DOLABELLA

(Publius Cornelius Dolabella)dŏləbĕlˈə, c.70 b.c.–43 b.c., Roman general, notorious for his unscrupulousness. He divorced his wife Fabia and married (50 b.c.) Tullia, daughter of Cicero, to gain the support of that statesman. He transferred allegiance from Pompey to Caesar, fought at Pharsalus, and accompanied Caesar to Africa and Spain. On the assassination of Caesar he at first favored the conspirators, then, with Antony's help, seized the consulship. He was commander of an army sent against Parthia and Syria, but he murdered the Roman proconsul Caius Trebonius at Smyrna to get possession of the town treasure. As a result he was outlawed by the senate. Dolabella was captured in Syria and, in despair, ordered one of his soldiers to kill him.

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Cicero, the Secrets of His Correspondence
Book by Jérôme Carcopino; Yale University Press, 1951
Subjects: Cicero, Marcus Tullius--Correspondence
...usurpers violence lay in the influence of Dolabella. On Jan. 23, 49, Cicero wrote from...is going to plunder the city, I fear Dolabella himself will not be able to be of sufficient...friendly and flattering letter hoping that Dolabella could arrange for Cicero to meet him...
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Design and Closure in Shakespeare's Major Plays: The Nature of Recapitulation
Book by William B. Bache; P. Lang, 1991
Subjects: Closure (Rhetoric), Drama--Technique, Repetition (Rhetoric), Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Technique
...stop. In what in effect is a list, Dolabella responds to Cleopatra in the way Eros...words: her vision of Antony transforms Dolabella. Whereas the horror of Cleopatras end...of Antony is given to another enemy, Dolabella, who is deeply touched: ". . . my...
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Cicero: A Biography
Book by Torsten Petersson; University of California Press, 1920
Subjects: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
...afterwards in connection with Cassius. Dolabella, who had gone to the East early in the...was very favorably placed for opposing Dolabella. There was a strong likelihood that...of these events reached the senate, Dolabella was declared a public enemy, but on...
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Men in Love: Masculinity and Sexuality in the Eighteenth Century
Book by George E. Haggerty; Columbia University Press, 1999
Subjects: English Literature--18th Century--History And Criticism, English Literature--Male Authors--History And Criticism, Gay Men In Literature, Gay Men's Writings, English--History And Criticism, Homosexuality And Literature--Great Britain--History--18th Century, Love In Literature, Masculinity In Literature, Sex In Literature
...and a prop to kingly prerogative. When Dolabella actually walks on stage in All for Love...for his night, Was ever half so fond. DOLABELLA: I must be silent, for my soul is busy...speech, but it also subtly feminizes Dolabella, whose soul is female and whose relation...
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Imperial Caesar
Book by Rex George Warner; Collins, 1960
Subjects: Caesar, Julius--Fiction, Fiction
...possible for Antony politically. As both Dolabella and Antony were members of my party...vulgar display. Not that the behaviour of Dolabella in these respects had been much better...indeed displeased with both of them. Dolabella had taken it upon himself to begin an...
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That I Might Hear Thee Call Great Caesar "Ass Unpolicied."
Journal article by Richard A. Levin; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 33, 1997
Subjects: Antony and Cleopatra (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Caesar, Julius--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Shakespeare, William--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...between another of Caesars subordinates, Dolabella, and the Egyptian queen. As he has...associated with the names of Proculeius, Dolabella, and Seleucus, are often pushed to...wants for the mission. Caesar calls for Dolabella who is absent, then mysteriously remarks...
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Shakespeare's Politics of Loyalty: Sovereignty and Subjectivity in Antony and Cleopatra
Journal article by Paul Yachnin; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 33, 1993
Subjects: Antony and Cleopatra (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Shakespeare, William--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Cleopatra, Antony, Enobarbus, and Dolabella, is on the same political ground as...toward a tone of solicitation: "Come, Dolabella, see / High order in this great solemnity...is made to, or in the presence of, Dolabella, its range possibly extends beyond the...
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Lives and Letters in Antony and Cleopatra
Journal article by Alan Stewart; Shakespeare Studies, Vol. 35, 2007
Subjects: Antony and Cleopatra (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Drama--Criticism and interpretation, Fictitious characters--Criticism and interpretation, Plays--Criticism and interpretation
...herself and sends Proculeius, Gallus, and Dolabella to prevent it; (11) only then does...72) as an ambassador, a choice that Dolabella correctly interprets as "An argument...defeat. This defeat is enacted when Dolabella reaches Cleopatras monument, and a guard...
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Antony's "Secret House of Death": Suicide and Sovereignty in Antony and Cleopatra
Journal article by Jacqueline Vanhoutte; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 79, 2000
Subjects: Antony and Cleopatra (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Shakespeare, William--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Suicide--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...she will join him. Her eulogies of Antony, delivered to Dolabella, are prologue to her own "immortal longings" (5.2...imagines / An Antony" (5.2.98-99) so as to seduce a Dolabella, and through him, posterity. Cleopatras handling of Antonys...
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Antony and Cleopatra
Journal article by Katharine Goodland; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 22, 2004
Subjects: Antony and Cleopatra (Play)--Theater reviews, Theater--Theater reviews
...Adam OByrne (Octavius Caesar), Donald Warfield (Lepidus, Dolabella), Natasha Piletich (Charmian), Katie Hartke (Iras...in the text. Donald Warfields Lepidus is avenged when, as Dolabella, he deprives Caesar of his opportunity to humiliate Cleopatra...
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Vox Eroticus: In Singing the Voice Erotic, a World-Renowned Voice Teacher Lays Bare the Basic Instincts-An Anatomy-Of Theatre as a Verbal Art
Magazine article by Kristin Linklater; American Theatre, Vol. 20, April 2003
Subjects: Sensuality--Analysis, Voice culture, Voice--Analysis
...than submit, Cleopatra conjures up the image of Antony for Dolabella, the Roman who has been sent to guard her: I dreamd there...desperate attempt to save her life through the seduction of Dolabella. This is not so much interpretation as divination--to...


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newspaper articles on: Dolabella  - 2 results

 
 
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Gigs to Watch For
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 22, 2008
Subjects: Rock groups
...band names. The four-man gang of Andreas Kisser (guitar), Paulo Jr. (bass), Derrick Green (vocals), and Jean Dolabella (drums) will no doubt be the icing on the cake for a major local rock event featuring 10 nationwide grand finalists and...
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'Antony' Has Elegant Pathos; Superlative Cast, Director Depict the Honor of the Romans
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 13, 2008
Subjects: Antony and Cleopatra (Opera), Antony and Cleopatra (Play), Elizabethan drama
...ambitions. In smaller yet important roles, Dan Kremers Enobarbus, Craig Wallaces Pompey, Glen Pannells Maecenas, Tom Hammonds Dolabella, and Jan Knightleys Proculeius deftly portray those admirable aspects of Roman honor that Antony and our own era seem to...


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encyclopedia articles on: Dolabella  - 3 results

 
 
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Dolabella
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DOLABELLA (Publius Cornelius Dolabella)dol bel , c.70 b.c. 43 b.c., Roman general, notorious...town treasure. As a result he was outlawed by the senate. Dolabella was captured in Syria and, in despair, ordered one of his...
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Cassius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...44 b.c. When the people were aroused by Antony against the conspirators, Cassius went to Syria. He managed to capture Dolabella at Laodicea and coordinated his own movements with those of Brutus. Antony and Octavian (later Augustus ) met them in battle...
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Trebonius, Caius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the promise by Caesar of the province of Asia, he was a leading conspirator against his patron. He was slain in Smyrna by Dolabella. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia...


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