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(Encyclopedia) epic, long, exalted narrative poem, usually on a serious subject, centered on a heroic figure. The earliest epics, known as primary, or original, epics, were shaped from the legends of…Brewer's: Bombastes Furioso
One who talks big and uses long sesquipedalian words; the ideal of bombast. He is the hero of a burlesque opera so called, by William Barnes Rhodes. (1790.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Orlando, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) OrlandoOrlandoôrlănˈdō [key], city (1990 pop. 164,693), seat of Orange co., central Fla., in a lake region; inc. 1875. In a citrus fruit and farm area, it is one of the world's most…Orlando, Vittorio Emanuele
(Encyclopedia) Orlando, Vittorio EmanueleOrlando, Vittorio Emanuelevēt-tôˈrēō āmänwĕˈlā ōrlänˈdō [key], 1860–1952, Italian statesman and jurist. He held several cabinet posts from 1903 to 1917 and…Gibbons, Orlando
(Encyclopedia) Gibbons, Orlando, 1583–1625, English organist and composer. He became organist of the Chapel Royal about 1603, court virginalist in 1619, and organist at Westminster Abbey in 1623. His…Lope de Vega Carpio, Félix
(Encyclopedia) Lope de Vega Carpio, FélixLope de Vega Carpio, Félixfāˈlēks lōˈpā dā vāˈgä kärˈpyō [key], 1562–1635, Spanish dramatic poet, founder of the Spanish drama, b. Madrid. Lope, born a…Brewer's: Astolpho
(in Orlando Furioso). An English duke (son of Otho), who joined Charlemagne against the Saracens. He was carried on the back of a whale to Alcina's isle; but when Alcina tired of him, she…Orlando, Italian form of Roland
(Encyclopedia) Orlando: see Roland.Orlando, Tony
(Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis) singerBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 4/3/44Orlando Magic
Orlando “Tubby” Smith, the first black head coach ever of Kentucky basketball, did what no other Kentucky head coach could. Not Adolph Rupp, not Smith's predecessor Rick Pitino, or, for that…Trending
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