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Brewer's: Harpies
(2 syl.). Vultures with the head and breasts of a woman, very fierce and loathsome, living in an atmosphere of filth and stench, and contaminating everything which they came near. Homer…Brewer's: Hector
Eldest son of Priam, the noblest and most magnanimous of all the chieftains in Homer's Iliad (a Greek epic). After holding out for ten years, he was slain by Achilles, who lashed him to…Brewer's: Helen
The type of female beauty, more especially in those who have reached womanhood. Daughter of Zeus and Leda, and wife of Menelaos, King of Sparta. “She moves a goddess and she looks a queen…Brewer's: Hexameter Verse
A line of poetry consisting of six measures, the fifth being a dactyl and the sixth either a spondee or a trochee. The other four may be either dactyls or spondees. Homer's two epic poems…Real Essay Gaffes
"Proofread! Have others proofread! Spell check! It's stunning how many people have careless, even really obvious typos in their statements. It makes the applicant look sloppy,…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Revolt of Islam, Author's Preface
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Dedication Author's Preface The Poem which I now present to the world is an attempt from which I scarcely dare to expect success, and in which a writer of established…Menacing Monster Guide
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Thousands of years of ambushes, raids, hijackings, and more by Mark Hughes Related Links 2008 Piracy Prone Areas and Warnings Timeline: Pirates Famous Real…Brewer's: Odour of Sanctity
(In the). The Catholics tell us that good persons die in the “odour of sanctity;” and there is a certain truth in the phrase, for, when one honoured by the Church dies, it is not unusual…Brewer's: Shields
The most famous in story are the Shield of Achilles described by Homer, of Hercules, described by Hesiod, and of Æneas described by Virgil. Other famous bucklers described in classic story…Trending
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