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Life and Antony
Arguably his most read work is his biography of Anthony the Great entitled Vita Antonii, or Life of Antony.
He had a Latin translation by Evagrius of Athanasius's Life of Antony, and a copy of Sulpicius Severus ' Life of St. Martin.
** Plutarch's Parallel Lives: " Life of Antony " – Loeb Classical Library edition, 1920
It is a document of remarkable significance for understanding the complexities of the role of early monastics, both in society and in the church ; it is also remarkable for presenting a model of ascetic authority which runs strongly against Athanasius's Life of Antony.
* Kamm, Antony, and Malcolm Baird, John Logie Baird: A Life.
In his Life of Antony, Plutarch remarks that " judging by the proofs which she had had before this of the effect of her beauty upon Caius Caesar and Gnaeus the son of Pompey, she had hopes that she would more easily bring Antony to her feet.
The principal source for the story is Plutarch's " Life of Mark Antony " from Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Compared Together, in the translation made by Sir Thomas North in 1579.
* Antony Chessell, ' The Life and Times of Abraham Hayward, Q. C., Victorian Essayist ', Lulu Publishing, 2009
Suetonius in Chapter 68 of his Life of Augustus writes that Lucius Antonius, the brother of Mark Antony accused the Emperor Augustus for having " given himself to Aulus Hirtius in Spain for three hundred thousand sesterces.
* Athanasius-The Life of Antony ( c. 360 )
She joined with chef Antony Worrall Thompson in May 2008 for the recipe book “ The Sweet Life ”, in which she contributed some recipes.
* Plutarch, Life of Antony, Chapter 54
In Suetonius ' Life of Nero, we read that the emperor Nero's grandfather, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, whose wife was Antonia Major, daughter of Mark Antony, " was haughty, extravagant, and cruel, and when he was only an aedile, forced the censor Lucius Plancus to make way for him on the street ": the story seems to hint at the poor reputation Plancus held after his censorship.
* The Life of Saint Antony by St. Athanasius
In 1953 an episode of Life Is Worth Living consisted of a reading of the burial scene from Julius Caesar, with Sheen substituting the names of Stalin, Beria, Malenkov and Vyshinsky for Caesar, Cassius, Marc Antony and Brutus.
* Arthur Weigall, The Life and Times of Marc Antony, Garden City Publishing Company.
The ensemble performed for the first time as " Antony and the Johnsons " at The Kitchen as part of William Basinski's installation " Life on Mars " in 1997.
Life and Plutarch
Battle formations as described by Plutarch in his Life of Caesar c. 44
In an account by Plutarch, the catastrophic failure of the Sicilian expedition led Athenians to trade renditions of Euripides's lyrics to their enemies in return for food and drink ( Life of Nicias 29 ).
Plutarch is the source also for the story that the victorious Spartan generals, having planned the demolition of Athens and the enslavement of its people, grew merciful after being entertained at a banquet by lyrics from Euripides's play Electra: " they felt that it would be a barbarous act to annihilate a city which produced such men " ( Life of Lysander )
* Life of Otho ( Plutarch ; English translation )
It is based primarily upon the Life of Themistocles and Life of Aristides from Plutarch.
" ( Plutarch, Life of Cimon, quoted Burkert 1985, p. 206 ).
* ( Theoi Project ) Plutarch: Life of Theseus
In his Life of Caesar, Plutarch renders the name as Vergentorix.
* Plutarch, Life of Caesar 25-27
* Plutarch, The Parallel Lives, The Life of Julius Caesar
* Plutarch: Life of Alexander
Every autumn, according to Plutarch ( Life of Lycurgus, 28, 3 – 7 ), the Spartan ephors would pro forma declare war on the helot population so that any Spartan citizen could kill a helot without fear of blood or guilt ( crypteia ).
Plutarch in his " Life of Julius Caesar " gives a vivid description of how she entered past Ptolemy ’ s guards rolled up in a carpet that Apollodorus the Sicilian was carrying.
* Doppelleben ( 1950 ); autobiography translated as Double Life ( edited, translated, and with a preface by Simona Draghici, Plutarch Press, 2002, ISBN 0-943045-19-3 ).
* Ian Scott-Kilvert, notes to Life of Tiberius Gracchus by Plutarch ; Penguin Classics
Plutarch, in his Life of the Roman general Aemilius Paulus, records that the victor over Macedon, when he beheld the statue, “ was moved to his soul, as if he had seen the god in person ,” while the 1st century AD Greek orator Dio Chrysostom declared that a single glimpse of the statue would make a man forget all his earthly troubles.
* Plutarch: The Life of Brutus
In his Life of Sertorius cited above, Plutarch recounts what he says to be a local myth, according to which Heracles consorted with Tinge after the death of Antaeus and had by her a son Sophax, who named a city in North Africa Tingis after his mother.
* Plutarch, Life of Pyrrhus, 1 ( 75 AD )
The only reward he would accept was a branch of the sacred olive, and a promise of perpetual friendship between Athens and Cnossus ( Plutarch, Life of Solon, 12 ; Aristotle, Ath.
Marius relaxed the recruitment policies by removing the necessity to own land, and allowed all Roman citizens entry, regardless of social class ( Plutarch, The Life of Marius ).
In his Life of Marius, Plutarch writes that Marius's return to power was a particularly brutal and bloody one, saying that the consul's " anger increased day by day and thirsted for blood, kept on killing all whom he held in any suspicion whatsoever.
Penia was also mentioned by other ancient Greek writers such as Alcaeus ( Fragment 364 ), Theognis ( Fragment 1 ; 267, 351, 649 ), Aristophanes ( Plutus, 414ff ), Herodotus, Plutarch ( Life of Themistocles ), and Philostratus ( Life of Appollonius ).
Life and claims
Eusebius claims, in his Life of Constantine, that the site of the Church had originally been a Christian place of veneration, but that Hadrian had deliberately covered these Christian sites with earth, and built his own temple on top, due to his hatred for Christianity.
S. T. Joshi concludes in his biography, H. P. Lovecraft: A Life, that Derleth's claims are " almost certainly fictitious " and that most of Lovecraft's works published in the amateur press are most likely now in the public domain.
Asser in his Life of Alfred claims that Alfred's mother, Osburga, was descended from the Jutes of the Isle of Wight, whom he identifies with the Goths.
The Bondi Surf Bathers Life Saving Club also claims to be the “ world ’ s first life saving club ”.
The title of a Life magazine article in 1964 asked, “ Is He the Worst Artist in the U. S .?” Lichtenstein responded to such claims by offering responses such as the following: " The closer my work is to the original, the more threatening and critical the content.
The 12th-century Life of Gildas claims that Gildas had in fact written extensively about Arthur, but then angrily excised him from the text after Arthur killed his brother, Huail.
Eusebius's Life of Constantine claims that Constantius was himself a Christian, although he pretended to be a pagan, and while Caesar under Diocletian, took no part in the Emperor's persecutions.
The Life of Saint Edward claims that while Godwin was in exile Robert tried to persuade King Edward to divorce Edith, Godwin's daughter, but Edward refused and instead she was sent to a nunnery.
In an autobiography entitled Life Plus 99 Years, Leopold referred to Day's claims that Loeb had attempted to sexually assault him as ridiculous and laughable.
Despite Zawinul and Shorter's claims, Sportin ' Life was in effect the last proper Weather Report record, as both were finding that the refreshing nature of other projects was more satisfying and generally felt that the band had run its course.
In 1966, when Däniken was writing his first book, scientists Carl Sagan and I. S. Shklovskii, wrote about the possibility of paleocontact and extraterrestrial visitation claims in one chapter of their book Intelligent Life in the Universe, giving some scientific legitimacy to the idea.
* In Lita Grey's book, My Life With Chaplin, she claims that Charlie Chaplin " whispered references to some of Fanny Hill's episodes " to arouse her before making love.
The essence of his reputation are claims that he succeeded at the two magical goals of alchemy: that he made the Philosopher's Stone, which turns dung into gold and ordinary stones into precious gems, and that he and his wife Perenelle achieved immortality through the " Elixir of Life ".
Dr William McKelvie revived Bruce's claims in Lochleven and Other Poems, by Michael Bruce, with a Life of the Author from Original Sources ( 1837 ).
In his book Crime at Mayerling, The Life and Death of Mary Vetsera, Georg Markus claims that what happened at Mayerling was never seriously investigated, and the few investigations that were made were falsified – manipulated by the monarchy.
The following claims were originally derived from Stewart's " History of the Detection, Conviction, Life, and Designs of John A. Murel ...." ( see above ):
This " weapon ," a black hedgehog named Shadow who claims that he is the " Ultimate Life Form ," offers to help Eggman take over the world, telling the scientist to rendezvous with him at the abandoned Space Colony ARK with more Chaos Emeralds.
" A secret internal investigation was held following repeated claims by a whistleblower that the stress test data was " doctored " and " dressed up " to ensure that Bank of Ireland, Allied Irish Banks and Irish Life & Permanent passed, but the investigation found there was no reason for concern.
Wilson had previously made similar claims about Attenborough's previous series, The Trials of Life, regarding the filming of the Malleefowl, and had been forced to retract those as well.
Life on Ceti Alpha V will not be easy, but Khan, impressed with the idea, claims he is up to the challenge and accepts Kirk's offer.
In 2006, New Paltz became embroiled in a controversy involving three Student Government officers, who were suspended from the University for a year after an altercation with the Residence Life Director, although a video showed some claims may have been erroneous.
In his autobiography, " On the Run: The Never Dull and Often Shocking Life of Maury Wills ," Wills claims to have had a love affair with actress Doris Day as noted.
In Godard's film, Contempt, the character played by Michel Piccoli claims to have written Ray's Bigger Than Life and in La Chinoise, a young Maoist defends the politics of Johnny Guitar to his anti-American colleagues.
Rydén is known for her writings entitled " True Life in God ", a compilation of nearly 2000 messages she claims to have received from God.
( The Anglo-Bengalee Disinterested Loan and Life Assurance Company is in essence a classic Ponzi scheme — founded before Charles Ponzi was born — which paid off early policyholders ' claims with premiums from more recent policyholders.
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