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The Iliad of Homer: Funeral Games in Honour of Patroclus
The Death of Hector. The Redemption of the Body of Hector. Funeral Games in Honour of Patroclus. Achilles and the Myrmidons do honours to the body of Patroclus. After the funeral…Brewer's: Lestrigons
A race of giants who lived in Sicily. Ulysses sent two of his men to request that he and his crew might land, but the king of the place ate one for dinner and the other fled. The…Brewer's: Ithacensian Suitors
(The). The suitors of Penelope (4 syl.), wife of Ulysses, King of Ithaca. While Ulysses was absent, many suitors presented themselves to Penelope, affirming that Ulysses was certainly dead…The Iliad of Homer: The Second Battle, and the Distress of the Greeks
The Single Combat of Hector and Ajax. The Embassy to Achilles. The Second Battle, and the Distress of the Greeks. Jupiter assembles a council of the deities, and threatens them with…George Ernest WALDO, Congress, NY (1851-1942)
WALDO George Ernest , a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., January 11, 1851; attended the public schools of Scotland, Conn., and Brooklyn, N.Y., Doctor Fitch's Academy, South…Women's Suffrage: Negro Suffrage as a Political Necessity
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Negro's HourThe First Victory (1869)Negro Suffrage as a Political NecessityIt was with troubled minds that Republican leaders faced…Maryland, University of
(Encyclopedia) Maryland, University of, at College Park; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1856 and opened 1859 as Maryland Agricultural College, renamed Maryland State College…Lecouvreur, Adrienne
(Encyclopedia) Lecouvreur, AdrienneLecouvreur, Adrienneädrēĕnˈ lək&oomacr;vrörˈ [key], 1692–1730, French actress. With Michel Baron she helped change the traditional acting techniques of the…Lubbock, Sir John
(Encyclopedia) Lubbock, Sir JohnLubbock, Sir Johnlŭbˈək [key], 1834–1913, English banker, statesman, and naturalist. As a member of Parliament from 1870, he introduced many reform bills, especially…McClure, Alexander Kelly
(Encyclopedia) McClure, Alexander Kelly, 1828–1909, American journalist and political leader, b. Perry co., Pa. He edited and published the Juniata Sentinel of Mifflintown, Pa., before acquiring and…Trending
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