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• Perissa - Perissa (excess or prodigality; Greek, Perissos). Step-sister of Elissa and Medina. These ladies ...
• Medina - Medina (Economy, Latin medium, the golden mean.) Step-sister of Elissa and Perissa, but they could ...
• Elissa - Elissa Dido, Queen of Carthage. A Phoenician name signifying heroic, brave. “Nec me meminisse ...
• Sansloy - Sansloy [Irreligion ], brother of Sansfoy (q.v.). Having torn off the disguise of Archimago and ...
• Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: P - Definitions, origins, and illustrative excerpts for words, phases, and literary allusions starting with "P"