(Encyclopedia) CreusaCreusakrē&oomacr;ˈsə [key], in Greek mythology. 1 Daughter of Erechtheus and wife of Xuthus. Her sons, Achaeus by Xuthus, and Ion by Xuthus or Apollo, are the ancestors of…
(Encyclopedia) PeliasPeliaspēˈlēăs [key], in Greek mythology, usurper of the throne of Iolcus. He was the son of Tyro and Poseidon and the twin brother of Neleus. After his birth his mother married…
BROWN Jason Brevoort , a Representative from Indiana;
born in Dillsboro, Dearborn County, Ind., February 26, 1839;
attended the common schools and Wilmington Academy, Dearborn County, Ind.;…
NILES Jason , a Representative from Mississippi;
born in Burlington, Vt., December 19, 1814;
attended the common schools and was graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington in 1837;…
(Encyclopedia) Somers, John Somers or Sommers, BaronSomers, John Somers or Sommers, Baronsŭmˈərz [key], 1651–1716, English jurist and statesman. In the Glorious Revolution he secured Parliament's…
(Encyclopedia) Porson, Richard, 1759–1808, English classical scholar, b. Norfolk. A poor boy, he showed such astonishing powers of memory that patrons sent him through Eton and Cambridge. He was…
FIELDS William Jason , a Representative from Kentucky; born in Willard, Carter County, Ky.,
December 29, 1874; attended the public schools, and the University of Kentucky at Lexington;
studied…
(Encyclopedia) ColchisColchiskŏlˈkĭs [key], ancient country on the eastern shore of the Black Sea and in the Caucasus region. Centered about the fertile valley of the Phasis River (the modern Rion),…
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