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Brewer's: Achilles' Tendon
A strong sinew running along the heel to the calf of the leg. The tale is that Thetis took her son Achilles by the heel, and dipped him in the river Styx to make him invulnerable. The…Brewer's: Ajax the Less
Son of Oïleus (3 syl.), King of Locris, in Greece. The night Troy was taken, he offered violence to Cassandra, the prophetic daughter of Priam; in consequence of which his ship was driven…Brewer's: Ambrosia
The food of the gods (Greek, a privative, brotos, mortal); so called because it made them not mortal, i.e. it made them immortal. Anything delicious to the taste or fragrant in perfume is…Brewer's: Aurora
Early morning. According to Grecian mythology, the goddess Aurora, called by Homer “rosy-fingered,” sets out before the sun, and is the pioneer of his rising. You cannot shut the windows…Brewer's: Penelope
(4 syl.). The Web or Shroud of Penelope. A work “never ending, still beginning;” never done, but ever in hand. Penelopë, according to Homer, was pestered by suitors while her husband,…Brewer's: Moly
Wild garlic, called sorcerer's garlic. There are many sorts, all of which flower in May, except “the sweet moly of Montpelier,” which blossoms in September. The most noted are “the great…Brewer's: Quail
A bird, said to be very salacious, hence a prostitute or courtesan. “Here's Agamemnon, an honest fellow enough, and one that loves quails.” —Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, v. 1. The…Brewer's: Paean
The physician of the celestial gods; the deliverer from any evil or calamity. (Greek, pauo, to make to cease.) Paean A hymn to Apollo, and applied to the god himself. We are told in Dr…Brewer's: Funeral Games
Public games were held both in Greece and Rome in honour of the honoured dead. Examples of this custom are numerous: as at the death of Azan (son of Arcas, father of the Arcadians); the…Brewer's: Golden Chain
“Faith is the golden chain to link the penitent sinner unto God” (Jeremy Taylor). The allusion is to a passage in Homer's Iliad (i. 19-30), where Zeus says, If a golden chain were let down…Trending
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