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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 26, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 25, 1806April 27, 1806April 26, 1806 Saturday April 26th 1806. This morning early we set forward and at the distance of three miles entered…Blues Foundation Hall of Fame
The Blues Foundation, established in 1980 in Memphis, Tennessee, promotes and preserves blues music. The Blues Hall of Fame, also founded in 1980,…Brewer's: Inter Canem et Lupum
Between two difficulties or dangers equally formidable. Between Scylla and Charybdis. Literally, “between dog and wolf.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…1993 Tony Awards
PlayAngels in America: Millennium ApproachesMusicalKiss of the Spider Woman—The MusicalRevivalAnna ChristieActor—PlayRon Leibman, Angels in America: Millennium ApproachesActress—PlayMadeline…Brewer's: Lupus et Agnus
A mere pretence to found a quarrel on. The words are the Latin title of the well-known fable of The Wolf and the Lamb. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lupus…Brewer's: Lycaonian Tables
[Lycaoniæmensæ]. Execrable food. Lycaon, desirous of testing the divine knowledge of Jove, who had honoured him with a visit, served up human flesh on his table; for which the god changed…Brewer's: Lycisca
(half-wolf, half-dog). One of the dogs of Actæon. In Latin it is a common term for a sheperd's dog, and is so used by Virgil (Eclogue iii. 18). (See Dog.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Mani
The son of Mundilfori; taken to heaven by the gods to drive the mooncar. He is followed by a wolf, which, when time shall be no more, will devour both Mani and his sister Sol. Source:…Brewer's: Nodel
The lion in the beast-epic called Reynard the Fox. Nodel represents the regal element of Germany; Isengrim, the wolf, represents the baronial element; and Reynard represents the church…Brewer's: Romulus
We need no Romulus to account for Rome. We require no hypothetical person to account for a plain fact. Romulus and Remus were suckled by a wolf; Atalanta by a she-bear. Source:…Trending
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