: a Sicilian shepherd renowned in Greek mythology as the inventor of pastoral poetry
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On the left is the narrower Keeler Gap, where the even tinier moon Daphnis orbits Saturn.
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Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 2 Aug. 2010
Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2 , Gabriela Ortiz’s Altar de Bronce, Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin and Debussy’s La Mer, featuring Music Director Rafael Payare and trumpeter Pacho Flores.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2023
Claudel took to sculpture in her teens, making busts of famous historical figures (Napoleon, Bismarck) and riffing on mythological and biblical themes (Daphnis and Chloe, David and Goliath).
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 2 Aug. 2010
Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2 , Gabriela Ortiz’s Altar de Bronce, Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin and Debussy’s La Mer, featuring Music Director Rafael Payare and trumpeter Pacho Flores.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2023
Claudel took to sculpture in her teens, making busts of famous historical figures (Napoleon, Bismarck) and riffing on mythological and biblical themes (Daphnis and Chloe, David and Goliath).
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
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