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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Brontes

(2 syl.). A blacksmith personified, one of the Cyclops. The name signifies Thunder.

Not with such weight, to frame the forky brand,
The ponderous hammer falls from Brontes' hand.

Hoole: Jerusalem Delivered, book xx.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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