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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…2000-01 Boxing Cruiserweights <span class="rm" >(190 lbs)</span>
(Jr. Heavyweights) Date Winner Loser Result Title Site Dec. 9 Virgil Hill Fabrice Tiozzo TKO 1 WBA Lyon, France Dec. 16 Juan Carlos Gomez Jorge Castro…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: Pelion
Heaping Ossa upon Pelion. Adding difficulty to difficulty, embarassment to embarrassment, etc. When the giants tried to scale heaven, they placed Mount Ossa upon Mount Pelion for a scaling…Brewer's: Peony
(The). So called, according to fable, from Paeon, the physician who cured the wounds received by the gods in the Trojan war. The seeds were, at one time, worn round the neck as a charm…Black Scientists and Inventors
Notable African-American Scientists and Inventors Benjamin Banneker Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders…Brewer's: Balance
(The) “Libra,” the 7th sign of the zodiac, which contains the autumnal equinox. According to fable it is Astræa, who, in the iron age, returned from earth to heaven. Virgil, to praise the…Brewer's: Harpies
(2 syl.). Vultures with the head and breasts of a woman, very fierce and loathsome, living in an atmosphere of filth and stench, and contaminating everything which they came near. Homer…Brewer's: Hexameter Verse
A line of poetry consisting of six measures, the fifth being a dactyl and the sixth either a spondee or a trochee. The other four may be either dactyls or spondees. Homer's two epic poems…Trending
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