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Rawlins, John Aaron
(Encyclopedia) Rawlins, John Aaron, 1831–69, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Galena, Ill. Admitted to the bar in 1854, he practiced law in Galena. In 1861 he joined the Union army at the…The Illiad: The Night Adventure of Diomed and Ulysses.
The Embassy to Achilles. The Third Battle, and the Acts... The Night Adventure of Diomed and Ulysses. Upon the refusal of Achilles to return to the army, the distress of Agamemnon is…Ulysses Reveals Himself to Telemachus - The Odyssey
Minerva Summons Telemachus fr... Telemachus and His Mother Mee... Ulysses Reveals Himself to Telemachus. Meanwhile Ulysses and the swineherd had lit a fire in the hut and were were…The Meeting Between Nausicaa and Ulysses - The Odyssey
Calypso--Ulysses Reaches Sche... Reception of Ulysses at the P... The Meeting Between Nausicaa and Ulysses. So here Ulysses slept, overcome by sleep and toil; but Minerva went off…Ulysses (U.S. and European Space Agency)
Destination: The Sun. Launched: Oct. 6, 1990. Mission: To study the Sun and map the interstellar space above and below its poles. The spacecraft was put into orbit at right angles to the solar…monologue
(Encyclopedia) monologue, an extended speech by one person only. Strindberg's one-act play The Stronger, spoken entirely by one person, is an extreme example of monologue. Soliloquy is synonymous,…Odysseus
(Encyclopedia) OdysseusOdysseusōdĭsˈēəs [key], Lat. UlyssesOdysseusy&oomacr;lĭsˈēz [key], in Greek mythology, son and successor of King Laertes of Ithaca. A leader of Greek forces during the…Anderson, Margaret C.
(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Margaret C., 1886–1973, American author, editor, and publisher, b. Indianapolis, Ind. As editor and publisher of The Little Review (1914–29), one of the most famous of the…Washburne, Elihu Benjamin
(Encyclopedia) Washburne, Elihu Benjamin, 1816–87, American politician and diplomat, b. Livermore, Maine. Admitted to the bar in Massachusetts, he opened (1840) his law practice in Galena, Ill. As a…Stewart, Alexander Turney
(Encyclopedia) Stewart, Alexander Turney, 1803–76, American merchant, b. Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Ireland. Arriving in New York c.1820, he started in business in 1823 by selling Irish laces. In 1846 he…Trending
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