperament is unsuited for popular leadership and he is quickly deposed,"
"which he satirized Demosthenes, and acted shortly after 343 BC. Also ""Hippeis"" (316 BC) (in which he referred to the decree of Sophocles against the philosophers), ""Pyraunos"" (312 BC), ""Pharmakopole"" (306 BC) , ""Hypobolimaios"" (306 BC), and ""Ankylion"". Because he wrote a lot of plays, the same passages often appear in more than 3 plays. It was said that he also borrowed from Eubulus and many other playwrights in some of his plays. According to Carytius of Pergamum, Alexis was the first to use the part of the parasite. Alexis was known in Roman times; Aulus Gellius noted that Alexis'"
"Autolycus, son of Deimachus In Greek mythology, Autolycus () was a Thessalian, son of Deimachus, who together with his brothers Deileon and Phlogius joined Heracles in his expedition against the Amazons. But after having gone astray the two brothers dwelt at Sinope, until they joined the expedition of the Argonauts. Autolycus was subsequently regarded as the founder of Sinope, where he was worshipped as a god and had an oracle. After the conquest of Sinope by the Romans, his statue was carried from there by Lucullus to Rome. It must be noticed that Hyginus (Fab. 14) calls Autolycus a son"
"three plays marked with were not included in the First Folio. Like most playwrights of his period, Shakespeare did not always write alone, and a number of his plays were collaborative, although the exact number is open to debate. Some of the following attributions, such as for ""The Two Noble Kinsmen"", have well-attested contemporary documentation; others, such as for ""Titus Andronicus"", remain more controversial and are dependent on linguistic analysis by modern scholars. Note: For a comprehensive account of plays possibly by Shakespeare or in part by Shakespeare, see the separate entry on the Shakespeare Apocrypha. Unlike his contemporary Ben"
"words or usages which on the evidence of the ""Oxford English Dictionary"" were first used by Shakespeare himself... Further, it exhibits 635 instances of Shakespeare's rare words including some 300 of the rarest."" Sams dates the play to 1587, noting that the play's presentation after that period until the death of Elizabeth I would have been illegal because of an edict that was passed that would have applied to a scene featuring a brawl between two archbishops. He further argues that the play's strong similarities in both line and plot to ""Titus Andronicus"", and the latter play's high number of"
"Shakespeare Apocrypha. At the end of the act, the characters realise that they forgot to perform ""Coriolanus"" which Adam refuses to do due the vulgarity of the title, and ""Hamlet"", Shakespeare's greatest work. Adam becomes nervous and petulant about performing such a famous and difficult play, so he runs out of the theatre with Austin chasing him. Reed is left alone to improvise acts such as playing the ""William Tell"" Overture on his larynx and eating fire before calling for intermission. After the intermission, Austin and Adam return, saving Reed from having to cover the sonnets by writing them down"