Project Gutenberg 2010-01-25 Public domain in the USA. 59 Alfieri, Vittorio 1749 1803 Agide Reading ease score: 63.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Francesca Apicella, Claudio Paganelli and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Europe at http://dp.rastko.net (Images generously made available by Editore Laterza and the Biblioteca Italiana at http://www.bibliotecaitaliana.it/ScrittoriItalia) "Agide" by Vittorio Alfieri is a tragic play written in the late 18th century. The story centers around Agide, a character inspired by Agis IV of Sparta, whose noble intentions of restoring equality and virtue to Sparta come into conflict with personal vendettas and political intrigue. As the play unfolds, themes of power, betrayal, and the pursuit of justice emerge against the backdrop of Spartan society. At the start of the play, the dedication indicates Alfieri’s intention to honor King Carlo Primo of England, with Agide's fate being likened to that of an unjustly deposed monarch. The opening scene presents a tense political landscape where Leonida, the rival to Agide, is in a vulnerable position, fearing the rise of Agide among the populace who view him as a liberator. Characters such as Agesistrata and Anfare discuss the dire implications of Agide's resurgence, foreshadowing the conflict between differing values of power and the state. As the narrative progresses into the first act, the stage is set for a confrontation that is deeply rooted in the characters’ relationships, loyalties, and broader societal struggles, ultimately hinting at the tragic consequences rooted in both ambition and noble intentions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) it Italian drama (Tragedy) PQ Text IT Teatro in versi Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 129729 129420 2024-10-13T08:50:56.154056 2023-09-13T12:52:19.869963 text/html text/html 129722 129413 2024-10-13T08:50:56.377028 2023-09-13T12:52:19.998954 text/html text/html 101317 2024-10-13T08:51:01.005024 application/epub+zip 101515 2024-10-13T08:50:58.113032 application/epub+zip 101515 2024-10-13T08:50:57.012036 application/epub+zip 179589 2024-10-13T08:51:03.330009 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166400 2024-10-13T08:51:00.358038 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144445 2022-09-14T09:56:24.379323 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 106625 106367 2024-10-13T08:50:55.900035 2023-09-13T12:52:19.700951 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 106046 2021-01-06T01:42:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 36825 2021-01-06T01:42:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19637 2024-10-13T08:51:03.497002 application/rdf+xml 9339 2024-10-13T08:50:57.524030 image/jpeg 2642 2024-10-13T08:50:57.266023 image/jpeg 97757 2024-10-13T08:50:56.387032 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia pt.wikipedia