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Chrysa Ropa
Chrysa may refer to: * Chrysa (Xanthi), a quarter of Xanthi, Greece * Chrysa Spiliotis (1956–2018), Greek stage and television actress, playwright and radio presenter * Chrysa, a character in '' Néron'', a grand opera by Anton Rubinstein that premiered in 1879 See also * Chryssa (1933-2013), Greek-American artist * Dittaino (Latin: Chrysas), a river in Sicily * Battle of Chrysas, fought in 392 BC near the river * Chryse (placename), any of the ancient places also called Chryse {{disambig, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysa (Xanthi)
Chrysa ( el, Χρύσα) is the western quarter of the town Xanthi, in northern Greece. It was originally built as a settlement for refugees after the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) The Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, ota, گرب جابهاسی, Garb Cebhesi) in Turkey, and the Asia Minor Campaign ( el, Μικρασιατική Εκστρατεία, Mikrasiatikí Ekstrateía) or the Asia Minor Catastrophe ( el, Μικ .... Populated places in Xanthi (regional unit) Xanthi {{EMacedoniaThrace-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysa Spiliotis
Chrysa Spiliotis (also Chrisa Spilioti; el, Χρυσή (Χρύσα) Σπηλιώτη; 12 January 1956 – 23 July 2018) was a Greek stage and television actress, playwright and radio presenter. Early life Spiliotis was born and grew up in Filothei in present-day Greater Athens. She spent part of her childhood on the Greek island of Evia. Spiliotis attended the National Theatre of Greece Drama School, and after graduating, studied improvisation in France. Career In 1996 she began writing plays. More than ten of her works have been translated into several foreign languages and have been performed in theaters in Greece and abroad (including New York, London, Croatia, and the Netherlands). Her plays include ''Who discovered America?'', ''Scottish shower'', ''Aga-shu and fi'', ''With a difference of breast'', ''Fire and water'', ''Who Sleeps Tonight?'' and ''The Eye of the Tiger''. She directed some theatrical performances of her plays. Spiliotis taught playwriting at the Thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Néron (opera)
''Néron'' (''Nero''), is a grand opera in four acts by Anton Rubinstein to a libretto by Jules Barbier, loosely based on the story of the Roman Emperor Nero. Background ''Néron'' has a complex history. It was originally commissioned from the composer by the director of the Paris Opéra, Émile Perrin, in the 1860s. However the opera was never to be performed there. Rubinstein only got around to composing the score in 1875/6. The opera's premiere, in a German translation, was at the Stadttheater am Dammtor in Hamburg on 1 October 1879. The title role was sung by the Heldentenor Hermann Winkelmann, who later achieved prominence as the creator of the title role in Wagner's ''Parsifal''. Its premiere in Russia, on at the Mariinsky Theatre, was in Italian. The first performance of the opera in its original French libretto was at Rouen on 14 February 1894. Roles Synopsis Circo di Corinto, set design for Nerone act 1 scene 1 (1877). Rome, about 60 AD. Act I The house of the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chryssa
Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali ( el, Χρύσα Βαρδέα-Μαυρομιχάλη; December 31, 1933 – December 23, 2013) was a Greek American artist who worked in a wide variety of media. An American art pioneer in light art and luminist sculpture, known for her neon, steel, aluminum and acrylic glass installations, she always used the mononym Chryssa professionally. She worked from the mid-1950s in New York City studios and worked since 1992 in the studio she established in Neos Kosmos, Athens, Greece. Biography Chryssa was born in Athens into the famous Mavromichalis family from the Mani Peninsula. Her family, while not rich, was educated and cultured; one of her sisters, who studied medicine, was a friend of the poet and novelist Nikos Kazantzakis. Chryssa began painting during her teenage years and also studied to be a social worker. In 1953, on the advice of a Greek art critic, her family sent her to Paris to study at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière where Andr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dittaino
The Dittaino (Greek: ; Latin: Chrysas) is a river of central Sicily which rises in the Heraean Mountains, not far from the modern towns of Gangi and Enna. It is long. After flowing through the territory of Assorus, where its tutelary divinity was worshipped with peculiar honors during the Greek civilization, and afterwards through that of Agyrium, it joins the Simeto in the plain of Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ..., about from its mouth. Hydronym The modern name is the Sicilian version of Arab vocable ''Wādī al-tīn'', namely "The River of Sandstone". References * Rivers of Italy Rivers of Sicily Rivers of the Province of Enna Rivers of the Province of Catania {{Italy-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Chrysas
The Battle of Chrysas was a battle fought in 392 BC in the course of the Sicilian Wars, between the Carthaginian army under Mago and a Greek army under Dionysius I, tyrant of Syracuse, who was aided by Agyris, tyrant of the Sicel city of Agyrium. Mago had been defeated by Dionysius at Abacaenum in 393, which had not damaged the Carthaginian position in Sicily. Reinforced by Carthage in 392, Mago moved to attack the Sicles allied with Syracuse in central Sicily. After the Carthaginians reached and encamped near the river Chrysas, the Sicels harassed the Carthaginian supply lines causing a supply shortage, while the Greek soldiers rebelled and deserted Dionysius when he refused to fight a pitched battle. Both Mago and Dionysius agreed to a peace treaty, which allowed the Carthaginians to formally occupy the area west of the River Halycus, while Dionysius was given lordship over the Sicel lands. The peace would last until 383, when Dionysius attacked the Carthaginians again. Backg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
