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What does "Stir up the Athenian youth to merriments." mean in A Midnight Summer Night's Dream?

(A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare 1.1.13)

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The Impatient for the event and in a celebratory mood theseus orders Philostrate and his Master of the Revels, to the “stir up the Athenian youth to merriments” and then devise entertainments with which the couple might pass the time until their weddings (I.i.12).

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Impatient for the event and in a celebratory mood, Theseus orders Philostrate, his Master of the Revels, to “stir up the Athenian youth to merriments” and devise entertainments with which the couple might pass the time until their wedding (I.i.12).

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