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Brewer's: Trojan
He is a regular Trojan. A fine fellow, with good courage and plenty of spirit; what the French call a brave homme. The Trojans in Homer's Iliad and Virgil's Æneid are described as truthful…Brewer's: Wooden Horse of Troy
Virgil tells us that Ulysses had a monster wooden horse made after the death of Hector, and gave out that it was an offering to the gods to secure a…Brewer's: Sinister
(Latin, on the left hand). According to augury, birds, etc., appearing on the left-hand side forbode illluck; but, on the right-hand side, good luck. Thus, corva sinistra (a crow on the…Brewer's: Sinon
A Greek who induced the Trojans to receive the wooden horse. (Virgil: AEneid, ii. 102, etc.) Anyone leceiving to betray is called “a Sinon.” And now securely trusting to destroy, As erst…Brewer's: Evil Eye
It was anciently believed that the eyes of some persons darted noxious rays on objects which they glared upon. The first morning glance of such eyes was certain destruction to man or beast…Brewer's: Fuga ad Salices
(A). An affectation or pretence of denial; as, when Cæsar thrice refused the crown in the Lupercal. A “nolo episcopari.” The allusion is to— Malo me Galatea petit, lasciva puella, Et fugit…Brewer's: Funeral Games
Public games were held both in Greece and Rome in honour of the honoured dead. Examples of this custom are numerous: as at the death of Azan (son of Arcas, father of the Arcadians); the…Brewer's: Flame
A sweetheart. “An old flame,” a quondam sweetheart. In Latin, flamma is used for love, and so is feu in French. Ardeo, to burn like fire, is also applied to the passion of love; hence,…Brewer's: Elissa
Dido, Queen of Carthage. A Phoenician name signifying heroic, brave. “Nec me meminisse pigebit Elissæ.” Virgil: Æneid, iv. 335. Dido was the niece of the Bible Jezebel. Ithobal I., king…Brewer's: Conclamatio
amongst the ancient Romans, was similar to the Irish howl over the dead; and, as in Ireland, women led the funeral cortège, weeping ostentatiously and gesticulating. “One not howled over…Trending
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