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Despite his alleged cruelties, Phalaris gained in medieval times a certain literary fame as the supposed author of an epistolary corpus. [5] In 1699, Richard Bentley published an influential Dissertation on the Epistles of Phalaris, in which he proved that the epistles were misattributed and had actually been written around the 2nd century AD.
In 1697, William Wotton, about to bring out a second edition of his Ancient and Modern Learning, asked Bentley to write out a paper exposing the spuriousness of the Epistles of Phalaris, long a subject of academic controversy. [4] The Christ Church editor of Phalaris, Charles Boyle, resented Bentley's paper. He had already quarrelled with ...
Shakespeare Apocrypha; Title Year written First publications Performances Authorship notes Sir Thomas More: The passages ascribed to Hand D "are now generally accepted as the work of Shakespeare." However, the identification remains debatable. Cardenio (lost) Cardenio was apparently co-written with John Fletcher. [45]
"Shakespeare" reads about a Jesuit plot to kill the King! From the Bibliotheca Fictiva Collection, nr. 4200972. The Bibliotheca Fictiva Collection of Literary and Historical Forgery is the premier library collection in the world that is dedicated entirely to the subject of textual fakery and imposture.
Phalaris I Phalaris 1: A paradoxical defence of the notorious tyrant Phalaris. Φάλαρις Β Phalaris II Phalaris 2: The second part of the above. Ἱππίας ἢ Βαλανεῖον Hippias Hippias or The Bath: A description of a Roman bath-house. Διόνυσος Bacchus Dionysus: A short essay about the god Dionysus and his journey to ...
Aristolochus (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστόλοχος) was a tragic poet who is mentioned only in the collection of the Epistles formerly attributed to Phalaris, the tyrant of Akragas, where the tyrant is made to speak of him with indignation for venturing to compete with him in writing tragedies.
The story was a popular one for dramatists in the early 17th century and Shakespeare may have been inspired by contemporary plays. Thomas Heywood's two-part play The Iron Age also depicts the Trojan War and the story of Troilus and Cressida, but it is not certain whether his or Shakespeare's play was written first. [18]
Written by Shakespeare c. 1589, revised 1593–1594. [56] Omitted from Folio because anti-Scottish. [56] The First Part of the Contention: Written by Shakespeare c. 1589–1590. [57] Rewritten as Henry VI, Part 2 for Folio. Thomas of Woodstock, or The first Part of the Reign of King Richard II: Written by Shakespeare c. 1590. [58] [59] Unpublished.