Sentence examples for based on an ancient from inspiring English sources

An Indonesian creation myth, based on an ancient poem, as envisioned by one of our most influential avant-garde directors.

But there's only one man who could have written a violin concerto based on an ancient Greek drinking party and filled it with such melody and wit.

He knows better, for he is writing a history based on an ancient "strictly secret" document called "The Cleft".

(Anchor Brewing had done something similar a few years earlier, when it made a beer based on an ancient Sumerian hymn to the beer goddess, Ninkasi).

Their creation is named ORCA (for Ocean Rowing Challenges America) and uses the latest technology — and the oldest, a multihull design based on an ancient Polynesian concept.

Based on an ancient Indian folk tale about a girl who turns herself into a tree this shows a wilder flowering of John Adams as a composer.

Resulting products include a cable sheathing that resists high-frequency waves, an innovation based on an ancient Japanese braiding technique, and a Polartec jacket that heats itself up.

His first ballet, created in 1905 for performance by his pupils, was Acis et Galatée, based on an ancient Sicilian legend.

It was a solution based on an ancient tradition that would allow the matter to be settled outside the unpredictable court system.

Leftwing teachers unions regard Kimigayo, which is based on an ancient poem wishing the emperor a "thousand years of happy reign", as a symbol of Japan's militarist past.

Based on an ancient tradition, the learning history is a new managerial tool that captures the lessons of success and failure.