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And I was born in Arcadia

Bartolomeo Skidone, "And I was born in Arcadia"

Phraseologism: And I was born in Arcadia.

Meaning: It is usually used in a broad sense, far from the original, when the speaker wants to declare his involvement in something, belonging to a certain circle of people, about something (talent, hobby, interests, etc.) that he unites someone, etc.

Origin: From Latin: Et ego in Arcadia fui. Literally: And I was in Arcadia. The original source is a painting by the Italian artist Bartolomeo Skidone (1559-1615), which is located in Rome, in the Palazzo Sharra Colonna. It depicts a gravestone with the inscription "And I was born in Arcadia" and two shepherdesses who are examining this tombstone. This phrase is an appeal of a dead person to the living: I, like you, who are now reading these words, was born, enjoyed life. And now - he died, such an outcome awaits you. The plot of the picture was, according to the artist, to remind people of the brevity of life, the frailty of everything earthly. Later, other artists used this plot - the Italian Guercino (1591-1666) and the Frenchman Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), and the inscription on the stone became a popular symbol. For example, when Poussin himself died, it was these words that were carved on his grave bas-relief. The same inscription will later appear on the monument to the French romantic poet Chateaubriand erected in Rome. The phrase gained a second life after the great German poet and playwright Johann Friedrich Schiller made it the first line of his poem "Resignation" ("Humility", 1787) - Auch ich war in Arcadien geboren. Soon both this expression and the poem itself - under the title "Submission to Providence" - will become famous in Russia thanks to the translation made (1826) by the poet Mikhail Dmitriev: "And I was born in Arcadia! // Above the cradle of the infant and me // Nature vouched for joy! // And I was born in Arcadia, // But the gift of my spring was only one tear ... "Another translation of this phrase will be popular in Russia, which belongs to the famous Russian novelist Grigory Danilevsky (1829 -1890) - And I, friends, was born in Arcadia.

Random phraseology:

Bead game.

Meaning:

About the writer's work with the word, about the torments of the word.

Origin:

From German: Das Glasperlenspiel. Book title (1943) by German writer Hermann Hesse (1877-1962). In the introductory chapter to the novel, the author wrote (translated by S. Apt): "The Glass Bead Game is [...] a game with all the content and values of our culture."

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