Who was the 'Muse of Tragedy'?
"Comedy: the Muse of Tragedy has a dagger and raises one arm, and the Muse of Comedy holds a mask in her left hand. The differences between the two Muses are both formal and iconographic. Comedy is painted in the rococo style, reminiscent of the work of Antonio da Correggio. Tragedy is drawn in the neoclassical style, after the style of Guido Reni. The painting employs elements of Augustan imagery, with its clothing, light, and shadow. Comedy has slightly tousled fair hair, resembling the bacchante drawn by Peter Paul Rubens. She wears washed-out mauve clothing. Tragedy wears a strong blue"
"Melpomene Melpomene (; ), initially the Muse of Chorus, she then became the Muse of Tragedy, for which she is best known now. Her name was derived from the Greek verb melpô or melpomai meaning ""to celebrate with dance and song."" She is often represented with a tragic mask and wearing the cothurnus, boots traditionally worn by tragic actors. Often, she also holds a knife or club in one hand and the tragic mask in the other. Melpomene is the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Her sisters include Calliope (muse of epic poetry), Clio (muse of history), Euterpe (muse of"
"Asclepiades of Tragilus Asclepiades of Tragilus () was an ancient Greek literary critic and mythographer of the 4th century BC, and a student of the Athenian orator Isocrates. His works do not survive, but he is known to have written the ""Tragodoumena"" (Τραγῳδούμενα, ""The Subjects of Tragedy""), in which he discussed the treatment of myths in Greek tragedy. The ""Tragodoumena"" is sometimes considered the first systematic mythography. Asclepiades summarized the plots of myths as dramatized in tragedy, and provided details and variants. He is cited twice in the work traditionally known as the ""Library"" of Apollodorus. A gloss on Vergil's"
"The Tragic Muse The Tragic Muse is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in ""The Atlantic Monthly"" in 1889-1890 and then as a book in 1890. This wide, cheerful panorama of English life follows the fortunes of two would-be artists: Nick Dormer, who throws over a political career in his efforts to become a painter, and Miriam Rooth, an actress striving for artistic and commercial success. A cast of supporting characters help and hinder their pursuits. Nick Dormer wants to pursue a career in painting instead of his family's traditional role in British politics. This upsets"
"internet meme based on a stock photograph depicting a disloyal man and two women. The comparison went viral, and other social media users started using the painting as a meme similar to the distracted boyfriend meme. David Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy David Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy is a 1761 painting by the English painter Joshua Reynolds, depicting the actor and playwright David Garrick caught between the Muses of Tragedy and Comedy. It is regarded as one of Reynolds's most studied and well-known paintings, and is now in the collection of Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire.. The art historian Horace Walpole"
"David Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy David Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy is a 1761 painting by the English painter Joshua Reynolds, depicting the actor and playwright David Garrick caught between the Muses of Tragedy and Comedy. It is regarded as one of Reynolds's most studied and well-known paintings, and is now in the collection of Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire.. The art historian Horace Walpole provided the earliest known description of ""David Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy"". Walpole also recorded that George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, bought the painting for £300, though it is unclear if this ever actually occurred."
"July 1932. 23 June 2010, The Tragedy of Man is 150 years old - Miniature Sheet issued by Hungary. Imre Madách Imre Madách de Sztregova et Kelecsény (20 January 1823 – 5 October 1864) was a Hungarian aristocrat, writer, poet, lawyer and politician. His major work is ""The Tragedy of Man"" (""Az ember tragédiája"", 1861). It is a dramatic poem approximately 4000 lines long, which elaborates on ideas comparable to Goethe's ""Faust"". The author was encouraged and advised by János Arany, one of the most famous of the 19th-century Hungarian poets. He was born in his family castle in Alsósztregova,"
"them look like actual sculptures in the fashion they were usually depicted in the classical style. Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse is a 1784 oil painting by Joshua Reynolds. Mrs. Sarah Siddons: Sarah Siddons was a well-known actress of the 18th century who became famous for her role as Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth. Born Sarah Kemble, aged 18 she married William Siddons, also an actor, and they had seven children of who only two survived. Sarah's parents sent her to work as a lady's maid and with this job she was exposed to the"
"Aeschylus Aeschylus (, ; ""Aiskhylos"", ; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian. He is often described as the father of tragedy. Academics' knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving plays. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in the theater and allowed conflict among them; characters previously had interacted only with the chorus. Only seven of his estimated seventy to ninety plays have survived, and there is a long-standing debate regarding his authorship of one of these plays, ""Prometheus"
"Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse is a 1784 oil painting by Joshua Reynolds. Mrs. Sarah Siddons: Sarah Siddons was a well-known actress of the 18th century who became famous for her role as Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth. Born Sarah Kemble, aged 18 she married William Siddons, also an actor, and they had seven children of who only two survived. Sarah's parents sent her to work as a lady's maid and with this job she was exposed to the works of England's literary greats such as Milton and Shakespeare. She also began acting and had"
"The Tragedy of Tragedies The Tragedy of Tragedies, also known as The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great, is a play by Henry Fielding. It is an expanded and reworked version of one of his earlier plays, ""Tom Thumb"", and tells the story of a character who is small in stature and status, yet is granted the hand of a princess in marriage; the infuriated queen and another member of the court subsequently attempt to destroy the marriage. In adapting his earlier work Fielding incorporated significant plot changes; he also made the play"
"directed by Jesse Jou. The Tragic Muse The Tragic Muse is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in ""The Atlantic Monthly"" in 1889-1890 and then as a book in 1890. This wide, cheerful panorama of English life follows the fortunes of two would-be artists: Nick Dormer, who throws over a political career in his efforts to become a painter, and Miriam Rooth, an actress striving for artistic and commercial success. A cast of supporting characters help and hinder their pursuits. Nick Dormer wants to pursue a career in painting instead of his family's traditional role in"
"lyrical poetry), Terpsichore (muse of dancing), Erato (muse of erotic poetry), Thalia (muse of comedy), Polyhymnia (muse of hymns), and Urania (muse of astronomy). She is also the mother of several of the Sirens, the divine handmaidens of Kore (Persephone/Proserpina) who were cursed by her mother, Demeter/Ceres, when they were unable to prevent the kidnapping of Kore (Persephone/Proserpina) by Hades/Pluto. In Roman and Greek poetry, it was traditional to invoke the goddess Melpomene so that one might create beautiful lyrical phrases (see Horace's Odes). Melpomene Melpomene (; ), initially the Muse of Chorus, she then became the Muse of Tragedy,"
"Phrynichus (tragic poet) Phrynichus (; ), son of Polyphrasmon the Elder and pupil of Thespis, was one of the earliest of the Greek tragedians. Some of the ancients regarded him as the real founder of tragedy. Phrynichus is said to have died in Sicily. His son Polyphrasmon was also a playwright. He gained his first victory in a drama contest in 511 BC. His famous play, the ""Capture of Miletus"" or the ""Sack of Miletus"", was probably composed shortly after the conquest of that city by the Persians during the Ionian Revolt. Miletus was a colony of Athens and therefore"
"phrase ""Idaeis cyparissis"" (""cypresses of Ida"") mentions that Asclepiades preserved a Celtic version of the myth of Cyparissus, in which a female Cyparissa is the daughter of a Celtic king named Boreas. Asclepiades of Tragilus Asclepiades of Tragilus () was an ancient Greek literary critic and mythographer of the 4th century BC, and a student of the Athenian orator Isocrates. His works do not survive, but he is known to have written the ""Tragodoumena"" (Τραγῳδούμενα, ""The Subjects of Tragedy""), in which he discussed the treatment of myths in Greek tragedy. The ""Tragodoumena"" is sometimes considered the first systematic mythography. Asclepiades"
"in masks), and made special use of the trochaic tetrameter. Aelian (Claudius Aelianus), in his ""Varia Historia"" (3.8), says that Phrynichus' martial verses so stirred the people of Athens, they made him a general. Fragments of his work exist in Johann August Nauck's ""Tragicorum graecorum fragmenta"" (1887), pp 720–725. Phrynichus (tragic poet) Phrynichus (; ), son of Polyphrasmon the Elder and pupil of Thespis, was one of the earliest of the Greek tragedians. Some of the ancients regarded him as the real founder of tragedy. Phrynichus is said to have died in Sicily. His son Polyphrasmon was also a playwright."
"Imre Madách Imre Madách de Sztregova et Kelecsény (20 January 1823 – 5 October 1864) was a Hungarian aristocrat, writer, poet, lawyer and politician. His major work is ""The Tragedy of Man"" (""Az ember tragédiája"", 1861). It is a dramatic poem approximately 4000 lines long, which elaborates on ideas comparable to Goethe's ""Faust"". The author was encouraged and advised by János Arany, one of the most famous of the 19th-century Hungarian poets. He was born in his family castle in Alsósztregova, the Kingdom of Hungary (today Dolná Strehová, Slovakia) in 1823 at the heart of a wealthy noble family. From"
"for his power of telling a story straightforwardly and without frills."". In his novel ""Misery"", Stephen King places a rich collection of Maugham's books in the house where most of the plot is set, and incidentally praises Maugham's mastery of storytelling. Many portraits were painted of Somerset Maugham, including that by Graham Sutherland in the Tate Gallery, and several by Sir Gerald Kelly. Sutherland's portrait was included in the exhibit """" at the National Portrait Gallery. W. Somerset Maugham William Somerset Maugham, CH ( ; 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965), better known as W. Somerset Maugham, was a"
"Zacharias Werner Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner (November 18, 1768 – January 17, 1823) was a German poet, dramatist, and preacher. As a dramatist, he is known mainly for inaugurating the era of the so-called “tragedies of fate.” Werner was born at Königsberg in East Prussia. At the University of Königsberg, he studied law and attended Kant's lectures. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Rousseau's German disciples were also influences that shaped his view of life. He lived an irregular life and entered a series of unsuccessful marriages. However his talent was soon recognized, and in 1793 he became chamber secretary in the Prussian"
"Virtue, Garrick starts to succumb to the more immodestly dressed muse of Comedy. It also differs from traditional compositions of this scene, which generally feature detached full-length figures. David Garrick was famous as both a tragedian and comedian, and his earliest known association with the Muses of Tragedy and Comedy was in a 1747 poem by William Whitehead. In 1761, the same year Reynolds finished his painting of Garrick, a pamphlet with the signatures of the Muses of Comedy and Tragedy praised Garrick's theatrical achievements. The historian David Mannings has suggested that the painting's composition was inspired by Guido Reni's"
"The Birth of Tragedy The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music () is an 1872 work of dramatic theory by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. It was reissued in 1886 as ""The Birth of Tragedy, Or: Hellenism and Pessimism"" (). The later edition contained a prefatory essay, """", wherein Nietzsche commented on this earliest book. Nietzsche found in classical Athenian tragedy an art form that transcended the pessimism and nihilism of a fundamentally meaningless world. The Greek spectators, by looking into the abyss of human suffering and affirming it, passionately and joyously affirmed the meaning of their own"
"Vittorio Alfieri Count Vittorio Alfieri (; 16 January 17498 October 1803) was an Italian dramatist and poet, considered the ""founder of Italian tragedy."" Alfieri was born at Asti, Kingdom of Sardinia, now in Piedmont. His father died when he was very young, and he was brought up by his mother, who married a second time, until, at the age of ten, he was placed in the academy of Turin. After a year at the academy, he went on a short visit to a relative at Coni (mod. Cuneo). During his stay there he composed a sonnet chiefly borrowed from lines"
"works, including ""The Death of Eve"", a fragment of the third member of the proposed trilogy mentioned above, were edited with an introduction by John M. Manly (1912). William Vaughn Moody William Vaughn Moody (July 8, 1869 – October 17, 1910) was an American dramatist and poet. Moody was author of ""The Great Divide"", first presented under the title of ""The Sabine Woman"" at the Garrick Theatre in Chicago on April 12, 1906. His poetic dramas included ""The Masque of Judgment"" (1900), ""The Fire Bringer"" (1904), and ""The Death of Eve"" (left undone at his death). Born at Spencer, Indiana,"
"Euterpe In Greek mythology, Euterpe (/juːˈtɜːrpiː/; Greek: Eὐτέρπη, Ancient Greek: [eu̯térpɛː]; ""rejoicing well"" or ""delight"" from Ancient Greek εὖ 'well' + τέρπειν terpein 'to please') was the one of the Muses, presiding over music. In late Classical times, she was named muse of lyric poetry. She has been called “Giver of delight” by ancient poets. Euterpe was born as one of the daughters of Mnemosyne, Titan goddess of memory, and fathered by Zeus, god of the gods. Her sisters include Calliope (muse of epic poetry), Clio (muse of history), Melpomene (muse of tragedy), Terpsichore (muse of dancing), Erato (muse of"
"The Tragedy of Man The Tragedy of Man () is a play written by the Hungarian author Imre Madách. It was first published in 1861. The play is considered to be one of the major works of Hungarian literature and is one of the most often staged Hungarian plays today. Many lines have become common quotations in Hungary. The 1984 film ""The Annunciation"" (""Angyali üdvözlet"") was based on the play, as was the 2011 animated film ""The Tragedy of Man"". The main characters are Adam, Eve and Lucifer. As God creates the universe, Lucifer decries it as futile, stating that"
"Thalia (Muse) Thalia (; ; ""the joyous, the flourishing"", from , ""thállein""; ""to flourish, to be verdant""), also spelled Thaleia, was the goddess who presided over comedy and idyllic poetry. In this context her name means ""flourishing"", because the praises in her songs flourish through time. She was the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the eighth-born of the nine Muses. According to pseudo-Apollodorus, she and Apollo were the parents of the Corybantes. Other ancient sources, however, gave the Corybantes different parents. She was portrayed as a young woman with a joyous air, crowned with ivy, wearing boots and holding a"
"played in Rendle's poetry. The narrator creates a link from inspiration to creation. The Muse’s Tragedy ""The Muse’s Tragedy"" is a short-story written by Edith Wharton. Published in 1899 by Charles Scribner’s Sons (25th magazine), The Muse’s Tragedy was then printed in June 1899, as part of the collection of short fiction ""The Greater Inclination"". The story focuses on the platonic love story between Danyers, the main character and aspiring scholar, and Mary Anerton. The first two parts of the short story reveal their meeting and the link that unites them: Mrs. Anerton was the muse of poet Victor Rendle"
"Epigenes of Sicyon Epigenes of Sicyon () was an Ancient Greek tragic poet. He has been confounded by some with his namesake, the comic poet. He is mentioned by Suidas as the most ancient writer of tragedy. By the word ""tragedy"" here we can understand only the old dithyrambic and satyrical ""tragôidia"", into which it is possible that Epigenes may have been the first to introduce other subjects than the original one of the fortunes of origin, if at least we may trust the account which we find in Apostolius, Photius, and Suidas, of the origin of the proverb ""ouden"
"paintings of Melpoméne, she is represented with a tragic mask and also often holds in her other hand a knife or club. In Greek mythology, she is the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who had eight other daughters, Melpoméne's sisters and the eight other muses are: Calliope, muse of epic poetry; Clio, muse of history; Euterpe, muse of flute playing; Terpsichore, muse of dancing; Erato, muse of erotic poetry; Thalia muse of comedy; Polyhymnia, muse of hymns; and Urania, muse of astronomy. Reynolds was inspired not only by Sarah Siddons' extreme talent to embody the tragic heroine in Macbeth, but"
"resources of its predecessor. The mathematician Theon (ca. 335 – ca. 405), father of Hypatia, is described in the tenth century ""Suda"" as ""the man from the Mouseion."" It is not known what connection he actually had with the Musaeum. Zacharias Rhetor and Aeneas of Gaza both speak of a physical space known as the ""Mouseion"" in the later 5th century. This original Musaeum or Institution of the Muses was the source for the modern usage of the word ""museum"". In early modern France, it denoted as much a community of scholars brought together under one roof as it did"
"Gabriel de Mussis Gabriel de Mussis (""ca."" 1280 - ""ca."" 1356) — also Gabriele de' Mussi — was a notary from Piacenza, Italy, who gave a vivid account of the Black Death (bubonic plague) in the Black Sea city of Kaffa (Feodosia) and in Sicily known as ""Istoria de Morbo sive Mortalitate quae fuit Anno Dni MCCCXLVIII"" [“History of the Disease, OR The Great Dying of the Year of our Lord 1348”] De Mussis’ account then continues to record the terror in Piacenza. Although it was formerly believed that de Mussis had been present in Kaffa and travelled in a"
"temple of the Muses. A fragment of Accius' play ""Atreus"" features the line """" (""let them hate, so long as they fear""), later an infamous motto of Caligula. Chisholm (1911) also includes these authorities: Lucius Accius Lucius Accius (; 170 – c. 86 BC), or Lucius Attius, was a Roman tragic poet and literary scholar. The son of a freedman, Accius was born at Pisaurum in Umbria, in 170 BC. The year of his death is unknown, but he must have lived to a great age, since Cicero (born 106 BC, hence 64 years younger) writes of having conversed with"
"work in 6 volumes, appeared in 1816-1818. ""Ausgewählte Schriften"" (Selected writings with a biography by K. J. Schütz) in 15 volumes appeared 1840-1841. Zacharias Werner Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner (November 18, 1768 – January 17, 1823) was a German poet, dramatist, and preacher. As a dramatist, he is known mainly for inaugurating the era of the so-called “tragedies of fate.” Werner was born at Königsberg in East Prussia. At the University of Königsberg, he studied law and attended Kant's lectures. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Rousseau's German disciples were also influences that shaped his view of life. He lived an irregular life"