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The capacity for offering protection or guardianship was a basic function of deity, expressed by formulations such as Tutela Iovis, "the tutelage of Jove". [5] Major deities such as Jupiter, Minerva, and Mars were conceived of as tutelaries. [6] The phrase in tutela expressed the sphere of influence exercised by a deity.
Femme (/ f ɛ m /; [1] French:, literally meaning ' woman ') is a term traditionally used to describe a lesbian woman who exhibits a feminine identity or gender presentation. [2] [3] While commonly viewed as a lesbian term, alternate meanings of the word also exist with some non-lesbian individuals using the word, [4] notably some gay men and ...
[1] [2] In Rowe's play, Lothario is a libertine who seduces and betrays Calista; and his success is the source for the proverbial nature of the name in the subsequent English culture. [3] The Fair Penitent itself was an adaptation of The Fatal Dowry (1632), a play by Philip Massinger and Nathan Field . [ 4 ]
The name, in Floris and Blanchefleur, is a reference to Easter Sunday: both Floris and Blanchefleur are born on that day, named Paskes Flourie (or "flowering Easter") and associated with the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.
Madame X (original title La Femme X) is a 1908 play by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848–1912). It was novelized in English and adapted for the American stage; it was also adapted for the screen sixteen times over sixty-five years, including versions in Tagalog, Greek, Arabic, Greek, and Spanish as well as English. [ 1 ]
"The Adulterous Woman" (French: La femme adultère) is a short story written in 1957. It is the first short story published in the volume Exile and the Kingdom by Albert Camus . Characters
Cherchez la femme (French: [ʃɛʁʃe la fam]) is a French phrase which literally means 'look for the woman'. It is a cliche in detective fiction , used to suggest that a mystery can be resolved by identifying a femme fatale or female love interest.
The ideas involved in the Femme Maison paintings were also translated into sculptural forms, in a range of abstraction and figuration using steel and fabric as well as marble, up through 2001. The sculpture titled Femme Maison (2001) is encased in a metal framed glass box called a "cell." In one sense, the cell encases and protects the artwork ...