What classical writer told the story of Jason and the Argonauts?
The most complete treatment is the Argonautica by third-century poet Apollonius of Rhodes.
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What works earned Edith Wharton her Pulitzer prizes?
The first woman to receive the award twice, Edith Wharton was awarded the Pulitzer in Literature in 1920 for The Age of Innocence and in Drama in 1935 for The Old Maid.
What year is described in Daniel Defoe’s Journal of the Plague rear?
The book describes the epidemic of bubonic plague that ravaged England in 1665. Defoe’s fictionalized account was published in 1722. Defoe himself was only five years old when the plague hit London.
In the Old English poem Beowulf (eighth cent.), what nation did Beowulf come from?
In the Old English poem Beowulf (eighth cent.), Beowulf came from The Geats, a Scandinavian people.
Which brother does Antigone bury against King Creon’s will in Sophocles’ Antigone (441 B.C.)?
Antigone’s two brothers are Eteocles and Polyneices. Both are dead when the play opens, but Creon forbids the burial of Polyneices, who had rebelled against Creon’s rule. Antigone gives him a token burial anyway. Antigone also has a sister, Ismene.
When was Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida written?
Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida was first performed around 1602 and first published in 1609.