Sentence examples for roman adaptation from inspiring English sources

The Tuscan order is a Roman adaptation of the Doric.

Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, is a Roman adaptation of the Greek god Eros.

This explanation provided later Romans with a satisfying patriotic story of despotism giving way to liberty; it is probably unhistorical, however, and merely a Roman adaptation of a well-known Greek story of a love affair in Athens that led to the murder of the tyrant's brother and the tyrant's eventual downfall.

This story was a Roman adaptation of a widespread ancient Mediterranean folktale told of many national leaders, such as the Akkadian king Sargon (c. 2300 bc), the biblical Moses, the Persian king Cyrus the Great, the Theban king Oedipus, and the twins Neleus and Pelias of Greek mythology.

The inclusion of porticoed gardens in the luxury villa was another Roman adaptation of Hellenistic culture and built environment.

In 2005 Ben Kingsley played Fagin in director Roman Polanski's adaptation of the novel.

Among these types were Garamond, based upon a 17th-century French letter (see above); Bembo, after an Aldine roman; Centaur, an adaptation of Rogers' foundry face; and Baskerville and Bell, based upon English models.

In "Carnage," Roman Polanski's adaptation of a play by Yasmina Reza, two Brooklyn couples (Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly, and Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz) face off over their sons' playground conflict.

Mementoes of Williams's own prolific and wide-ranging career are confined to a poster for the film Rushmore, propped up against the wall, and a copy of Robert Harris's The Ghost – she took the lead female role in Roman Polanski's adaptation, The Ghost Writer.

In "Rosemary's Baby" (1968), at 9, Roman Polanski's adaptation of the novel by Ira Levin, Mia Farrow plays a pregnant young wife residing in the Dakota on the Upper West Side who comes to believe that her husband (John Cassavetes), in return for success as an actor, has arranged something nefarious with the people next door for the child she is expecting.

One Shakespeare, one Roman, one modern adaptation of a Greek play, one a wonderful intricate mash-up, which is Ajax.