[in Just-]
BY E. E. CUMMINGS
in Just-
spring
when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman
whistles
far and wee
and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring
when the world is puddle-wonderful
the queer
old balloonman whistles
far
and wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing
from hop-scotch and jump-rope and
it's
spring
and
the
goat-footed
balloonMan
whistles
far
and
wee
Herodotus
Herodotus was a Greek historian
who was born in Halicarnassus in the Persian
Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey) and lived in the fifth century BC (c. 484–c.
425 BC), a contemporary of Socrates. He is widely referred to as
"The Father of
History" (first conferred by Cicero); he was the first historian known to have broken from Homeric tradition
to treat historical subjects as a method of investigation—specifically,
by collecting his materials systematically and critically, and then arranging
them into a historiographic narrative. The Histories is the
only work which he is known to have produced, a record of his "inquiry" on the origins of the Greco-Persian
Wars, including a wealth of geographical and ethnographical information. Some
of his stories were fanciful and others inaccurate; yet he states that he was
reporting only what was told to him and was often correct in his information.
Despite Herodotus' historical significance, little is
known of his personal history.
Up (2009 film)
Up is a 2009 American 3D computer-animated comedy-drama adventure
film produced by Pixar Animation
Studios and released by Walt Disney
Pictures. Directed by Pete Docter, the film centers on an elderly
widower named Carl Fredricksen (Ed Asner) and an earnest
young "Wilderness Explorer" (a fictional youth group similar to the
Boy Scouts) named Russell (Jordan Nagai). By tying thousands of balloons to his
home, 78-year-old Carl sets out to fulfill his dream to see the wilds of South
America and complete a promise made to his late wife, Ellie. The film was
co-directed by Bob Peterson, with music composed by Michael Giacchino.
Greek Theater
Greek theatre or Greek Drama is a
theatrical tradition that flourished in ancient Greece between c. 600
and c. 200 BC. The polis of Athens, the political and military power
in Greece during this period, was the epicenter of ancient Greek theatre. Athenian tragedy, comedy, and satyr
plays were some of the earliest theatrical forms to emerge in the world. Greek
theatre and plays have had a lasting impact on Western drama and culture.
Samson Agonistes
Samson Agonistes is a tragic closet drama by John Milton. It
appeared with the publication of Milton's Paradise Regain'd in 1671,
as the title page of that volume states: "Paradise Regained / A Poem / In
IV Books / To Which Is Added / Samson Agonistes". It is generally thought
that Samson Agonistes was begun around the
same time as Paradise Regained but was completed after the
larger work, possibly very close to the date of publishing, but there is no
agreement on this.
