Word: scene
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...discovery of this papyrus, however, which dates from 50 B. C., twenty poems of 1070 lines have been restored to us. Six of these poems are examples of a species of Greek literature of which there have hitherto been no complete specimens. There are attempts at lyrical scene-painting, without the usual celebration of a victory...
Athalie hitherto ignorant of what was afoot now learns of her danger, but she has all the bravery of Jesezebel her mother, calling her litter she instantly comes in person to the temple. Appalled by the scene she finds there, she can only rend her garments and cry, "Treason, Treason," but no one will come to her assistance, her officers desert her. The High Priest pronounces her fate. She is led out beyond the sacred precincts and there slain...
...scene is in the temple of Jerusalem in the vestibule of the apartment of the grand-priest...
...only possible fault to be found with this edition is that the act and scene is not indicated in the running head of each page, which is somewhat inconvenient...
...single scene represents a vestibule opening into an inner court of the temple at Jerusalem. The back-ground is a semi-circular wall pierced by three heavily curtained doors at its centre. Three low, broad steps lead up to the middle door...