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... lived . At a crossing of three roads he met King Laius of Thebes who arrogantly ordered him to stand aside . A quarrel followed and the high - tempered youth slew the older man , quite ignorant of who he was . Proceeding to Thebes ...
... lived . At a crossing of three roads he met King Laius of Thebes who arrogantly ordered him to stand aside . A quarrel followed and the high - tempered youth slew the older man , quite ignorant of who he was . Proceeding to Thebes ...
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... lived and wrote for the short remainder of his life in Macedonia where , according to legend , he was accidentally torn to pieces by the hunting dogs of his host , King Archelaus . We have more of his work than any of the other ...
... lived and wrote for the short remainder of his life in Macedonia where , according to legend , he was accidentally torn to pieces by the hunting dogs of his host , King Archelaus . We have more of his work than any of the other ...
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... lived on after him . Lope de Rueda , who lived from 1510 to 1565 , nearly a century before Lope de Vega , really founded the Spanish drama though it was the later Lope who established and molded it . Lope de Rueda was at first a gold ...
... lived on after him . Lope de Rueda , who lived from 1510 to 1565 , nearly a century before Lope de Vega , really founded the Spanish drama though it was the later Lope who established and molded it . Lope de Rueda was at first a gold ...
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