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The Acts of Diomed. The Single Combat of Hector and Ajax. The Episodes of Glaucus and Diomed, and of Hector and Andromache. The gods having left the field, the Grecians prevail.…
(An). The notification of the route followed by a traveller. The Itinerary of Antoninus marks out all the main roads of the Roman Empire, and the stations of the Roman army. The Itinerary…
Roland the Paladin; also called “The Christian Theseus” (2 syl.). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Achilles' SpearAchilles of Rome A B C D E F G H I…
One of the angels commissioned by Gabriel to search for Satan, who had effected his entrance into Paradise. The other angel who accompanied him was Zephon (Ithuriel means “the discovery of…
A strong sinew running along the heel to the calf of the leg. The tale is that Thetis took her son Achilles by the heel, and dipped him in the river Styx to make him invulnerable. The…
(1 syl.). Greek zugon, Latin jugum, French joug, Dutch juk, German joch, Anglo-Saxon geoc (pron. yoc). To pass under the yoke. To suffer the disgrace of a vanquished army. The Romans made…
Quibbling; making your own argument good by forcing certain words or phrases from their obvious and ordinary meaning. A pleading in law means a written statement of a cause pro and con.,…
When a slave was manumitted by the Romans, a small red cloth cap, called pileus, was placed on his head. As soon as this was done, he was termed libertinus (a freedman), and his name was…
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