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Fathers of the Church

(Encyclopedia)Fathers of the Church, collective name for the Christian writers of early times whose work is considered generally orthodox. A convenient definition includes all such writers up to and including St. G...

Dio Chrysostom

(Encyclopedia)Dio Chrysostom krĭsˈəstəm, krĭsŏsˈ– [key], d. after a.d. 112, Greek Sophist and orator [Chrysostom=golden-mouthed], b. Prusa (modern Bursa) in Bithynia. He lived at Rome under Emperor Domitia...

harvest customs

(Encyclopedia)harvest customs, practices associated with the celebration of the gathering of agricultural crops. The gathering of the harvest—the climax of the year's labors wherever the soil is cultivated—has ...

Berenice, c.280–46 b.c., queen-consort of ancient Syria

(Encyclopedia)Berenice, c.280–46 b.c., queen-consort of ancient Syria; wife of Antiochus II. She was called Berenice Syra. She was the daughter of Ptolemy II, and her marriage (252) to Antiochus II marked a tempo...

Argonauts, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Argonauts: see Jason; Argo; Golden Fleece. ...

Icarus, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Icarus: see Daedalus.

Thisbe , in Greek legend

(Encyclopedia)Thisbe: see Pyramus and Thisbe.

Ion, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Ion: see Creusa (1.)

Echidna, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Echidna: see Typhon.

Alpheus, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Alpheus ălfēˈəs [key], river god: see Arethusa. ...