Sentence examples for posthumous glory from inspiring English sources

The elegies are the only securely authentic fragments and include the "Elegy to the Muses"; the Eunomia ("Law and Order"), which defends the Spartan constitution; and poems calling young men to arms, which combine exhortations to courage and self-discipline with reminders of past victories and assurances of future success and posthumous glory.

Believers in the posterity syndrome (products of lonely garrets destined for posthumous glory), of course, would be ecstatic, but I wonder whether any amount of exposure will bring "... explosante-fixe...". to your local elevator or to the lips of singers in the shower.

Heroes are well known for their stoic acceptance of the inevitability of death and even seem to look forward to their own posthumous glory.

The dramatic focus thus ingeniously shifts from Becket's initial dilemma of whether to oppose the king for his encroachment on the church to a new conflict: whether it is a sin to covet martyrdom, with its promise of posthumous earthly glory and, presumably, a major celestial reward.

Compared to Giotto, who has been an art-historical superstar ever since he was lionized in Dante's "Purgatorio," Cavallini has had few posthumous moments of glory -- until now.

The United States Marine Corps, William Styron writes in one of the essays in this posthumous collection, introduced him "to the glories of the library".

Dunaway is commanding in a caffeinated performance as ruthless Diana, Holden unusually affecting as a washed-up veteran of TV's glory days, and Finch a revelation as the unbalanced Beale, winning a posthumous Oscar for his work.

I'll suspend judgement until I actually read the "Before Watchmen" books, but given that the predominant tone of Watchmen was that it was already too late, that the glory days were gone or never were, that we were already, in some ways, posthumous, the idea of the prequel seems the antithesis of the original's unique and unsteadying vision.

Dunaway is commanding in a caffeinated performance as ruthless Diana, William Holden unusually affecting as a washed-up veteran of TV's glory days, and British actor Finch a revelation as the unbalanced Beale, winning a posthumous Oscar for his work.

Glory, glory, hallelujah!

Masato Nakae (posthumous), Shinyei Nakamine (posthumous), William Nakamura (posthumous), Joe Nishimoto (posthumous), Allan Ohata, Yukio Okutsu, Frank Ono (posthumous), Kazuo Otani (posthumous), George Sakato, Ted Tanouye (posthumous) and Francis Wai (posthumous).