Thessaly Thessalian
Midsummer’s night dream.?
I have to do list’s for misdsummer’s night dream, but I don’t really understand the language so it is hard for me:(
I do know that there is one list where he describes his hounds that goes like this ..
Theseus. My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind,
So flew’d, so sanded, and their heads are hung
With ears that sweep away the morning dew;
Crook-knee’d and dew-lap’d, like Thessalian bulls,
Slow in pursuit, but matched in mouth like bells,
Each under each. A cry more tuneable
Was never halloo’d to, nor cheer’d with hom,
In Crete, in Sparta, nor in Thessaly: Judge when you hear.
But I can’t find anymore please help!
Spartans, Cretans, and Thessalians were the warrior tribes of Greece. The first line describes the dogs as vicious, and well built.
Flew’d is a way of saying they ran very fast, and the ears were swept back, as dogs do when they run.
mouth like bells, as the tongue and a open dog mouth looks like a bell.
The dogs Halloo’d is them howling as they chase, and cheer’d is to be adorned. Bulls have horns, these dog had heads like bull with out horns.
Sounds to me like Shakespear is describing Bulldogs.
Thessalian Costumes of Karditsa & Trikala
|
|
Thessalian League, Thessaly, Greece, c. 196 – 27 B.C.; Bronze AE 20 Thessalian League, Thessaly, Greece, c. 196 – 27 B.C.; Bronze AE 20; references: cf. SGCV I 2237; F; 8.512 g, maximum diameter 20.1 mm, die axis 45 degrees, Thessaly mint, obverse laureate head of Apollo right; reverse QESSA-LWN, Athena Itonia advancing right, wielding spear in right, shield in left; Athena Itonia was not only a war goddess, but a goddess of the arts of peace, especially poetry, w… |
|
|
Thessalian League, Thessaly, Greece, c. 196 – 27 B.C.; Bronze AE 20 Thessalian League, Thessaly, Greece, c. 196 – 27 B.C.; Bronze AE 20; references: SNG Cop 315; aVF; 7.623 g, maximum diameter 20.3 mm, die axis 30 degrees, Thessaly mint, obverse laureate head of Apollo right; reverse QESSALWN, Athena Itonia advancing right, holding shield and wielding spear; magistrate name IPP-OLO above; nice jade patina (Forum #29237)… |
|
|
The Sandman Presents: Thessaly – Witch for Hire $9.89 … |