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    Alazon (redirect from Miles Gloriosus)
    the miles gloriosus (the braggart soldier) are two types of alazṓn. Look up miles gloriosus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Miles Gloriosus (literally...
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  • Miles Gloriosus is a comedic play written by Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254–184 B.C.). The title can be translated as "The Swaggering Soldier" or "Vainglorious...
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    Lysimachus and Demipho and chastises Demipho for his disgraceful behaviour. Miles Gloriosus ("The Braggart Soldier") The play is set in Ephesus. A boastful soldier...
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  • playwright Plautus (254–184 BC), specifically Curculio, Pseudolus, Miles Gloriosus, and Mostellaria, the musical tells the bawdy story of a slave named...
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  • Gloriosus. Gloriosus would be heartbroken at his bride’s death, but unable to blame Marcus Lycus for a plague caught in Crete. Meanwhile, Gloriosus has...
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    story is told by Ovid and Lucian. He is also mentioned by Plautus in Miles Gloriosus as being one of only two men in the whole world, who "ever had the...
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    as well as starring roles in several West End musicals. He played Miles Gloriosus in the original London production of A Funny Thing Happened on the...
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  • in several plays, such as: The Nightmare Before Christmas (2012), Miles Gloriosus (2013), Spamolot (2014), Mamma Mia! (2015) and Los Pelópidas (2016)...
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    always acts legally and is always paid in full for his services. The miles gloriosus is an arrogant, braggart soldier character, deriving from Greek Old...
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    alazon may be one aspect of the tragic hero as well: the touch of miles gloriosus ("braggart soldier") in Tamburlaine, even in Othello, has been commented...
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    note on line 601. Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 1420, Truculentus 893. Hammond, Mason et al. (1963) Plautus: Miles Gloriosus on line 1061. Plautus, Pseudolus...
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  • in poetry "for the sake of the metre" Miles Gloriosus Glorious Soldier Or "Boastful Soldier". Miles Gloriosus is the title of a play of Plautus. A stock...
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  • in poetry "for the sake of the metre" Miles Gloriosus Glorious Soldier Or "Boastful Soldier". Miles Gloriosus is the title of a play of Plautus. A stock...
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  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, in which he played Miles Gloriosus. After graduation he worked in Manhattan as a computer professional...
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    "Patibulum ferat per urbem, deinde affigatur cruci." The Braggart Warrior Miles gloriosus 2.4.6-7 "Credo ego istoc exemplo tibi esse eundum actutum extra portam...
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  • performed comedic parts, such as his 2004 appearance as the pompous Miles Gloriosus in a limited run revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the...
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    comedies, in the Miles Gloriosus figure, such as Thraso in Terence's Eunuchus. Pistol is the "Elizabethan version of the miles gloriosus, the braggart soldier...
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    1515/9783110711554-018. ISBN 978-3-11-071155-4. Tertullian, De Pallio, I Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, III, 1 93 Virgil, Æneid, IV 262-264 Apuleius, The Golden Ass, XI 3...
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  • continues the long tradition of the mythological farmer-soldier or miles gloriosus ("boastful soldier") from ancient Roman theater, or the alazon of ancient...
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    any lacking or wronghoods and weds the princess. The false hero — a Miles Gloriosus figure who takes credit for the hero's actions or tries to marry the...
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    ancient Roman playwright Plautus, specifically Curculio, Pseudolus, Miles Gloriosus, and Mostellaria. 1964 Anyone Can Whistle Stephen Sondheim Arthur Laurents...
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    fright. The origin of Capitano comes from 2 literary sources: Plautus's miles gloriosus and Terence's Eunuchus. The first famous Captain, Capitano Spavento...
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    aux Folles Edouard Dindon Regent's Park Open Air Theatre London 2023-2024 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Miles Gloriosus Le Lido Paris...
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    necessary components of maintaining "face" in some Arab societies. Miles Gloriosus, a stock character from ancient Roman comedy Rodomonte, a major character...
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    was A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, where he played Miles Gloriosus. He also performed in Henry IV and As You Like It at the VPTC, as well...
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  • the Forum and the original Broadway production of Passion, playing Miles Gloriosus and Major Rizzolli respectively. In 1998, he appears in the first US...
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    Thank You for Smoking with Aaron Eckhart (2005), Juno (2007), Whiplash with Miles Teller (2014), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor...
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  • ancient Roman playwright Plautus (251-183 B.C.), specifically Pseudolus, Miles Gloriosus and Mostellaria The Arena 1974 [also known as Naked Warriors] – a story...
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    and Film". www.thoughtco.com. Thought Co. Retrieved 5 June 2021. "Miles Gloriosus", Encyclopedia Britannica "Capitano | Italian stock character". Encyclopedia...
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  • 2. Livy, 22.25. Nepos, Paus. 5.3. Plautus, Poenulus 959. Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 551. Asconius, in Mil. 26. Plautus, Men. 515; cf. de Melo (2012), p...
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