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Xanthippe (/ zænˈθɪpi /; Greek: Ξανθίππη [ksantʰíppɛː]; fl. 5th–4th century BCE) was an ancient Athenian, the wife of Socrates and mother of their three sons: Lamprocles, Sophroniscus, and Menexenus. She was likely much younger than Socrates, perhaps by as much as 40 years. [1] In Xenophon 's Symposium, she is described by ...
help. " La Marseillaise " [a] is the national anthem of France. The song was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by France against Austria, and was originally titled " Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin " [b] ("War Song for the Army of the Rhine "). The French National Convention ...
help. " Le Chant des Girondins " ('The Chant of the Girondins') was the national anthem of the French Second Republic, written for the drama Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge by the writer Alexandre Dumas with Auguste Maquet. The lines of the refrain were borrowed from "Roland à Roncevaux", a song written in Strasbourg by Claude-Joseph Rouget de ...
The thieves and the ass (Les voleurs et l’âne, I.13) The torrent and the river (Le torrent et la rivière, VIII.23) The Stag and the Vine (Le cerf et la vigne, V.15) The sun and the frogs (Le soleil et les grenouilles, VI.12, XII.24) The swan and the cook (Le cygne et le cuisinier, III.12) The Tortoise and the Birds (La tortue et les deux ...
lit. "stamp"; a distinctive quality; quality, prestige. café. a coffee shop (also used in French for "coffee"). Café au lait. café au lait. coffee with milk; or a light-brown color. In medicine, it is also used to describe a birthmark that is of a light-brown color (café au lait spot). calque. a copied term/thing.
French. Premiere. 21 March 1925. (1925-03-21) Monte Carlo Opera. L'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties (The Child and the Spells: A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts) is an opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Colette. It is Ravel's second opera, his first being L'heure espagnole.
156 Xanthippe is a dark background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 120 kilometers (75 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 22 November 1875, by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa at the Austrian Naval Observatory, in what is now Croatia. [1] It is named after Xanthippe, the wife of the Greek philosopher ...
Il est né, le divin Enfant. Performed by the US Army Band Chorus in a bilingual French-and-English version. Problems playing this file? See media help. " Il est né, le divin Enfant " (English: He is born, the divine Child) is a traditional French Christmas carol.