Greek poet and playwright (born 1884)

Angelos Sikelianos

Angelos Sikelianos was a Greek lyric poet and playwright. His themes include Greek history, religious symbolism as well as universal harmony in poems such as The Moonstruck, Prologue to Life, Mother of God, and Delphic Utterance. His plays include Sibylla, Daedalus in Crete, Christ in Rome, The Death of Digenis, The Dithyramb of the Rose and Asclepius. Although occasionally his grandiloquence blunts the poetic effect of his work, some of Sikelianos finer lyrics are among the best in Western literature.

Born

1884

March 28

Died

1951

Era

1880s

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1884 Born
1951 Died

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193 After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didius Julianus.
364 Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
1065 The Great German Pilgrimage, which had been under attack by Bedouin bandits for three days, is rescued by the Fatimid governor of Ramla.

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The world in 1951

When Angelos departed

april 11 Korean War: President Truman relieves Douglas MacArthur of the command of American forces in Korea and Japan.
april 11 The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
april 17 The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
april 22 Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1884

Harry S. Truman 1884–1972 American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (born 1884) Amedeo Modigliani 1884–1920 Italian painter and sculptor (born 1884) Charles Griffes 1884–1920 American pianist and composer (born 1884) Claude Auchinleck 1884– English field marshal (died 1981) Cyclone Taylor 1884–1979 Canadian ice hockey player and politician (died 1979) Hilda Rix Nicholas 1884–1961 Australian artist (born 1884) Martin Klein 1884–1947 Estonian wrestler and coach (born 1884) Ogden L. Mills 1884– American captain, lawyer, and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1937) Otto Rank 1884–1939 Austrian-American psychologist and academic (died 1939)

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