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Brewer's: Iliad

(3 syl.). The tale of the siege of Troy, an epic poem by Homer, in twenty-four books. Menelaos, King of Sparta, received as his guest Paris, a son of Priam (King of Troy), who ran away…

Grosseteste, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Grosseteste, RobertGrosseteste, Robertgrōsˈtĕst [key], c.1175–1253, English prelate. Educated at Oxford and probably also at Paris, he became one of the most learned men of his time.…

Sophocles

(Encyclopedia) SophoclesSophoclessŏfˈəklēz [key], c.496 b.c.–406 b.c., Greek tragic dramatist, younger contemporary of Aeschylus and older contemporary of Euripides, b. Colonus, near Athens. A man of…

Writing Well: A + B = C: Appeal to Reason

A + B = C: Appeal to ReasonWriting WellWhy Not See It My Way?: Persuasion and ArgumentationA + B = C: Appeal to ReasonTake the High Road: Appeal to EthicsTug the Heartstrings: Appeal to EmotionMy Way…

My Lord and Lady

My Lord and Lady"Please, Madam Mother, could you lend me my wife for half an hour? The luggage has come, and I've been making hay of Amy's Paris finery, trying to find some things I want,"…

Branches of Judaism

Jewish traditions from Ashkenazic to Zionist Judaism Links Jewish Holidays Conservative East Asian Ethiopian Hasidic Israeli Holidays Reconstructionist Reform…

The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio: Canto III

Purgatorio: Canto IIPurgatorio: Canto IVPurgatorio: Canto III Inasmuch as the instantaneous flight Had scattered them asunder o'er the plain, Turned to the mountain whither reason…

Biographies: Notable Philosophers

Notable Philosophers René Descartes See also People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Philosophy Major Religions of the World Biographies by…