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Pandarus
Pandarus , in Greek legend, a Trojan warrior. In the Trojan War (as recounted in Homer's Iliad ) he broke the truce by wounding Menelaus and soon after was killed by Diomed. In the medieval romance of Troilus and Cressida, Pandarus is the name of the lascivious intermediary between the lovers. The ... Read more
undine
undine , in folklore, female water sprite who could acquire a soul by marrying a human being. If, however, her lover proved unfaithful, she had to return to the sea. The legend is the subject of Baron de La Motte-Fouqué's Undine and Jean Giraudoux's Ondine. ... Read more
serenade
serenade [Ital. sera =evening], term used to designate several types of musical composition. Opera and song literature yield numerous examples of the serenade sung or played by a lover at night beneath his beloved's window; outstanding is Deh, vieni alla finestra from Mozart's Don Giovanni. In... Read more
Aegisthus
Aegisthus , in Greek mythology, according to most legends the incestuous offspring of Thyestes and his daughter Pelopia. At Thyestes' behest Aegisthus revenged the murder of his brothers by killing his uncle Atreus . Later, he was known as the lover of Clytemnestra and aided her in the murdering of... Read more
Cassandra
Cassandra , in Greek legend, Trojan princess, daughter of Priam and Hecuba. She was given the power of prophecy by Apollo, but because she would not accept him as a lover, he changed her blessing to a curse, causing her prophecies never to be believed. While seeking refuge from the Greeks during the... Read more
Eos
Eos , in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of dawn; daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. Every morning she arose early and preceded her brother Helios into the heavens. Her husband was Astraeus, by whom she bore the stars and the winds—Notus, the south wind; Boreas, the north wind; a... Read more
Francesca da Rimini
Francesca da Rimini , fl. 13th cent., Italian beauty, daughter of Guido da Polenta of Ravenna. She was married by proxy to the hunchbacked lord of Rimini, Gianciotto Malatesta; the proxy, Gianciotto's young and handsome brother Paolo, became Francesca's lover. Gianciotto, discovering their guilt, ki... Read more
Carlo Gesualdo
Carlo Gesualdo , Prince of Venosa, c.1560-1613, Italian composer. Gesualdo's later madrigals are striking for their time in their harmonic and dramatic boldness. They are contained in the last two (1611) of his six published books of madrigals. Gesualdo was a flamboyant personality: he had many love... Read more
Hero
Hero in Greek mythology, priestess of Aphrodite in Sestos. Her lover, Leander, swam the Hellespont nightly from Abydos to see her. During a storm the light by which she guided him blew out, and he drowned. Hero, in despair, then threw herself into the sea. Christopher Marlowe's poem Hero and Leand... Read more
Hypatia
Hypatia , d.415, Alexandrian Neoplatonic philosopher and mathematician, a woman renowned for her learning, eloquence, and beauty. Little is known of her writings. Her fame is largely owing to her barbarous murder by a band of monks, said to have been encouraged by the archbishop, St. Cyril of Alex... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "lover"

Lovers of Wisdom, The
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...force political reform, the Lovers of Wisdom bided their time at...Even their choice of name, "Lovers of Wisdom" as opposed to...radical Enlightenment. Yet the Lovers of Wisdom thought of themselves...to the moral purity of the "lover of wisdom," who often appeared...
Samuel Lover
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Samuel Lover 1797-1868, Irish painter, novelist, and songwriter. Before turning to literature, Lover was a painter, and in 1828 he became a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Art. However, he is best known for his ballad Rory O...
Lovers' Progress, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Lovers' Progress, The, a romantic drama by J. Fletcher , produced 1623, revised 1634 as The Wandering Lovers by Massinger , printed 1647.
Sons and Lovers
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Sons and Lovers, by D. H. Lawrence , published 1913, a closely autobiographical novel...darkness’ and, with a great effort, turns towards life. Sons and Lovers was perhaps the first English novel with a truly working-class background...
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Lady Chatterley's Lover, a novel by D. H. Lawrence (privately printed, Florence 1928...to reclaim him. The novel ends with the temporary separation of the lovers, as they hopefully await divorce and a new life together. Lawrence...
Lovers' Lane
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Lovers' Lane (1901), a play by Clyde Fitch . [Manhattan Theatre, 127 perf.] The Reverend Thomas Singleton ( Ernest Hastings...
Lovers' Vows
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Lovers' Vows, a play by Mrs Inchbald , adapted from Das Kind der Liebe by Kotzebue, acted 1798. The play is chiefly of interest because of the place it occupies in the story of J. Austen's Mansfield Park .
Conscious Lovers, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Conscious Lovers, The, the last comedy of Steele , based on the Andria of Terence , performed 1722. The play, with its high moral tone, considerably influenced the drift towards sentimental comedy in England and in France.
‘Lover's Complaint, A’
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ‘Lover's Complaint, A’, a poem in rhyme-royal appended to Shakespeare's sonnets (1609).
Sylvia's Lovers
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Sylvia's Lovers, a novel by Mrs Gaskell , published 1863. The scene is the whaling port of Monkshaven (based on Whitby in Yorkshire) during...

Dictionary entries related to "lover"

Lovers, Famous
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary 421. Lovers, Famous Ab é lard and H é lo...1098 – 1164) persecuted 12th-century lovers. [Fr. Hist.: Century Cyclopedia , 14] Atala and Chactas Indian lovers whose passion goes unconsummated. [Fr. Lit...
fairy lover
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology ...variation on the pattern, the fairy lover entices or seduces the mortal and pines...dominion over mortal men. Male fairy lovers also exist in stories, characteristically...Grecraige, Niam , and the unnamed lover of Connla in Echtrae Conli [The Adventure...
Censoring the Lover in her
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis CENSORING THE LOVER IN HER The notion of "censoring the lover in her" was first introduced by Michel Fain, then reworked...basis for the future oedipal organization. Censoring the lover in her is therefore the effect of the internal events in...
lover
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...sexual or romantic relationship with someone, often outside marriage. ∎  a person who likes or enjoys something specified: he was a great lover of cats music lovers. DERIVATIVES: lov·er·less adj.
Lover and the Nightingale, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Lover and the Nightingale, The ( Granados). See Maja y el ruisenor, La .
Elegy for Young Lovers
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Elegy for Young Lovers. Opera in 3 acts by Henze to lib. (in Eng.) by Auden and Kallman (Ger. trans. by Ludwig Landgraf). Comp. 1959–61. Prod. Schwetzingen 1961, Glyndebourne 1961 (Act III, Sc.7 and 8 omitted), NY (Juilliard Sch.) 1965.
Tóraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology ...and Scotland further take the lovers to all corners of the Gaelic...passages of the story, the two lovers are crossing a stream when a...worst of the match, the skilful lover aids him by adroitly dropping...further attempts to capture the lovers, Angus Óg negotiates...
Adultery
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Christiane eventually has child by lover, not husband. [Fr. Lit...1040] Bovary, Emma acquires lovers to find rapture marriage lacks...her impotent husband as her lover. [Br. Lit.: D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley ’ s Lover in Ben é t, 559] Clytemnestra...
Faithfulness
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Genesis 6-10] To Lovers: Abigail prostrates...waits eighty years for lover to return. [Jap. Legend...Brandimante loyal to lover and leader. [Ital...Evangeline lifelong search for lover, Gabriel. [Am. Lit...heliotrope symbol of lovers ’ faithfulness...
Sennett, Mack
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...through a Medium ; Resourceful Lovers ; Her Mother Interferes ; Why...A Near-Tragedy ; Lily's Lovers ; The Fatal Chocolate (+ role...pr, role); Mabel's Lovers (+ pr); At It Again (+ pr...pr, role); A Desperate Lover (+ pr); A Bear Escape...

Thesaurus entries related to "lover"

lover
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus lover • noun   1. she had a secret lover synonyms : boyfriend, girlfriend, beloved, love, darling...archaic swain, concubine, paramour.   2. a dog lover synonyms : devotee, admirer, fan, enthusiast, aficionado...
mate
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...xA0; 1. she's finally found her ideal mate synonyms : partner, life partner, husband, wife, spouse, lover, live-in lover, significant other, companion, helpmate, helpmeet, consort; informal better half, other half, main squeeze...
man
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...5. have you met her new man? synonyms : boyfriend, partner, husband, spouse, lover, admirer, fiancé; common-law husband, live-in lover, significant other, main squeeze; informal toy boy, sugar daddy, intended; dated...
paramour
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English paramour • noun   synonyms : lover, illicit lover; mistress, girlfriend, kept woman, inamorata; boyfriend, inamorato; inf. boy toy.
partner
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...partner synonyms : spouse, husband, wife, consort, life partner; lover, girlfriend, boyfriend, fiancé, fiancée, significant other, live-in lover, common-law husband/wife, man, woman, mate; informal hubby...
dilettante
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English dilettante • noun   1. plays tennis well for a dilettante synonyms : dabbler, trifler, dallier, amateur, nonprofessional.   2. dilettantes always at the art gallery synonyms : art lover, lover of the arts, connoisseur, aesthete.
darling
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus darling • noun   1. good night, my darling synonyms : dear, dearest, love, lover, sweetheart, sweet, beloved; informal honey, hon, angel, pet, sweetie, sugar, babe, baby, treasure.   2...
beloved
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...idolized. antonym: hated. • noun  he watched his beloved synonyms : sweetheart, love, darling, dearest, lover, girlfriend, boyfriend, young lady, young man, beau, lady friend; informal steady, main squeeze, swain; archaic paramour...
enthusiast
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus enthusiast • noun  a railroad enthusiast synonyms : fan, devotee, aficionado, lover, admirer, follower; expert, connoisseur, authority, pundit; informal buff, bum, freak, fanatic, nut, fiend, addict...
fancier
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus fancier • noun  a pigeon fancier synonyms : enthusiast, lover, hobbyist; expert, connoisseur, aficionado; informal buff.

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Lovers, and wives ... Ahh
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Today; 4/30/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...fatigue. After all, lovers usually have no such responsibilities. The abode of the lover is the sanctum sanctorum...homework, chores. Lovers love to swing: movies...the playground of the lover. Lovers love to move, possess...
A Lover's Complaint Cymbeline, and the Shakespeare canon: interpreting shared vocabulary.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; A Lover's Complaint was published in the 1609 Quarto...this association. ********** A Lover's Complaint was published in Thomas Thorpe...these is Brian Vickers's Shakespeare, 'A Lover's Complaint' and John Davies of Hereford...
How Good A Lover Are You?; WHAT MAKES A GREAT LOVER - IS IT THE ABILITY TO SEDUCE COUNTLESS PARTNERS? SOME KIND OF MYSTERIOUS, EXOTIC PASSION? OR IS IT A SIMPLE LUST FOR LIFE? CHECK YOUR RATING IN OUR FUN QUIZ . . .(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 2/15/1998; 700+ words ; ...by the way you treat them. Being a good lover includes elements like seductiveness...partner with respect. To find out how good a lover you are, answer the questions below as...question. Your sexual outlook 1/ A good lover is a person who: A Sacrifices their personality...
Finding the Perfect lover.
Newspaper article from: Lima News (Lima, OH); 2/8/2006; 700+ words ; ...learn how to become a perfect lover," the paper wrote. Among...was this one: "My perfect lover must be good-looking, strong...make good husbands but not good lovers. "He must be all business...that the qualities a perfect lover must possess include "intelligence...
Romance remains on Lovers Lane
Newspaper article from: St. Joseph News-Press; 8/6/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Joseph, Mo. - It's still here - Lovers Lane St. Joseph, the tree-lined road...doesn't smile here any more. And the lovers? Gone, too - loving in places less passe...Street Journal: There are still a lot of lovers on "Lovers Lane, St. Joseph, Mo...
Council's Lover not confined by name
Newspaper article from: The Topeka ; 2/5/2004; ; 664 words ; ...After reading last month that someone named Lover Chancler had applied for Harold Lane...wanted to be mayor, and now someone named Lover wants to be a council member. I thought...So imagine my surprise last week when Lover Chancler blew away the other four applicants...
The greening of Lovers Lane. (Dallas specialty stores) (Dallas: Best of Group III Supplement)
Magazine article from: WWD; 1/17/1986; ; 700+ words ; DALLAS -- Lovers Lane, the busy thorouhfare...few, have opened shop on Lovers within the past two years...fashion venues in the city. Lover Lane's reputation was forged...at the busy intersection of Lovers Lane and Inwood Road since...
Commentary: Rating some of the 50 ways to leave your lover as suggested by Paul Simon's song
Transcript from: NPR Special; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Rating some of the 50 ways to leave your lover as suggested by Paul Simon's song Host...gave us this list: "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover." (Soundbite of "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover") Mr. PAUL SIMON: (Singing) The problem...
Gwen Stefani's Harajuku Lovers Brand To Open First Free-Standing Store in Asia.
Newspaper article from: China Weekly News; 6/16/2009; 700+ words ; ...accessories apparel brand "Harajuku Lovers" in 2005. With great Taiwanese consumer anticipation, "Harajuku Lovers" is finally opening its flagship store...Gwen Stefani's own brand "Harajuku Lovers" from the US, and opened up a store...
Most lovers staying away from these lanes
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 2/13/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...They live alone at the end of Lovers Lane. "When somebody asks...Avenue. Few people live along Lovers Lane -- the Fergusons and some renters in the Lover's Lane Apartments. (They...hearts on the garage doors.) Lovers Lane is more of an alley...