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The Areopagus sermon refers to a sermon delivered by Apostle Paul in Athens, at the Areopagus, and recounted in Acts 17:16–34. [1] [2] The Areopagus sermon is the most dramatic and most fully-reported speech of the missionary career of Saint Paul and followed a shorter address in Lystra recorded in Acts 14:15–17. [3]
The work never mentions Finland and Russia directly, but the song was interpreted to replace Athens with Finland and Persia with Russia. [2] The work was the one of three published under the title 3 songs for chorus, Op. 31. Each song, however, has a different purpose and instrumentation. [1] [2]
"Song for Athene", which has a performance time of about seven minutes, is an elegy consisting of the Hebrew word alleluia ("let us praise the Lord") sung monophonically six times as an introduction to texts excerpted and modified from the funeral service of the Eastern Orthodox Church and from Shakespeare's Hamlet (probably 1599–1601). [4]
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Ultimately, the song restates Bowie's interest in how man relates with God. Bowie played a drum and bass version of the song during his 1997 Earthling Tour , and a live version recorded at Paradiso, Holland 10 June 1997 was released as a single under the name Tao Jones Index , a very limited edition only available on 12" vinyl.
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[1] [2] When Athens sent an armada to conquer Sicily in 415, Hermocrates called for expanding the anti-Athens coalition, and sent ambassadors to Sparta, Corinth, Carthage, and Italy seeking allies. [3] The Athenians were able to establish a base at Catana, and had defeated the Syracusans at the river Anapus. Hermocrates called for extending his ...
NBC/Getty (2) Christopher Walken and Dave Grohl on 'Saturday Night Live' in 2003 Ladies and gentlemen: footage of a critical moment of Saturday Night Live history just dropped.