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...controversial works by Schiller, due to his use of elements from [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] tragedies (which were considered obsolete at the time it was writte ...ay, Schiller attempts to combine antique and modern [[theatre]]. It is set in [[Sicily]], at a time when [[Paganism]] and [[Christianity]] meet, thus aga ...

...rmedio created in 1589, "Combattimento di Apollo col serpente Pitone," and set to music by [[Luca Marenzio]], survives complete.<ref>{{Cite journal |last= ...ie de' Medici]] and [[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]]'s wedding celebrations in 1600.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,23483,20827 ...

| hq_location_country = [[Greece]] }}{{Music of Greece}} ...

...felici'' (1695). The story, set in [[Ancient Greece]] at the time of the [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympic Games]], is about amorous rivalry and characters' tak ...y subsequently have prompted Metastasio's ''[[La Nitteti]]'', a twin drama in several respects. ...

...the libretto (which is in Italian) being derived from the book ''La Caccia in Etolia'' by Belisario Valeriani. The identity of the [[libretto|librettist] ...dience, and the opera and fireworks display were revived a number of times in the year of its first performance. ...

| image = Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of 13 in Verona, 1770.jpg ...hoses]]''. Interpreting this work, [[Rufinus Widl]] wrote the [[libretto]] in Latin. ...

{{short description|Defensive settlement of an ancient Greek city built on high ground}} {{for-multi|the acropolis in Athens|Acropolis of Athens|other uses}} ...

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| caption = The burning of Corinth: set design for the finale of the 1826 premiere ...s original French version '''''Le siège de Corinthe'''''), is an [[opera]] in three acts by [[Gioachino Rossini]]). ...

{{Short description|Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides}} | chorus = [[Greece|Greek]] Slave Women ...

{{short description|In Greek mythology, the god of festivity and son of Dionysus}} ...later [[Classical antiquity|antiquity]]. During his festivals in [[Ancient Greece]], men and women exchanged clothes. He was depicted as a young man on the p ...

...a]]s, and brought about the beginning of the [[Baroque music|Baroque]] era in music. ...him Thibault de Courville]]. Poet [[Pierre de Ronsard]] was also involved in the group. ...

{{Short description|Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides}} {{for multi|the adaptation by Goethe|Iphigenia in Tauris (Goethe)|the operatic adaptation by Christoph Willibald Gluck|Iphigé ...

| birth_place = [[Athens]], [[Kingdom of Greece]] ...ion = Writer, painter, musician, journalist, essayist, playwright, set designer, composer ...

..., a text previously set by [[Nicola Porpora]] in 1727 and [[Leonardo Leo]] in 1729. ...eatre|King's Theatre]] in [[London]] on 26 January 1734 and then presented in a revised version with dances added for [[Marie Sallé]] at [[Covent Garden ...

...1627–1698) that was set by [[Francesco Cavalli]] in 1654. The opera is set in [[Persian Empire|Persia]] (modern-day Iran) about 470 BC and is very loosel ..., and is often known as Handel's "Largo" (despite being marked "larghetto" in the score). ...

...r of the city of [[Dardanus (city)|Dardanus]] at the foot of [[Mount Ida]] in the [[Troad]]. ...entually moving to [[Anatolia|Asia Minor]] due to the land's poor quality. In Virgil's ''[[Aeneid]]'', Dardanus is said to have originally come from Ital ...

{{Infobox play | name = Iphigenia in Aulis | chorus = [[Greece|Greek]] Women of [[Chalcis]]. ...

{{Short description|Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides}} | caption = [[Alcestis]] and [[Admetus]]<br />[[Roman Empire|Ancient Roman]] fresco (45–79 AD) ...

...description|Period of four years associated with the Olympic Games of the Ancient Greeks}} ...a, Greece (51223830819).jpg | thumb | 300px |Stadium at ancient [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]]]] ...