[Bel-ve-dear ]. A marble statue, supposed to be from the chisel of the Greek sculptor Calamis, who flourished in the fifth ante-Christian era. It represents the god holding a bow in his…
(2 syl.). Goddess of vengeance and mischief. This goddess was driven out of heaven, and took refuge among the sons of men. “With Atë by his side come not from hell,” Cry “Havoc,” and let…
or Barchocebas (Shimeon). A fanatical leader of the Jews who headed a revolt of the Jews against the Romans A.D. 132, took Jerusalem in 132, and was slain by Julius Severus in an assault…
Pitiful or paltry s. d. Brutus calls money paltry compared with friendship, etc. When Marcus Brutus grows so covetous, To lock such rascal counters from his friend Be ready, gods, with all…
Sometimes called “The Monk of Westminster,” an early English chronicler. His chronicle On the Ancient State of Britain was first brought to light by Dr. Charles Julius Bertram, professor…
To pass the Rubicon. To adopt some measure from which it is not possible to recede. Thus, when the Austrains, in 1859, passed the Ticino, the act was a declaration of war against Sardinia…
[the three writers ]. Meaning Richard of Cirencester, Gildas Badonicus, and Nennius of Bangor. Julius Bertram, professor of English at Copenhagen, professed to have discovered the first of…
Jupiter was depicted by the ancients as a man seated on a throne, holding a sceptre in his left hand and thunderbolts in his right. Modern science has proved there are no such things as…
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