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Brewer's: Chimaera
[kimera]. An illusory fancy, a wild, incongruous scheme, a castle in the air. Homer describes the chimæra as a monster with a goat's body, a lion's head, and a dragon's tail. It was born…Brewer's: Chios
(Kios). The man of Chios. Homer, who lived at Chios, near the Ægean Sea. Seven cities claim to be his place of birth- “Smyrna, Rhodos, Colophon, Salamis, Chios, Argos, Athe'næ.” —Varro.…Brewer's: Cimmerian Darkness
Homer (possibly from some story as to the Arctic night) supposes the Cimmerians to dwell in a land “beyond the ocean-stream,” where the sun never shone. (Odys., xi. 14.) “In dark Cimmerian…Brewer's: Blind old Man of Scio's rocky Isle
Homer is so called by Byron in his Bride of Abydos. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blind MagistrateBlind Hedge A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…Brewer's: Bonus
A bounty over and above the interest of a share in any company. (Latin, bonus quæstus, a good profit or bounty. The interest or fruit of money put out in an investment was by the Romans…Brewer's: Deiphobus
(4 syl.). One of the sons of Priam, and, next to Hector, the bravest and boldest of all the Trojans. On the death of his brother Paris, he married Helen; but Helen betrayed him to her…Brewer's: Odyssey
The poem of Homer which records the adventures of Odysseus (Ulysses) in his home-voyage from Troy. The word is an adjective formed out of the hero's name, and means the things or…Brewer's: Sarpedon
A favourite of the gods, who assisted Priam when Troy was besieged by the allied Greeks. When Achilles refused to fight, Sarpedon made great havoc in battle, but was slain by Patroclos. (…Brewer's: Rakush
Rustem's horse in the Shah Nameh of Firdusi, the Homer of Korassan. (See Horse.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RaleighRakshas A B C D E F G H I J…Brewer's: Rama-Yana
The history of Rama, the best great epic poem of ancient India, and worthy to be ranked with the Iliad of Homer. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RamadanRama…Trending
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