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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ADOLF WILBRANDT THE MASTER OF PALMYRA A Dramatic Poem In Five Acts DRAMATIS PERSONS Apelles, the Master of Palmyra LoNui.Nrs, his friend Pausanias, the Lord of Death, a symbolic figure Publius Saturninus, a Roman general Timolaus -j Julius Aurelius Vahballat (.Jfoble citizens of Palmyra Septimius Malku J Jamblicus, son of Longinus Hebenma.nus, leader of the Christian community in Palmyra Ntmphab, grandson of Apelles Sarbaeus, an insurgent against the Christian rule Aorifpa, a Christian, citizen of Palmyra, son of Jarchai Maeonius, an old man First Citizen or Palmyra The Foist Citizen is afterward known at Second Citizen Of I'almyba / Jaechai Slate Of Apelles An Old Man A Blind Man A Voice Bolana, mother of Apelles Zoe, a Christian enthusiast Phoebe, a Roman girl Persida, sister of Herennianus Tbyphena, daughter of Persida Zenobia, a prophetess Slave Of Bolana A Woman Priests, soldiers, people of all classes, male and female slaves Place: In or near Palmyra. Time of the Roman Empire before and after, Constantine. THE MASTER OF PALMYRA (1889) TRANSLATED BY CHARLES WHARTON STORK, PH.D. Instructor in English, University of Pennsylvania. ACT I In the desert near Palmyra. Complete desolation; low yellow cliffs shut in the background and make a sort of cave, before which a rough slab of rock is arranged as a resting-place. Scene I Zoe enters left, in simple white costume, a veil or kerchief round her face. She walks languidly as if exhausted. Looks dully about. Zoe. I've lost my way.? No tree, no spring; naught But dreary solitude. My limbs are faint, And with the burning glare of yellow sand And steely heavens mine eyes grow dim; nor yet Do I behold Palmyra.?...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217545020 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217545025 |
| Weight | 1.19 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.82 In |
| List Price | $23.46 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 366 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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