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Word: priestesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...high priestess of Terpsichore," ecstatically crooned the Washington Post, "erected a shrine to the goddess of her choice in the New National Theatre here, and enacted a stirring program of beautiful dances, as varying in moods and caprices as the April day of thunder, lightning, snow and hail outside the theatre walls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Pavlowa | 4/14/1924 | See Source »

...poem "Cassandra" is possibly the most interesting and arresting one in the book. It is the story of the Trojan priestess from a short while before her dedication to Apollo, until the coming of Agamemnon's hosts. The subject and the art are more nearly Greek than anything we have seen attempted in this country for many years. In the contrast between Cassandra's secret love for Corebus and her unwilling surrended to the God, the writer subtly shows the tryanny of those beings whom Homer certainly did not over-much respect. Greek too is the feeling, dimly sensed throughout...

Author: By C. Macv., | Title: THE CRIMSON BOOKSHELF CHRISTMAS 1921 POETRY BURLESQUE HISTORY BIOGRAPHY | 12/16/1921 | See Source »

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