The wedding cup
Subtitle: or Sophonisba's chalice, and other tales
By: by Thomas Geisler
Publisher: Xlibris Corp
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [S.l.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9781450054317
Subjects: Drama
Other titles: Sophonisba's chalice, and other tales
Description: A historical drama about the tragic love triangle between Sophonisba, a Carthaginian general's daughter, and the rival rulers of two North African states. Based on actual events during the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, the story was well-known in the Renaissance and served as the basis for plays, operas, and paintings. Three shorter and lighter works are also included -- a dialogue between God and Moses on how to write Genesis; a variation of the Theseus and Ariadne myth, and a Greenwich Village date which goes awry.