Damon, Pythias, and the Test of Friendship
Damon, Pythias, and the Test of Friendship

Author: Teresa Bateman

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

Published: 2009-03-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 0807593893

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Outside of ancient Syracuse on the island of Sicily, there lived a cruel ruler named Dionysius. He trusted no one. Nearby lived two best friends, Damon and Pythias. One day Pythias spoke out against Dionysius, who quickly ordered his execution, to take place in one month. Pythias wanted to return to his elderly parents to say goodbye and arrange for their care. Dionysius laughed, not trusting that Pythias would return. Damon stood up and offered to take Pythias' place until he returned. The ruler agreed only after stipulating that if Pythias did not come back, Damon would die instead. When the execution day arrived, Pythias had not returned, but Damon still believed that his friend would be there if he could. Just in time, Pythias ran in, offering up his own life for his friend's.

Snow Day in May
Snow Day in May

Author: Christine Evans

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

Published: 2021-03-01

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 0807587435

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Raven is having the worst week ever. Her best friend Belle has just moved away, and tomorrow is Voices of History Day. Raven and Belle were working on their project together, and now Raven has to present alone—in front of the whole class. But when Raven stumbles upon the Wish Library and asks for school to be canceled, she faces a whole new challenge—and finds that just maybe she had the bravery she needed all along.

The Story of Damon and Pythias
The Story of Damon and Pythias

Author: Albert Payson Terhune

Publisher:

Published: 1915

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13:

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Damon and Pythias, both of whom are arrested by the tyrannical Dionysius. Condemned to death, Pythias asks only that he be allowed to head to his home country and say goodbye to his loved ones. Dionysius agrees, but only on condition that Damon remain behind as hostage, to be executed in Pythias' place should the latter not return. Circumstances of an incredible nature prevent Pythias from returning at the appointed time, and tension mounts as the loyal Damon mounts the scaffold in anticipation of death. Just in the nick of time, however, Pythias returns, whereupon Dionysius, profoundly moved by the friends' devotion to one another, releases them both.

Journeys-Sem-1
Journeys-Sem-1

Author: J. Isaac Rajkumar, P. Yesudhas, M. Uma Maheshwari, Jyoti Swaroop, Geeta Oberoi, Vikram Mehta, Dr LC Sharma

Publisher: New Saraswati House India Pvt Ltd

Published:

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 9350419793

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Term book. The ebook version does not contain CD.

The Oxford Handbook of Tudor Drama
The Oxford Handbook of Tudor Drama

Author: Thomas Betteridge

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-07-19

Total Pages: 709

ISBN-13: 019956647X

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This is the first comprehensive study of Tudor drama that sees the long 16th century from the accession of Henry Tudor to the death of Elizabeth as a whole, taking in the numinous drama of the 'Mystery Plays' and the early work of Shakespeare. It is an invaluable account of current scholarship and an introduction to the complexity of Tudor drama.

McKee Rankin and the Heyday of the American Theater
McKee Rankin and the Heyday of the American Theater

Author: David R. Beasley

Publisher: David Beasley

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 541

ISBN-13: 0889203903

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Annotation A retired research librarian chronicles the mercurial career of Canadian-born Rankin (1844-1914), an innovator of the early US theater. Rankin was a leading actor, playwright, and creator of a school of acting in New York and a notable repertory theater in San Francisco. Period photographs show Rankin in his heyday, as well as other actorse.g., the Barrymoreswith whom he was associated. Appendices list his progeny and plays. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Practical Friendship
Practical Friendship

Author: Christian Langkamp

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2021-09-24

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 3754351648

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Practical Friendship brings insights together from ancient and contemporary philosophy, theology, psychology and sociology to identify what good friendship means and how we can live it. Based on the analysis it proposes we adopt a role based view of friendship, that also can be used to analyse loneliness. Based on research and anecdotal evidence the book compiles a range of recommendations on how to maintain our friendships in good repair and how to foster friendship in old age. The book addresses an audience of professionals working to fight loneliness in our society as well as lay people wanting to reflect on how to improve the friendships in their lives. Additional sections are addressed at researchers in sociology and psychology who want to expand their understanding of friendship in order to tune their research to generate insight for loneliness-support.