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34. Summary: Matchmaking to Etain Under this name, there are three sagas, known from the “Book of the Cow Burrow” and “The Yellow Book of Lecan” (XIV century). In the old days, Ireland was ruled by a king from the tribe of the Tribes of the Goddess named Eohide Ollothar (Eohide “Father of All”). He was also called Dagda, for […]...
35. “In more often” Akutagawa in brief summary Novella is a different version of the same event, expressed by different people. The woodcutter told during the interrogation that he had found the corpse of a man in a grove under a mountain, where bamboo grows interspersed with young cryptomeria. The man was lying on his back, he had a light blue suikan, in […]...
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37. “Alcesta” Euripides in summary This is a tragedy with a happy ending. In the dramatic competitions in Athens there was a custom: every poet represented a “trilogy”, three tragedies, sometimes even catching up on each other on topics, and after them, to discharge a gloomy mood – “satire drama,” where heroes and action were also myths, but the choir […]...
38. Summary of Euripides Alcesta Euripides Alcestas This is a tragedy with a happy ending. At the dramatic competitions in Athens there was a custom: every poet represented a “trilogy”, three tragedies, sometimes even picking up each other on topics (like Aeschylus), and after them, to discharge a gloomy mood – “satire drama,” where the characters and action were also […]...
39. Summary: The Battle of the Mag Thuirred On the northern islands lived the Tribes of the Goddess Danu, who comprehended magic, charms and secret knowledge. They possessed four greatest treasures: Lug’s spear, Nuad’s sword, Dagda’s cauldron, and the stone of Lia Fall, who screamed under everyone who was destined to rule Ireland. The tribes of the Goddess sailed on a multitude of […]...
40. Summary of Zadig, or Fate Voltaire Zadig, or Fate Devoting his story to the Marquise de Pompadour, which Voltaire calls the Sultan of Sheraa, the writer himself appears under the name of the poet Saadi, a classic of oriental literature. In the work the author uses elements so popular in the XVIII century. genre of travel, as well as fiction […]...