Louis MacNeice's long poem The Stygian Banks explicitly takes its name from Shakespeare who has Troilus compare himself to "a strange soul upon the Stygian banks" and call upon Pandarus to transport him "to those fields where I may wallow in the lily beds".
However, nobody knew what could have released such strange forces upon the Earth--nobody, that is, except the amateur English astronomer Richard Carrington.
One of the most feverishly discussed, mysterious moments in Star Wars: The Force Awakens sees young scavenger Rey beset with strange visions upon touching Luke Skywalker's lightsaber, found hidden within Maz Kanata's establishment.
It is strange because upon implementing feature importance through a decision tree, the total number of votes do carry a higher importance than many other features that we have.
It is not until later, often much later, that one may look around and, with great surprise, discover the strange terrain upon which one now stands.
Contemplating the tenuous relationship between humans and nature, art, and technology, it chronicles the strange occurrences upon a ship on the planet Solaris.
The result from a distance is nothing strange, but upon closer inspection the house's geometric warping becomes its defining feature.
A versatile company of 10 performers, many of whom are called on to play multiple roles, and a game pianist (music director Matt Castle) swirling about an old-fashioned upright, eagerly enter this strange "once upon a time" universe in which everyone is chasing their own illusion of happiness.
"It's lower now and slower now / The strangest twist upon your lips," he sings out from among the slithering keyboards and sepulchral guitars, readying himself to answer the siren's call.
