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La Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea (The Fable of Polyphemus and Galatea), or simply the Polifemo, is a literary work written by Spanish poet Luis de Góngora y Argote.The poem, though borrowing heavily from prior literary sources of Greek and Roman Antiquity, attempts to go beyond the established versions of the myth by reconfiguring the narrative structure handed down by Ovid.
In 1991, the Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana released their fifth album, V, which opened with the song titled Love Song.The song is the first stanza of Pois naci nunca vi Amor, a cantiga de amor written by Nuno Fernandes Torneol in the 13th century which tells the story of the character who since was born never saw love, but have heard about "him" and knows "he" wants to kill him.
Additionally, the second album of the renowned Chilean series 31 Minutos is titled 31 canciones de amor y una canción de Guaripolo ("31 Love Songs and a Guaripolo Song"), making reference to the title of Neruda's book. Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair remains Neruda's most well-known work and has sold millions of copies worldwide. [3]
Georgios Gemistos Plethon was born in Constantinople in 1355/1360. [11] Raised in a family of well-educated Orthodox Christians, [12] he studied in Constantinople and Adrianople, before returning to Constantinople and establishing himself as a teacher of philosophy. [13]
Lorenzo de' Medici was the patron of both Botticelli and Ficino, and extant letters suggest Ficino may have been consulted about the subjects of Botticelli's paintings. Though almost all of Plato's dialogues were unavailable in Western Europe during the Middle Ages, Neo-Platonism and its allegorical philosophy became well-known through various ...
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency - whose mission is to help people before, during and after disasters - fired an employee who advised her survivor assistance team in Florida to not go ...
Thirty years after its short but memorable run on ABC, it is widely regarded as a miraculous one-season wonder that captures the era's competing strains of irony and earnestness.
The Love Embrace of the Universe, the Earth (Mexico), Myself, Diego, and Señor Xolotl is a 1949 painting by Frida Kahlo.Created in Mexico, the 70 cm x 60.5 cm painting was painted with oil on Masonite.