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  2. Horatius Cocles - Wikipedia

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    Horatius Cocles, a fanciful 1586 engraving by Hendrick Goltzius.. Publius Horatius Cocles was an officer in the army of the early Roman Republic who famously defended the Pons Sublicius from the invading army of Etruscan King Lars Porsena of Clusium in the late 6th century BC, during the war between Rome and Clusium. [1]

  3. Theatrical superstitions - Wikipedia

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    Actors also avoid even quoting the lines from Macbeth before performances, particularly the Witches' incantations. Outside a theatre and after a performance, the play can be spoken of openly. If an actor speaks the word "Macbeth", or quotes the play, in a theatre other than in performance, they must perform a ritual to remove the curse.

  4. What's done is done - Wikipedia

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    One of the first-recorded uses of this phrase was by the character Lady Macbeth in Act 3, Scene 2 of the tragedy play Macbeth (early 17th century), by the English playwright William Shakespeare, who said: "Things without all remedy Should be without regard: what's done, is done" [2] and "Give me your hand. What's done cannot be undone.

  5. Lays of Ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    The first poem, Horatius, describes how Publius Horatius and two companions, Spurius Larcius and Titus Herminius, hold the Sublician bridge, the only span crossing the Tiber at Rome, against the Etruscan army of Lars Porsena, King of Clusium. The three heroes are willing to die in order to prevent the enemy from crossing the bridge, and sacking ...

  6. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow - Wikipedia

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    "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" is the beginning of the second sentence of one of the most famous soliloquies in William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth. It takes place in the beginning of the fifth scene of Act 5, during the time when the Scottish troops, led by Malcolm and Macduff , are approaching Macbeth 's castle to besiege it.

  7. Pons Sublicius - Wikipedia

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    The legend of Publius Horatius Cocles at the bridge appears in many classical authors, most notably in Livy.. After the overthrow of the Roman monarchy in 509 BC, the exile of the royal family and the king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, and the establishment of the Roman Republic, Tarquinius sought military aid to regain the throne from the Etruscan king of Clusium, Lars Porsena.

  8. Sleepwalking scene - Wikipedia

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    The Sleepwalking Lady Macbeth by Johann Heinrich Füssli, late 18th century. (Musée du Louvre) The sleepwalking scene is a critically celebrated scene from William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth (1606). Carrying a taper (candlestick), Lady Macbeth enters sleepwalking. The Doctor and the Gentlewoman stand aside to observe.

  9. Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/Horatius Cocles

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    File:Horatius Cocles De Romeinse helden (serietitel), RP-P-OB-10.336.jpg is 24Mpx, much better than the nominated version which is 6Mpx. Let's just swap the higher res in the articles and in the nomination, and ping the participants. The nom's closure can be postponed a bit if necessary.