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Antiope

(Encyclopedia)Antiope ăntīˈəpē [key], in Greek mythology. 1 Theban princess, daughter of Nycteus. She was seduced by Zeus and bore him twin sons, Zethus and Amphion. Fleeing to Sicyon to escape the wrath of he...

Danaüs

(Encyclopedia)Danaüs dănˈāəs [key], in Greek mythology, son of Belus and Anchinoe and twin of Aegyptus. Danaüs, who had 50 daughters, the Danaïds, and Aegyptus, who had 50 sons, ruled Libya and Arabia. When ...

Putnam, George Palmer, 1814–72, American publisher

(Encyclopedia)Putnam, George Palmer, 1814–72, American publisher, b. Brunswick, Maine; grandnephew of Israel Putnam. A member of the New York City bookselling firm of Wiley and Putnam, he established a branch in ...

Ohad

(Encyclopedia)Ohad ōˈhăd [key], in the Bible, one of the sons of Simeon. ...

Faneuil Hall

(Encyclopedia)Faneuil Hall fănˈəl, fănˈyəl [key], public market and hall in Boston, Mass. Given to the city by the merchant Peter Faneuil in 1742, the building burned in 1761 but was rebuilt. The scene of Rev...

Aspatha

(Encyclopedia)Aspatha ăsˈpəthə, ăspāˈ– [key], in the Bible, one of the sons of Haman. ...

Poratha

(Encyclopedia)Poratha pŏrˈəthə [key], in the Bible, one of the 10 sons of Haman. ...

Zilpah

(Encyclopedia)Zilpah zĭlˈpə [key], in the Bible, Leah's maid, mother of two of Jacob's sons. ...

Pithon

(Encyclopedia)Pithon pīˈthŏn [key], in the Bible, a descendant of Saul, one of the sons of Micah. ...

Dalphon

(Encyclopedia)Dalphon dălˈfən [key], in the Bible, one of Haman's sons. ...