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Brewer's: Patroclos
The gentle and amiable friend of Achilles, in Homer's Iliad. When Achilles refused to fight in order to annoy Agamemnon, he sent his friend Patroclos to battle, and he was slain by…Brewer's: Tiryns
An ancient city of Argolis in Greece, famous for its Cyclopean architecture. The “Gallery of Tiryns” is the oldest and noblest structure of the heroic ages. It is mentioned by Homer, and…Brewer's: Typhon
Son of Typhoeus, the giant with a hundred heads. He was so tall that he touched the skies with his head. His offspring were Gorgon, Geryon, Cerberus, and the hydra of Lerne. Like Ins…Brewer's: Stentor
The voice of a Stentor. A very loud voice. Stentor was a Greek herald in the Trojan war. According to Homer, his voice was as loud as that of fifty men combined. Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Swan of Meander
(The). Homer, who lived on the banks of the Meander, in Asia Minor. (Fl. B.C. 950.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Swan of PaduaSwan of Mantua A B C D E…Brewer's: Teucer
Brother of Ajax the Greater, who went with the allied Greeks to the siege of Troy. On his return home, his father banished him the kingdom for not avenging on Ulysses the death of his…Brewer's: Esculapios
(Latin, Esculapius). A disciple of Esculapius means a medical student. Esculapian, medical. Esculapios, in Homer, is a “blameless physician,” whose sons were the medical attendants of the…Brewer's: Mincio
or Mintio. The birthplace of Virgil. The Clitumnus, a river of Umbria, was the residence of Propertius; the Anio is where Horace had a villa; the river Meles, in Ionia, is the supposed…John Donne: Valediction to His Book
Valediction to His BookI'll tell thee now (dear love) what thou shalt do To anger destiny, as she doth us; How I shall stay, though she eloign me thus, And how posterity shall…Features Archive
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