His first play, Agis: a tragedy, founded on Plutarch's narrative, was finished in 1747.

Agesilaus was the son of Archidamus II and his second wife, Eupoleia, brother to Cynisca ( the first woman in ancient history to achieve an Olympic victory ), and younger half-brother of Agis II.

* Agis I ( died 900 BC ), a Spartan king

* Agis II ( died 401 BC ), a Spartan king

* Agis III ( died 331 BC ), a Spartan king

* Agis IV ( 265 BC – 241 BC ), a Spartan king ; Plutarch included a chapter on him in his Parallel Lives

* Agis ( Paeonian ), a Paionian king of the pre-Hellenistic era

* Maurice Agis ( 1931 – 2009 ), a British sculptor and artist

* Pleistoanax ( Agaid king r. 458 – 401 BC ) and Agis II ( Eurypontid king r. 427 – 400 BC ), co-kings of Sparta.

Agis is supported by his wealthy mother and grandmother ( who surrender their property ), by his uncle Agesilaus, and by Lysander, who is an ephor ( magistrate with the duty of limiting the power of the king ).

Sparta under King Agis II has a major victory over Argos ( and its allies Athens, Ellis and Mantinea ), which has broken its treaty with Sparta's King Agis II at the insistence of Alcibiades.

Having been joined by the other forces of the league ( Elis, Achaea and Arcadia ), Agis laid siege to Megalopolis.

Agis IV ( Gr., c. 265 BC – 241 BC ), the elder son of Eudamidas II, was the 24th king of the Eurypontid dynasty of Sparta.

He succeeded, however, in gaining over three very influential persons: his uncle Agesilaus ( a man of large property, but who, being deeply involved in debt, hoped to profit by the innovations of Agis ), Lysander ( a descendant of the victor of Aegospotami ) and Mandrocleides.

His son Cleomenes III eventually succeeded him, having been married at age 18 to Agiatis ( d. 224 BC ), widow of Agis IV, the Eurypontid king ; they had at least one son together who died in Egypt with his grandmother.

A number of anthroponyms ( some known only from Paeonian coinage ) are attested Agis ( Άγις ), Patraos ( Πατράος ), Lycpeios ( Λύκπειος ), Audoleon ( Αυδολέων ), Eupolemenos ( Ευπολεμένος ), Ariston ( Αρίστων ), etc.

Upon his return, Agis finds that his supporters are discontented with the rule of his uncle, Agesilaus, and are disillusioned by the delay in implementing the Agis IV's reforms.

* Sparta's King Archidamus II is succeeded by his son Agis II.

* Archidamus V, brother of the murdered Spartan King Agis IV, is called back to Sparta by the Agiad King Cleomenes III, who has no counterpart on the throne by then.

* King Archidamus III is succeeded as the Eurypontid King of Sparta by his son, Agis III.

In the Peloponnesus he routes a force under the Macedonian general Coragus and, although Athens stays neutral, he is joined by Elis, Achaea ( except Pellene ) and Arcadia, with the exception of Megalopolis, the staunchly anti-Spartan capital of Arcadia, which Agis III's forces besiege.

* Despite the Peace of Nicias still being in effect, Sparta's King Agis II gathers a strong army at Philus and descends upon Argos by marching at night from the north.

* King Agis II of Sparta escapes having his house razed and being fined 100, 000 drachmae for his failure to press his advantage by promising more successful outcomes in the future.

Blockaded by land and sea, with their food supplies running low, the Athenians sent ambassadors to the Spartan king Agis, whose army was camped outside their walls, offering to join the Spartan alliance if they were allowed to keep their walls and port ; Agis, claiming that he had no power to negotiate, sent the ambassadors on to Sparta, but there they were told that, if they really wanted peace, they should bring the Spartans better proposals.

He quotes sources which suggest that Hephaestion had been approached by Aristion of Athens to effect a reconciliation between Alexander and Demosthenes, and certainly, Athens ' inaction during the revolt of the Spartan king, Agis, would seem to support the idea.

As Chugg says, " If he did persuade Alexander to reach an accommodation with Demosthenes at this critical juncture, as would seem likely from the circumstances, then he was significantly responsible for saving the situation for Macedon in Greece by preventing the revolt of Agis spreading to Athens and her allies.

Plutarch has Timaia, the wife of King Agis II, " being herself forward enough to whisper among her helot maid-servants " that the child she was expecting had been fathered by Alcibiades, and not her husband, indicating a certain level of trust.

* " The Comparison of Tiberius and Caius Gracchus with Agis and Cleomenes ", by Plutarch, translated by John Dryden

More dangerous enemies were nearer home ; tribes in Thrace rebelled in 332 BC, led by Memnon of Thrace, the Macedonian governor of the region, followed shortly by the revolt of Agis III, king of Sparta.

Following the execution of Agis, Cleomenes-who was around eighteen at the time-was made by his father to marry Agis ' widow, Agiatis, who was a wealthy heiress.

Agis marched the whole of the Spartan army, together with the neodamodeis and everyone who was able to fight in Sparta out to Tegea where he was joined by his allies from Arcadia, and he sent for help from his northern allies, Corinth, Boeotia, Phocis, and Locris.

* Ajax ( Sophocles ), a play by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles

* Livius Andronicus ( c. 284 BC – 204 BC ), introduced drama to the Romans and produced the first formal play in Latin in c. 240 BC

Best known for his play Ubu Roi ( 1896 ), which is often cited as a forerunner to the surrealist theatre of the 1920s and 1930s, Jarry wrote in a variety of genres and styles.

A player may purchase shares in one, two, or three existing chains ( assuming at least three chains are currently in play ), in any combination up to a total of three shares.

For example, in Bedroom Farce ( 1975 ), he admitted to being, in some respects, all four of the men in the play.

Functionalists like Monroe Beardsley argue that whether or not a piece counts as art depends on what function it plays in a particular context ; the same Greek vase may play a non-artistic function in one context ( carrying wine ), and an artistic function in another context ( helping us to appreciate the beauty of the human figure ).

He twice ran away from home without permission to hear his elder brother play violin concertos in neighboring churches on festival days ( resulting in the loss of his beloved sugar ), and he also recounted being chastised by his father after failing to greet a local priest with proper respect.

Hopwood started out as a journalist for a Cleveland newspaper as its New York correspondent, but within a year had a play, Clothes ( 1906 ), produced on Broadway.

His many plays included Nobody's Widow ( 1910 ), starring Blanche Bates ; Fair and Warmer ( 1915 ), starring Madge Kennedy ( filmed in 1919 ); The Gold Diggers ( 1919 ), starring Ina Claire ( filmed in 1923 as The Gold Diggers, in 1928 as Gold Diggers of Broadway and also as Gold Diggers of 1933 ); Ladies ' Night, 1920, starring Charlie Ruggles ( filmed in 1928 ); the famous mystery play The Bat ( with Mary Roberts Rinehart ), 1920 ( filmed in 1926, 1930 and 1959 ); Getting Gertie's Garter ( with Wilson Collison ), 1921, starring Hazel Dawn ( filmed in 1927 and 1945 ); The Demi-Virgin, 1921, also starring Hazel Dawn ; The Alarm Clock, 1923 ; The Best People ( with David Gray ), 1924 ( filmed in 1925 and as Fast and Loose in 1930 ), the song-farce Naughty Cinderella, 1925, starring Irene Bordoni and The Garden of Eden in 1927 ( filmed in as 1928 ).

Research indicates these drugs may interact with transcription factors known as " clock genes ", which may play a role in the addictive properties of drugs ( drug abuse ), and possibly in obesity.

The Birth of a Nation ( originally called The Clansman ) is a 1915 silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and based on the novel and play The Clansman, both by Thomas Dixon, Jr. Griffith co-wrote the screenplay ( with Frank E. Woods ), and co-produced the film ( with Harry Aitken ).

Intentional walks are a strategic defensive maneuver, usually done to bypass one hitter for one the defensive team believes is less likely to initiate a run-scoring play ( e. g., a home run, sacrifice fly, or RBI base hit ), or to set up a double play or force out situation for the next batter.

If the defense makes no attempt to put the baserunner out ( for example, if the catcher doesn't even look his way ), the play is scored as defensive indifference ( also called fielder's indifference ), and no stolen base is credited to the runner.

The Western League began play in April 1894 with teams in Detroit ( the only league team that has not moved since ), Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Sioux City and Toledo.

This overhead hitting allows them to play smashes, clears ( hitting the shuttlecock high and to the back of the opponents ' court ), and dropshots ( hitting the shuttlecock so that it falls softly downwards into the opponents ' forecourt ).

The original term he coined was Unics ( for Uniplexed Information and Computing Service, a play on Multics ), which was later changed to Unix.