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Footnotes - The Odyssey

Footnotes Black races are evidently known to the writer as stretching all across Africa, one half looking West on to the Atlantic, and the other East on to the Indian Ocean. The original…

Ennius, Quintus

(Encyclopedia) Ennius, QuintusEnnius, Quintuskwĭnˈtəs ĕnˈēəs [key], 239–169? b.c., Latin poet, regarded by the Romans as the father of Latin poetry, b. Calabria. His birthplace was the meeting point…

Auerbach, Erich

(Encyclopedia) Auerbach, Erich, 1892–1957, German-American philologist, literary scholar, and critic, b. Berlin, Ph.D. Univ. of Greifswald, 1921. He is known primarily for Mimesis: The Representation…

Pisistratus

(Encyclopedia) PisistratusPisistratuspīsĭsˈtrətəs [key], 605?–527 b.c., Greek statesman, tyrant of Athens. His power was founded on the cohesion of the rural citizens, whom he consolidated with…

Homer Daniel ANGELL, Congress, OR (1875-1968)

ANGELL Homer Daniel , a Representative from Oregon; born on a farm near The Dalles, Wasco County, Oreg., January 12, 1875; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of Oregon…

Homer HOCH, Congress, KS (1879-1949)

HOCH Homer , a Representative from Kansas; born in Marion, Marion County, Kans., July 4, 1879; attended the public schools and was graduated from Baker University, Baldwin, Kans., in 1902;…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Homer's Hymn to the Moon

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Homer's Hymn to Castor and PolluxHomer's Hymn to the SunHomer's Hymn to the Moon Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Poetical Works", 1839, 2nd edition; dated 1818.…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Homer's Hymn to the Sun

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Homer's Hymn to the MoonHomer's Hymn to the Earth: Mother of AllHomer's Hymn to the Sun Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Poetical Works", 1839, 2nd edition; dated 1818…