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Classical Mythology: The Limits of Craftsmanship
The Limits of CraftsmanshipClassical MythologyNot in Our Stars: Tragic Heroes and Their FatesSwitchblade SistersMutual Mistrust: The High Cost of JealousyThe Limits of CraftsmanshipDad, Can I Borrow…Edward Hooker GILLETTE, Congress, IA (1840-1918)
GILLETTE Edward Hooker , a Representative from Iowa; born in Bloomfield, Hartford County, Conn., October 1, 1840; attended the public schools at Hartford, Conn., and the New York State…Silas Mainville BURROUGHS, Congress, NY (1810-1860)
BURROUGHS Silas Mainville , a Representative from New York; born in Ovid, N.Y., July 16, 1810; completed a preparatory course; village clerk of Medina, Orleans County, N.Y., in 1835; village…John DE MOTT, Congress, NY (1790-1870)
DE MOTT John , a Representative from New York; born in Readington, Hunterdon County, N.J., October 7, 1790; moved to Herkimer County, N.Y., in 1793 with his parents, who settled in what is now the…Alexander Samuel DIVEN, Congress, NY (1809-1896)
DIVEN Alexander Samuel , a Representative from New York; born in Catharine (later Watkins), N.Y., February 10, 1809; attended the common schools and the academies in Penn Yan and Ovid, N.Y.;…Silas HALSEY, Congress, NY (1743-1832)
HALSEY Silas , a Representative from New York; born in Southampton, Long Island, N.Y., October 6, 1743 (old style); attended the public schools; studied medicine at Elizabethtown (later Elizabeth…Isaac Peckham CHRISTIANCY, Congress, MI (1812-1890)
Senate Years of Service: 1875-1879 Party: Republican CHRISTIANCY Isaac Peckham , a Senator from Michigan; born near Johnstown, Fulton County, N.Y., March 12, 1812; attended the common schools and…translation
(Encyclopedia) translation [Lat.,=carrying across], the rendering of a text into another language. Applied to literature, the term connotes the art of recomposing a work in another language without…Brewer's: The Ætolian Hero
Diomede, who was king of Ætolia. (Ovid.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AffableAetites A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…Brewer's: Calauri'a
Pro Delo Calauria (Ovid: Metamorphoses, vii. 384). Calauria was an island in the Sinus Saronicus which Latona gave to Neptune in exchange for Delos. A quid pro quo. Source: Dictionary of…Trending
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