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Absalom and
Achitophel is a
celebrated satirical poem by John Dryden,
written in
heroic couplets and
first published in 1681. The poem
tells the Biblical...
- Ahitophel, Achitofel, or
Ahithophel (Hebrew: אֲחִיתֹפֶל, romanized: ʾĂḥīṯōp̄el, lit. 'My
Brother is Folly') was a
counselor of King
David and a man greatly...
- John
Dryden to
complete the
second half of his epic poem
Absalom and
Achitophel. Tate
wrote the
libretto for
Henry Purcell's
opera Dido and Aeneas; its...
- by his
Azaria and
Hushai (1682), a
reply to John Dryden's
Absalom and
Achitophel.
Samuel was the
eldest son of John Pordage, a
clergyman from Bradfield...
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capital and
consulted with the
renowned Ahitophel (sometimes
spelled Achitophel). It is also
speculated that
Ahitophel could have
joined Absalom's cause...
- the
basis for
several works of fiction. John Dryden's work
Absalom and
Achitophel is a
satire partially concerned with
equating biblical events with the...
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ridiculous into poetry. This line of
satire continued with
Absalom and
Achitophel (1681) and The
Medal (1682). His
other major works from this
period are...
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described him
under the
character of
Zimri in
lines in the poem
Absalom and
Achitophel (to
which Buckingham replied in
Poetical Reflections on a late Poem ....
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converted to Catholicism,
joined the
court party and
produced Absalom and
Achitophel and The Medal,
Shadwell became the
champion of the
Protestants and made...
- Lucan, and Statius" in the work. 1681–82 Dryden's long poem
Absalom and
Achitophel is an
allegory that uses the
story of the
rebellion of
Absalom against...
