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Lucrece
(Encyclopedia) LucreceLucrecel&oomacr;krēsˈ [key] or LucretiaLucretial&oomacr;krēˈshə [key], in Roman legend, Roman matron, illustrious for her virtue. She was the victim of rape by Sextus,…Guérin, Pierre Narcisse, Baron
(Encyclopedia) Guérin, Pierre Narcisse, BaronGuérin, Pierre Narcisse, Baronpyĕr närsēsˈ, bärôN [key]Guérin, Pierre Narcisse, Baron gārăNˈ [key], 1774–1833, French painter. He won enthusiastic…Frontinus
(Encyclopedia) Frontinus (Sextus Julius Frontinus)Frontinusfrŏntīˈnəs [key], fl. a.d. 74, Roman administrator and writer. As governor of Britain from a.d. 74 or a.d. 75 to a.d. 78, he reduced the…Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius
(Encyclopedia) Agrippa, Marcus VipsaniusAgrippa, Marcus Vipsaniusmärˈkəs vĭpsāˈnēəs [key]Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius əgrĭpˈə [key], c.63 b.c.–12 b.c., Roman general. A close friend of Octavian (later…Brewer's: Mincio
or Mintio. The birthplace of Virgil. The Clitumnus, a river of Umbria, was the residence of Propertius; the Anio is where Horace had a villa; the river Meles, in Ionia, is the supposed…Brewer's: Augustan Age
The best literary period of a nation; so called from Augustus, the Emperor of Rome, the most palmy time of Latin literature. Horace, Ovid, Propertius, Tibullus, Virgil, etc., flourished in…Brewer's: Nephew
(French neveu, Latin nepos). Both in Latin and in archaic English the word means a grandchild, or descendant. Hence, in 1 Tim. v. 4, we read- “If a woman have children or nephews […William Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra, Dramatis Personae
Dramatis Personaetriumvirs.Mark AntonyOctavius CaesarM. Aemilius LepidusOthers.Sextus PompeiusFriends to Antony.Domitius EnobarbusVentidiusErosScarusDercetasDemetriusPhiloFriends to Caesar.…Brewer's: Lawrence
(St.). Patron saint of curriers, because his skin was broiled on a gridiron. In the pontificate of Sextus I. he was charged with the care of the poor, the orphans, and the widows. In the…Brewer's: Mass
High Mass or “Grand Mass” is sung by choristers, and celebrated with the assistance of a deacon and sub-deacon. Low Mass is simply read without singing; there is one between these two…Trending
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