Word: grecian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Macedon at the time of Philip's accession was a small piece of the Grecian peninsula where it attaches to Europe proper, in the northwest corner of the Aegean Sea. When Philip was assassinated it had tripled its size, included Paeonia, the coast of Thrace down to the Hellespont, the islands of Samothrace and Lemnos, and a chunk of Thessaly. The people of Macedon were peasants, of purer Nordic blood than the Athenians, Greek in language, and very nearly Greek in sympathies...
...famed portrait of Benjamin Franklin, now the property of Mrs. Arthur Lehman, and Benjamin West's unfinished group of the signing of the Treaty of Peace with England in 1783 from the Morgan LIbrary. Interesting because the subject is so seldom seen was a portrait of Grecian-nosed Theodosia Burr by John Vanderlyn. Beloved only child of Aaron Burr, she was her father's companion and housekeeper for years, married Governor Alston of South Carolina, and in 1812 disappeared mysteriously at sea on her way from Charleston to New York. For years, embittered Aaron Burr used to haunt...
Hauling out the other Grecian mask, the University gives "Godfrey" a very gium companion by the name of "A Son Comes Home." It is mildly interesting to see Wallace Ford, a reporter, catch the villain of the piece, after having summed up the case as a matter of writing to every port in the country and saying. "If you see a man, stop him." It is also interesting to see that Mary Boland is a highly talented tragedienne, and she it is who puts the pathos in a mother's sacrificing her wicked son. But somehow one can't help...
Athens Olympia Cafe--In the heart of the theatre district. You will enjoy a change of menu--something different in delicious food cooked in Grecian style...
...modern movement began as a revolt against the conventional prettiness of the oldtime classical ballet. Isadora Duncan fought for freedom, seemed revolutionary when she appeared in soft Grecian costumes rather than stiffly-starched tarlatan, interpreted music according to her own personal reaction. The great Isadora had an influence on the Russian Choreographer Michel Fokine who did most to emancipate the ballet from its rigid routine, its stiff, old-fashioned patterns. But the classical technique persists, still holds claim to first importance wherever ballet is given...