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Brewer's: Hellenes

(3 syl.). “This word had in Palestine three several meanings; Sometimes it designated the pagans; sometimes the Jews, speaking Greek, and dwelling among the pagans; and sometimes…

Brewer's: Hellenic

The common dialect of the Greek writers after the age of Alexander. It was based on the Attic. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894HellenisticHellenes A B C…

Botsford, George Willis

(Encyclopedia) Botsford, George Willis, 1862–1917, American historian, b. West Union, Iowa. After some years (1895–1901) at Harvard, he taught (1901–17) ancient history at Columbia. An outstanding…

Dickinson, Goldsworthy Lowes

(Encyclopedia) Dickinson, Goldsworthy Lowes, 1862–1932, English author. He was a pacifist during World War I, and he was later instrumental in the conception of the League of Nations. His political…

Aeolus

(Encyclopedia) AeolusAeolusēˈələs [key], in Greek mythology. 1 The wind god. He lived on the island of Aeolia, where he kept the winds in a cave. 2 Son of Hellen and ancestor of the Aeolian branch of…

Rydberg, Abraham Viktor

(Encyclopedia) Rydberg, Abraham ViktorRydberg, Abraham Viktoräˈbrähäm vĭkˈtôr rüdˈbĕryə [key], 1828–95, Swedish philosopher and writer. Singoalla (1857), a romantic and mystical story of medieval…

Aeolis

(Encyclopedia) AeolisAeolisēˈəlĭs [key] or AeoliaAeoliaēōˈlēə [key], ancient region of the west coast of Asia Minor (in present-day Turkey). Aeolis was not a geographic term but a collective term for…

Isocrates

(Encyclopedia) IsocratesIsocratesīsŏkˈrətēz [key], 436–338 b.c., one of the Ten Attic Orators. He was a pupil of Socrates and of the Sophists. Perhaps the greatest teacher in Greek history, he taught…

Brookline

(Encyclopedia) Brookline Brookline br&oobreve;kˈlīn [key], town (2020 pop. 63,191), Norfolk co., E Mass., a suburb…

Kronos

(Encyclopedia) Kronos or CronusCronusboth: krōˈnəs [key], in Greek religion and mythology, the youngest Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea. With the help of his mother, he led the Titans in the revolt…