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Classical MythologyClassical Mythologych01s01 tales-titanicch01s02 titanic-strugglech01s03 clash-titansch02s01 reign-thunder-lightning-olympus-under-zeusch02s02 master-universech02s03 heavenly-…1948 Tony Awards
PlayMister RobertsHenry FondaArchive PhotosActors—PlayHenry Fonda, Mister RobertsPaul Kelly, Command DecisionBasil Rathbone, The HeiressActresses—PlayJudith Anderson, MedeaKatharine Cornell,…1994 Tony Awards
PlayAngels in America: PerestroikaMusicalPassionRevival—PlayAn Inspector CallsRevival—MusicalCarouselActor—PlayStephen Spinella, Angels in America: PerestroikaActress—PlayDiana Rigg,…Euripides
(Encyclopedia) EuripidesEuripidesy&oobreve;rĭpˈĭdēz [key], 480 or 485–406 b.c., Greek tragic dramatist, ranking with Aeschylus and Sophocles. Born in Attica, he lived in Athens most of his life,…Brewer's: Promethean Unguent
(The). Made from a herb on which some of the blood of Prometheus (3syl.) had fallen. Medea gave Jason some of this unguent, which rendered his body proof against fire and warlike…Brewer's: Naphtha
The drug used by Mede'a for anointing the wedding robe of Glauce, daughter of King Creon, whereby she was burnt to death on the morning of her marriage with Jason. Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Urganda la Desconecida
An enchantress or sort of Mede'a in the romances belonging to the Amadis and Paimerin series, in the Spanish school of romance. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Invulnerability
Stones taken from the cassan plant, which grows in Panter, renders the possessor invulnerable. (Odoricus in Hakluyt.) A dip in the river Styx rendered Achilles invulnerable. (Greek fable…Brewer's: Medard
(St.). Master of the rain. St. Médard was the founder of the rose-prize of Salency in reward of merit. The legend says, he was one day passing over a large plain, when a sudden shower fell…Brewer's: Old Age Restored to Youth
“La fontaine de Jourvence fit rejovenir la gent.” The broth of Medea did the same. Grinding old men young. Ogier's Ring (q.v.) restored the aged to youth again. The Dancing Water restores…Trending
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