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Henryson, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Henryson, Robert, c.1425–c.1506, Scottish poet. It is thought that he was a schoolmaster at Dunfermline Abbey. His principal poem is The Testament of Cresseid, which was written as a…

Orpheus

(Encyclopedia) OrpheusOrpheusôrˈfēəs, ôrˈfy&oomacr;s [key], in Greek mythology, celebrated Thracian musician. He was the son of Calliope by Apollo or, according to another legend, by Oeagrus, a…

Brewer's: Orpheus

(2 syl.). A Thracian poet who could move even inanimate things by his music. When his wife Eurydie died he went into the infernal regions, and so charmed King Pluto that Eurydice was…

Brewer's: Orpheus of Highwaymen

So Gay has been called on account of his Beggar's Opera. (1688-1732.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894OrreryOrpheus A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…

Eurydice

(Encyclopedia) EurydiceEurydicey&oomacr;rĭdˈĭsē [key]: see Orpheus.

Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

(Encyclopedia) Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, an early Jewish work, with some Christian interpolations, reckoned among the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. The work may have been written as early…

Jude, epistle of the New Testament

(Encyclopedia) Jude, epistle of the New Testament, the next to last book of the Bible. The Jude who wrote it has been identified since ancient times with St. Jude the apostle, but most modern…

Peter, epistles of the New Testament

(Encyclopedia) Peter, two letters of the New Testament, classified among the Catholic (or General) Epistles. Each opens with a statement of authorship by the apostle St. Peter. First Peter, the…

Sara Teasedale: Testament

TestamentI said, "I will take my life And throw it away; I who was fire and song Will turn to clay.""I will lie no more in the night With shaken breath, I will toss my heart in the…