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Seneca
Seneca the elder (Lucius, or Marcus, Annaeus Seneca) , c.60 BC-c.AD 37, Roman rhetorician and writer, b. Corduba (present-day Córdoba), Spain; grandfather of Lucan and father of Seneca the younger. He spent most of his life in Spain but made frequent trips to Rome, where he observed the... Read more
Seneca
Seneca the younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) loo´shes enē´es sĕn´eke , c.3 BC-AD 65, Roman philosopher, dramatist, and statesman, b. Corduba (present-day Córdoba), Spain. He was the son of Seneca the elder. The younger Seneca went to Rome in his childhood, studi... Read more
milkwort
milkwort common name for the Polygalaceae, a family including herbs, shrubs, and trees found in all parts of the world except New Zealand and the polar regions. Several milkworts (genus Polygala ), perennial herbs, are native to moist habitats of the United States and are sometimes cultivated as o... Read more
Mary Jemison
Mary Jemison 1743-1833, American frontierswoman. She was born at sea while her parents were en route from Ireland to America. In W Pennsylvania she was captured (1758) by a French and Indian War party, taken to Fort Duquesne, and given to two Seneca women, who adopted her. She was married twice (to... Read more
Robert Garnier
Robert Garnier , 1534?-1590, French dramatic poet. He wrote mainly closet dramas in the classical manner of Seneca. Les Juives [the Jewish women] (1583), based on the Bible, is perhaps the best of his tragedies. He is also credited with the first tragicomedy in French, Bradamante (1582). ... Read more
Tiffin
Tiffin city (1990 pop. 18,604), seat of Seneca co., N central Ohio, on the scenic Sandusky River in a farm area; inc. 1835. China, glassware, machinery, wire and cable, and electrical equipment are made in the city. Heidelberg College and Tiffin Univ. are there. ... Read more
Handsome Lake
Handsome Lake 1735?-1815, Seneca religious prophet; half brother of Cornplanter . After a long illness he had a vision (c.1800) and began to preach new religious beliefs. His moral teachings showed a similarity to Christian ethics and had a profound effect among the Iroquois. He advocated giving u... Read more
Cayuga Lake
Cayuga Lake , 38 mi (61 km) long and 1 to 3.5 mi (1.6-5.6 km) wide, W central N.Y.; longest of the Finger Lakes. It is connected by the Seneca-Cayuga Canal to the New York State Canal System . Cornell Univ. and Wells College overlook Cayuga's clifflike banks. Near the southern end of the lake are T... Read more
Gallio
Gallio (Junius Annaeus Gallio) , d. AD 65?, Roman proconsul in Achaea; brother of the philosopher Seneca. His name was originally Lucius Annaeus Novatus. The "Gallio Inscription," discovered at Delphi, can be dated to c.AD 51. The Acts of the Apostles relates that he refused judgment on a ques... Read more
Red Jacket
Red Jacket c.1758-1830, chief of the Seneca, b. probably Seneca co., N.Y. His Native American name was Otetiani, changed to Sagoyewatha when he became a chief. His English name came from the British redcoat he wore as an ally of the English in the American Revolution. He had an excellent memory and... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Seneca"

Seneca
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Seneca The Senecas are an American Indian group from northeastern...several previously autonomous groups coalesced to form the Seneca nation in the fifteenth or sixteenth century, prior to Seneca entry into the Iroquois Confederacy. Seneca material...
Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.) was a Roman philosopher...minister" of the emperor Nero. The philosophical works of Seneca although not especially original, show such nobility of...
Seneca Falls Convention
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law SENECA FALLS CONVENTION The Seneca Falls Convention, which took place in Seneca Falls, New York, in July 1848, was the first national women's rights convention and a pivotal event in the continuing story of U.S. and women's rights. The...
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Seneca, Lucius Annaeus ( c. 4BC-AD 65), Roman...unhappy wife, was formerly attributed to Seneca, but is now considered not to be by him...only extant dramas from the Roman empire Seneca's tragedies are important historically...
Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments The feminist...for female suffrage. At a convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in July 1848, a group...that kept women in an inferior status. Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments When, in...
Seneca Indians
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Seneca Indians, tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy . They were allied with Pontiac, aided the British during the Revolution, and largely...
Ely Samuel Parker
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...second of six children of a distinguished Seneca family. His mother was Elizabeth Johnson...gwut-ywus, c. 1786-1862), a Seneca Indian and member of the wolf clan. His...Ha'-Wa), was a grandson of the Seneca prophet Handsome Lake, one of the major...
Cornplanter
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...leading warrior and village leader among the Seneca, one of six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy...Genesee River in New York, the son of a Seneca woman and a Dutch trader named John Abeel...father. This is important in that the Seneca, like other Iroquois people, are matrilineal...
Red Jacket
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Jacket Red Jacket (1758-1830) was a Seneca Tribal Commander who lent support to the...Jacket became a principal spokesman for the Seneca people. He was present at treaty negotiations...1794 and 1797 in which major portions of Seneca land in upstate New York were ceded or...
Parker, Arthur Caswell
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...atmosphere. Parker's writings on the Seneca and Iroquois cultures are still read and...Indian Born April 5, 1881, on the Seneca tribe's Cattaraugus Reservation in New...his father's side from a long line of Seneca leaders; his uncle Ely Parker was a Civil...

Dictionary entries related to "Seneca"

Seneca, Marcus Annaeus
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Seneca, Marcus Annaeus (or Seneca the Elder ) ( c. 55 BC– c. 39 AD) Roman rhetorician, born in Spain. Seneca is best known for his works on rhetoric, only parts of which survive...
Seneca Falls Convention
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History SENECA FALLS CONVENTION SENECA FALLS CONVENTION was the first public gathering in the United States...the purpose of debating the issue of women's rights. Meeting in Seneca Falls, New York, on 19 – 20 July 1848, a group of almost...
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Seneca, Lucius Annaeus ( c. 4 BC–...Nero . After Nero's accession in 54, Seneca was the chief adviser of state, but he...is an apocryphal correspondence between Seneca (8 letters) and St Paul (6 letters...
Seneca Falls Declaration of Rights and Sentiments (1848, National Women'S Party Convention)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History SENECA FALLS DECLARATION OF RIGHTS AND SENTIMENTS...women's rights convention was held at Seneca Falls, New York, in July 1848. In anticipation...University See also Declaration of Sentiments ; Seneca Falls Convention ; Suffrage: Woman's...
Seneca
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Seneca the largest tribe of the Iroquois-speaking Five Nations. Located in western New York, in the 1760s the Senecas actively urged...
Indian Social Life
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...incorporation of strangers. Among the matrilineal Seneca, the women of a longhouse might demand...appealing alternative until Handsome Lake, a Seneca religious prophet, blended Christian...the traditional religious beliefs of the Seneca in the early nineteenth century. Handsome...
Ohio Valley
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...included the Iroquois (especially Seneca, Erie [to 1656], and Mingo) in western Pennsylvania; the Delaware and Seneca in southern Pennsylvania and West...Delaware, Miami, Ottawa, Shawnee, Seneca, and Wyandot in Ohio; the Miami...
Gift, The
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...gratitude. Gratitude is a central theme of Seneca's (4 b.c.e. – 65 c...The ungrateful person was detestable. Seneca explored all the fine points of giving...p. 6). Even more than Aristotle, Seneca contrasted the rules for gifts with the...
Iroquois
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...North American Indian tribes (i.e. Huron, Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Onondaga, and Cayuga), speaking the Iroquoian languages...with half the League (i.e. the Cayugas, Mohawks, and Seneca) migrating north to Canada, where they accepted grants of...
Petroleum Prospecting and Technology
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...season, not enough to be cost effective. Principals of the Seneca Oil Company believed that oil, if extracted in enough quantity...primarily as a high-quality illuminant. Edwin Drake, hired by Seneca to extract the oil, borrowed the concept of drilling from salt...

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Seneca Resources Discusses Impact of Contracts with Enron.
PR Newswire; 11/29/2001; 700+ words ; BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Seneca Resources Corporation, the wholly...Company , today provided information on Seneca's financial exposure as a result of...with a subsidiary of Enron Corp. . Seneca has hedge contracts in place with Enron...
Seneca Gaming Corporation Announces Its Financial Results for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2004.
PR Newswire; 12/20/2004; 700+ words ; Seneca Gaming Corporation (SGC) today reported...owned tribally chartered corporation of the Seneca Nation of Indians (Nation) that operates...through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Seneca Niagara Falls Gaming Corporation (SNFGC...
Seneca Gaming Corporation Announces Its Operating Results for the Three and Nine Months Ended June 30, 2004 and Expansion Plans for Seneca Allegany Casino.
PR Newswire; 8/10/2004; 700+ words ; ...N.Y., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Seneca Gaming Corporation (SGC) today announced...tribally chartered corporation of the Seneca Nation of Indians (Nation) that operates...York. SGC through its subsidiaries, Seneca Niagara Falls Gaming Corporation (SNFGC...
Seneca Communications helps keep West Virginia connected
Magazine article from: The Business Journal - Central New York; 12/14/1998; ; 700+ words ; DUNBAR -- Seneca Communications Inc. is reaching the pinnacle...vice president. "Started in 1991, Seneca is a homegrown creation of the remnants...time that Charles Sizemore, president of Seneca Communications, started putting together...
Seneca salvo: Free money.
Newspaper article from: Erie Times-News (Erie, PA); 9/18/2007; 700+ words ; ...competing casino 80 miles east of Erie. Seneca Allegany Casino is offering free plays...exchange for the competition's card. Seneca, in Salamanca, N.Y., is running the promotion through Dec. 29. Seneca customers who sign up for the Seneca...
Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel Celebrates Grand Opening.
PR Newswire; 3/30/2007; 700+ words ; ...one snip of a giant pair of scissors, Seneca Nation of Indians President Maurice John...through Salamanca. The new, $160 million Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel celebrated...share in the excitement and grandeur of Seneca Gaming Corporation's latest world...
SENECA V: Little BIG Twin
Magazine article from: Plane and Pilot; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...TWINS DISAPPEARED IN THE '80S, THE PIPER SENECA SOLDIERED ON. TWENTY YEARS LATER, IT...have to confess a soft spot for the Piper Seneca. Back in the late '70s, I spent two years with a Seneca II company airplane. I logged 500 hours...
Seneca Gaming names interim chief executive.
Newspaper article from: Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY); 2/8/2007; 700+ words ; Byline: Michael Beebe Feb. 8--Seneca Gaming Corp. accepted the resignations...named the current general manager of the Seneca Niagara Casino and Hotel, Brian Hansberry...sudden departures of John Pasqualoni as Seneca Gaming's president and chief executive...
Seneca Data boss makes computer executive list
Magazine article from: The Business Journal - Central New York; 11/26/2004; ; 700+ words ; CICERO - Seneca Data Chief Executive Officer and President...a nomination process, Conley notes. Seneca Data is the first custom-system builder...itself." Conley, who has been with Seneca Data for 20 years and president since...
Seneca Resources Corporation Announces Record First Quarter Results.
PR Newswire; 1/26/2000; 700+ words ; ...N.Y., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Seneca Resources Corporation, the Exploration...0 million. James Beck, President, Seneca Resources, stated, "We are very pleased...Higher commodity prices, combined with Seneca's increased production volumes and our...