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Apuleius, Lucius

(Encyclopedia) Apuleius, LuciusApuleius, Luciusăˌpy&oobreve;lēˈəs [key], c.124–c.170, Latin writer, satirist, rhetorician, b. Hippo (now Bône, Algeria). His narrative romance The Golden Ass or…

Brewer's: Lucius

(See Pudens.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LuckLucinian A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Cary, Lucius

(Encyclopedia) Cary, Lucius: see Falkland, Lucius Cary, 2d Viscount.

Brewer's: Pamphyle

(3 syl.). A sorceress who converted herself into an owl (Apuleius). There was another Pamphyle, the daughter of Apollo, who first taught women to embroider with silk. “In one very remote…

Lucius III

(Encyclopedia) Lucius III, d. 1185, pope (1181–85), a native of Lucca named Ubaldo Allucingoli; successor of Alexander III. He was a Cistercian with St. Bernard and was created a cardinal in 1141 by…

Lucius

(Encyclopedia) Lucius, in the New Testament. 1 Christian teacher at Antioch, a Cyrenian. 2 Christian at Rome.

Clay, Lucius DuBignon

(Encyclopedia) Clay, Lucius DuBignonClay, Lucius DuBignondəbĭnˈyən, dübēnyôNˈ [key], 1897–1978, American general, b. Marietta, Ga. A graduate of West Point and an engineering officer, he held many…