Word: prometheus
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...peck the long hair of the violoncellist in the orchestra, to the great amusement of the audience and the embarrassment of the worthy man. Herakles drank off the contents of the saucepan in which Peithetairos was cooking, when the latter's back was turned; and Prometheus, hiding Zeus under the sunshade, introduced as much comic "business" as an actor in a screaming farce. These things, and the brilliancy of the spectacle, and the delightful music of Dr. Hubert Parry, secured the present success, but it is improbable that another comedy will be produced in the series of classical revivals which...
...receive cavalry, the front rank crouching close to the ground, wrapped in their wings, the next row standing with their wings stretched out from the shoulders, and those behind extending their wings into the air; in the centre Peithetairos and Basileia, seated, in white wedding garments, with Euelpides, Prometheus, Herakles, Poscidon, and Triballos around them, and the hoopoe at the back spreading his broad yellow wings above them all. As before, Dr. Charles Waldstein, who has just been appointed the director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, at Cambridge, had charge of the stage management and the archaeology of the undertaking...