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Quo Vadis (novel)

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exhibitions: in the penultimate show, Christians are set alight on crosses to illuminate a luxurious feast open to the Roman public. Chilo is so appalled by the scene that he repents and publicly accuses Nero of igniting the fire. As the court scatters, Paul emerges from the shadows and promises Chilo salvation if he truly repents. This gives Chilo the courage to die bravely in the arena the following day, after refusing to retract his accusation.
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Petronius takes pity on the desolate Vinicius, and hires the cunning Greek philosopher Chilo Chilonis to help him find Lygia. Chilo soon establishes that Lygia was Christian, and goes undercover in the Christian community in Rome to find her. When he tells Vinicius that the entire Christian community
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In AD 57, Pomponia was indeed charged with practising a "foreign superstition", usually understood to mean conversion to Christianity. Nevertheless, the religion itself is not clearly identified. According to ancient Roman tradition she was tried in a family court by her own husband Aulus (the
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in AD 64, which in the novel is started by orders of Nero. There is no hard evidence to support this, and fires were very common in Rome at the time. In Chapter 50, senior Jewish community leaders advise Nero to blame the fires on Christians; there is no historical record of this either.
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Chilo divulges the Christians's hiding place to the authorities, and many of the Christians are arrested, including Lygia. Nero has planned a series of games in the arena, at which the Christians will be butchered in "revenge" for the fire. But even the Roman mob is shocked by the cruelty of the
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When the Hercules film craze hit in 1959, Italian filmmakers were looking for other muscleman characters similar to Hercules whom they could exploit, resulting in the nine-film Ursus series listed below. Ursus was referred to as a "Son of Hercules" in two of the films when they were dubbed in
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Instead of killing Vinicius, Lygia and her Christian friends take him in and nurse him back to health. At this point Lygia falls in love with him, and confides in the Apostle Paul. He tells her that she cannot marry a non-Christian, so she leaves Vinicius' bedside and disappears a second time.
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Emperor of Rome, portrayed as incompetent, petty, cruel, and subject to manipulation by his courtiers. He listens most intently to flatterers and fools. The novel does indicate, though, that the grossly exaggerating flatteries concerning his abilities as a poet actually have some basis in
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a Christian convert. Dignified and much respected, Pomponia and Aulus are Lygia's adoptive parents, but they are unable to legalize her status. According to Roman law Lygia is still a hostage of the Roman state (i.e., of the Emperor), but she is cared for by the elderly
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an Imperial slave and former mistress of Nero. Nero has grown tired of her and now mostly ignores her, but she still loves him. She studies the Christian faith, but does not consider herself worthy of full conversion. In the 1951 film, it is she who helps Nero commit
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a weary and aged man with the task of preaching Christ's message. He is amazed by the power of Rome and the vices of Emperor Nero, whom he names the Beast. Sometimes Peter doubts that he will be able to plant and protect the "good seed" of
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English (in an attempt to cash in on the then-popular Hercules craze), although in the original Italian films, Ursus had no connection to Hercules whatsoever. In the English-dubbed version of one Ursus film (retitled
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of Lygia. As a fellow tribesman, he served her late mother, and he is strongly devoted to Lygia. As a Christian, Ursus struggles to follow the religion's peaceful teachings, given his great strength and barbarian
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extensively before writing the novel, with the aim of getting historical details correct. Consequently, several historical figures appear in the book. As a whole, the novel carries a pro-Christian message.
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a respected retired Roman general who commanded the invasion of Britain. Aulus seems unaware (or simply unwilling to know) that Pomponia, his wife, and Lygia, his adoptive daughter, profess the Christian
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in the arena, but when Ursus manages to break the animal's neck, the crowd is impressed and forces Nero to spare the two. She is then married to Vinicius, and the two move away to the latter's mansion in
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and asks him why he is going to Rome. Jesus says, "If thou desertest my people, I am going to Rome to be crucified a second time", which shames Peter into going back to Rome to accept martyrdom.
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There were a total of nine Italian films that featured Ursus as the main character, listed below as follows: Italian title/ English translation of the Italian title (American release title);
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When Nero returns to Rome and sings his poem about Troy in public, the masses accuse him of igniting the fire. Nero's advisors decide they need a scapegoat. The
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household slave of Petronius. Eunice is a beautiful young Greek woman who has fallen in love with her master, although he is initially unaware of her devotion.
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tells of a love that develops between a young Christian woman, Lygia (Ligia in Polish), and Marcus Vinicius, a Roman patrician. It takes place in the city of
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who recently returned to Rome. On arrival, he meets and falls in love with Lygia. He seeks the counsel of his uncle Petronius to find a way to possess her.
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After returning to health, Vinicius is a changed man. He starts treating his slaves with more kindness, and rejects the advances of the depraved empress
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Scene from the novel, entitled "Ligia leaves Aulus' house", illustration by Domenico Mastroianni, postcard from 1913, published by Armand Noyer, Paris.
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The rest of the novel relates the historical events of Peter's martyrdom ("Quo vadis, Domine?"), Petronius' suicide in the aftermath of the
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also adapted the novel into a stage play of the same name which was also staged on Broadway in the year 1900 at the Herald Square Theatre.
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The young Roman patrician Marcus Vinicius falls in love with Lygia, a barbarian hostage being raised in the house of the retired general
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The Palace of the Commonwealth. Three times opened. Treasures from the National Library of Poland at the Palace of the Commonwealth
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Art, Popular Culture, and The Classical Ideal in the 1930s: Two Classic Films – A Study of Roman Scandals and Christopher Strong
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Sienkiewicz alludes to several historical events and merges them in his novel, but some of them are of doubtful authenticity.
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for "Where are you going, Lord?" and appears in Chapter 69 of the novel in a retelling of a story from the apocryphal
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composed an oratorio based on the novel, performed for the first time in 1907, and then his most popular work.
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started. The play was first performed 28 March 1895. Several elements in the play strongly resemble those in
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Meanwhile Lygia and her bodyguard Ursus have been kept for the final show, in which they are exposed to an
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Rome, but is stopped and severely wounded by her barbarian bodyguard Ursus when he goes in to kidnap her.
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to have Lygia placed in Vinicius' custody. But first, Nero forces her to appear at a feast on the
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are major characters in both the play and novel, and in both, Poppea lusts after Marcus.
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A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901, Volume 3
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The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel
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between 26 March 1895 and 29 February 1896, as well as in two other journals,
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In May 2024, a copy of the novel in the author's own hand was presented at a
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It was satirized as the quintessential school play gone horribly awry in
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Serialization and structure in the novels of Henryk Sienkiewicz
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Nero in Opera: Librettos as Transformations of Ancient Sources
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for recreation. Nero is composing a poem about the burning of
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the wife of Nero. She passionately envies and hates Lygia.
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The emperor Nero and his court, including Vinicius, go to
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is going to meet at night outside the city to hear the
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composed an opera based on the novel to a libretto by
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fell asleep during a song sung by Nero is recorded by
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permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth
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titled the "arbiter of elegance," former governor of
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Hercules, Samson, Maciste and Ursus: The Invincibles
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Index

Ursus (film character)

Henryk Sienkiewicz
Jeremiah Curtin
Polish
Historical novel
Little, Brown
Newspaper
Hardback
Paperback

Nero

historical novel
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Polish
Rome
Nero
Roman Empire
Nobel Prize for literature
1913
1924
a Hollywood production in 1951
a 1985 miniseries
Franco Rossi
a 2001 adaptation
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth
Aulus Plautius
Petronius

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