(Encyclopedia) wrestling, sport in which two unarmed opponents grapple with one another. The object is to secure a fall, i.e., cause the opponent to lose balance and fall to the floor, and ultimately…
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The older spelling was Argemony, and Pliny calls it argemonia, from the Greek argemos, a white speck on the eye, which this plant was supposed to cure. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…
Homer. Scio is the modern name of Chios, in the AEgean Sea. Smyrna, Chios, Colophon', Salamis', Rhodos, Argos, Athenae, Your just right to call Homer your son you must settle between ye.…
Son of Peleus (2 syl.)- that is, Achilles, the hero of Homer's Iliad, and chief of the Greek warriors that besieged Troy. When, like Pelides, bold beyond control, Homer raised high to…
(4 syl.) or Mæonian Poet. Homer, either because he was the son of Mæon, or because he was born in Mæonia (Asia Minor). (See Homer.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…
Originally, a little casa or room near a theatre, where persons might retire, after the play was over, for dancing or music. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
A Greek poet before the time of Homer. He wrote in heroic verse the Siege of Troy, and it is said that Homer is considerably indebted to him. (Suidas.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…
Sir Andrew Aguecheek, a straight-haired country squire, stupid even to silliness, self-conceited, living to eat, and wholly unacquainted with the world of fashion. The character is in…
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