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Brewer's: Helen

The type of female beauty, more especially in those who have reached womanhood. Daughter of Zeus and Leda, and wife of Menelaos, King of Sparta. “She moves a goddess and she looks a queen…

Brewer's: Hexameter Verse

A line of poetry consisting of six measures, the fifth being a dactyl and the sixth either a spondee or a trochee. The other four may be either dactyls or spondees. Homer's two epic poems…

Real Essay Gaffes

  "Proofread! Have others proofread! Spell check! It's stunning how many people have careless, even really obvious typos in their statements. It makes the applicant look sloppy,…

Menacing Monster Guide

/* /*]]>*/ by David Johnson Monster Mania! Halloween Tricksters and TreatsQuiz: MonstersMonster JokesMonsters and Imaginary BeastsThe Terrifying Truth about Dracula Top 10 All-Time…

Pirate History

Thousands of years of ambushes, raids, hijackings, and more by Mark Hughes Related Links 2008 Piracy Prone Areas and Warnings Timeline: Pirates Famous Real…

Brewer's: Odour of Sanctity

(In the). The Catholics tell us that good persons die in the “odour of sanctity;” and there is a certain truth in the phrase, for, when one honoured by the Church dies, it is not unusual…

Brewer's: Shields

The most famous in story are the Shield of Achilles described by Homer, of Hercules, described by Hesiod, and of Æneas described by Virgil. Other famous bucklers described in classic story…

Brewer's: Agamemnon

Agamem′non King of Argos, in Greece, and commander-in-chief of the allied Greeks who went to the siege of Troy. The fleet being delayed by adverse winds at Aulis, Agamemnon sacrificed his…

U.S. Societies & Associations (H)

Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America (1912): 50 West 58 St., New York, N.Y. 10019. 385,000. Phone: (800) 664-5646. www.hadassah.org. Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning…