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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

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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...
Great Lover, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Great Lover, The (1915), a play by Leo Ditrichstein and Frederic and Fanny Hatton . [ Longacre Theatre , 245 perf.] Jean Paurel (Ditrichstein...
‘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).
Lover's Melancholy, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Lover's Melancholy, The, a romantic comedy by J. Ford , printed 1629. The conventional romantic plot is the framework for Ford...
How to Try a Lover
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature How to Try a Lover, comedy by J.N. Barker , published in 1817 and probably unproduced. Founded on a French picaresque novel, it is set in 13th...
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; expurgated version, London 1932; full text, London 1960...
Jean de Meun
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...continuation of the Romance of the Rose, Reason tries to dissuade the lover, but the god of Love later reproaches the lover for lending an ear to Reason. In the course of the lover's turmoil he has occasion to reflect, among other things, that...
Guillaume de Lorris
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...company. The dreamer, henceforth called the lover, is captivated by a rose and immediately...him with five arrows and instructs the lover in the 10 commandments of love, a veritable...Shame, Fear, and Jealousy. After the lover succeeds in kissing the rose, Jealousy...
Ion Luca Caragiale
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and the assistant of the husband/wife's lover, Chririac. Dumitrache is a jealous and mean...though his assistant is already his wife's lover. When Rica, his wife's sister's lover, comes to the home in error, the intricacies...
John Gower
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Henry IV. Confessio amantis means "the lover's confession," but it is not an autobiography...strife in the world, he introduces the lover, a man overcome by lust and the desire...occupies 8 books and some 34,000 lines, the lover confesses to Genius, the priest of Venus...

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fairy lover
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology fairy lover, fairy mistress . 1. The concept is commonly...n sídhe/sí [fairy lover], e.g. leannan shee, lannan shee...familiar variation on the pattern, the fairy lover entices or seduces the mortal and pines...
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 .
Adultery
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Andermatt, Christiane eventually has child by lover, not husband. [Fr. Lit.: Mont-Oriol...gameskeeper of her impotent husband as her lover. [Br. Lit.: D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley ’ s Lover in Ben é t, 559] Clytemnestra...
Love, Spurned
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...x2013; 547] Cloten spurned but persistent lover of Imogen. [Br. Lit.: Cymbeline...the king murders intended ’ s lover and his brothers. [Irish Legend: LLEI...x2013; 640] Jason Medea ’ s lover; leaves her for Glauce. [Gk. Lit...
LL Cool J
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...1990: "Mama Said Knock You Out," "Hey Lover," "Luv U Better" As one of the first...his reputation as hip-hop's resident lover. His next album, Walking with a Panther...well-produced R&B beats. "Hey Lover," a confessional ballad performed with...
Faithfulness
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...41] Akawi-ko waits eighty years for lover to return. [Jap. Legend: Jobes, 59...Zimmerman, 32] Brandimante loyal to lover and leader. [Ital. Lit.: Orlando Innamorato...the King ] Evangeline lifelong search for lover, Gabriel. [Am. Lit.: Evangeline...
Schatten
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Weyher (Wife ); Gustav von Wangenheim (Lover ); Max Gülstorff, Eugen Rex...wife, a jealous husband, an indiscreet lover, three philanderers and a sinister servant...wife and husband are reconciled and the lover departs at dawn. The intensity of the...
Greenaway, Peter
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover, 1989; two prizes at Festival International...The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover ; A TV Dante (co-d) (for TV); Hubert...The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover, London, 1989. Fifty-five Men on Horseback...

Thesaurus entries related to "lover"

lover
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English lover • noun   1. send flowers to his/her lover synonyms : boyfriend, girlfriend, man friend, woman...sweetheart, inamorato/inamorata.   2. a lover of antiques/Italy synonyms : admirer, devotee, fan...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
tire
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...irritate, get on one's nerves, annoy, exasperate; inf. get to. phrase: tire of   he never tires of hearing the story | she tired of her lover synonyms : grow bored with, become weary of, be fed up with; inf. be sick of.
rendezvous
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English rendezvous • noun   1. have a rendezvous with her lover synonyms : appointment, date, engagement, tryst, meeting, assignation.   2. their rendezvous is the café synonyms : meeting place, venue, tryst.
mistress
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English mistress • noun   synonyms : lover, girlfriend, partner, ladylove, paramour, kept woman, concubine, inamorata.
jealous
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...begrudging, grudging, resentful, envious, green with envy, green-eyed, covetous, desirous.   2. a jealous lover synonyms : suspicious, distrustful, mistrustful, doubting, insecure, apprehensive of rivals, possessive.   3...

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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...
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...
Finding the Perfect lover.
Newspaper article from: Lima News (Lima, OH); 2/8/2006; 700+ words ; ...Eugene O'Brien, stars in 'The Perfect Lover' But in September 1919, a film came out...The silent movie was called "The Perfect Lover," and starred the tall and handsome movie...newspaper their description of "The Perfect Lover." "You Mr. Man, just read over these...
There's more to Lover than meets the political eye
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 10/20/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...running for Yakima City Council. Bill Lover was swept into office four years ago in...accessible and accountable. To his supporters, Lover has delivered on both counts. But to his...immobilized by divisiveness. That has put Lover somewhat on the defensive in his match...
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 songHost: MIKE...gave us this list: "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover." (Soundbite of "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover") Mr. PAUL SIMON: (Singing) The problem...
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...
A Lover's Complaint revisited.
Magazine article from: Shakespeare Studies; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; I A LOVER'S COMPLAINT was first published in 1609...Katherine Duncan-Jones have regarded A Lover's Complaint as an integral part of Thorpe...arrangement of his sonnets, but that he intended A Lover's Complaint to be the third movement in...
"A more sinister troth": Elizabeth Bowen's "The Demon Lover" as allegory.
Magazine article from: Studies in Short Fiction; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...been anthologized as often as "The Demon Lover." First published in The Listener in November 1941 and reprinted in The Demon Lover and Other Stories (1945) and Ivy Gripped...Austin's remark that "|The Demon Lover' is a ghost story that builds up and then...
Jacqueline Reich. Beyond the Latin Lover. Marcello Mastroianni, Masculinity, and Italian Cinema.(article in Italian)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Annali d'Italianistica; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; Jacqueline Reich. Beyond the Latin Lover. Marcello Mastroianni, Masculinity...immaginario comune il prototipo del latin lover e il simbolo di una presunta mascolinita...Mastroianni non smise di combattere: "Il latin lover! Una cosa da impazzire, proprio, di...
Last lover post forvalentine romantics?
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 2/12/2008; ; 661 words ; ...a unique mark of affection - the famous Lover post office Valentine's Day hand stamp...been pouring into the Wiltshire hamlet of Lover - pronounced Low-ver, like Dover - during...Rita Fry will hand-stamp the cards 'Lover' . The Lover sub-post office is one...