quadrivium
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quadrivium a medieval university course involving the ‘mathematical arts’ of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music; with the
trivium comprising grammar, rhetoric, and logic, these subjects formed the
seven liberal arts. The name is Latin, and means literally ‘the place where four roads meet’.
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Robert Herrick and the makings of 'Hesperides.'
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Herrick's poetry, particularly Hesperides, does have a "continuous conscious...there is some cohesive pattern to Hesperides," and the publication of Coiro's book, Robert Herrick's "Hesperides" and the Epigram Book Tradition...
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Marriage, celibacy, and ritual in Robert Herrick's 'Hesperides.'
Magazine article from: Philological Quarterly; 1/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...of the 1640s, and we now understand Hesperides as a deeply politicized work. Claude...ideals."(4) Thus we now regard Hesperides neither as a mindless "bale of butterflies...detailed attention to the eroticism of Hesperides; some recent critics have taken Braden...
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Fair Hesperides was Valley's grand harvest celebration.
Magazine article from: Wenatchee Business Journal; 10/1/2001; ; 578 words
; ...October of 1913 and 1914, the "Fair Hesperides" was promoted by the Wenatchee Commercial...attend a grand ball. The name "Fair Hesperides" comes from a story of ancient Greece...were a group of lovely maidens called "Hesperides" whose task was to watch over the apples...
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RV Hesperides upgraded through networking program
Magazine article from: Sea Technology; 8/1/2003; ; 477 words
; ...Spanish oceanographic research vessel Hesperides. The vessel, which has been in operation...other governmental institutions. RV Hesperides was one of the first vessels to install...challenge in this second episode with Hesperides is to achieve success by practicing...
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Books: An ambiguous Eden The Hesperides Tree By Nicholas Mosley SECKER pounds 15.99; This philosophical novel of ideas is more disturbing than pleasurable to read, discovers Peter Stanford
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/4/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...certainly any one thing at all. The Hesperides Tree of the title was in Greek mythology...Equally, to say that reading The Hesperides Tree is enjoyable would be an exaggeration...peerless in its intellectual ambition, The Hesperides Tree is a novel that I suspect I will...
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Scented waters.(BEAUTY & HEALTH)(L'Eau des Hesperides)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Town & Country; 9/1/2008; ; 590 words
; ...fortieth year, the Parisian perfumery created three light colognes, each based on notes from the original formula. L'Eau des Hesperides combines herbs with peppery mint for a romantic green scent; L'Eau de Neroli sparkles with orange blossom, bergamot and...
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Diez años del Hespérides.(Hespérides A-33 buque español)(TT: Ten years since the Hesperides.)(TA: Hesperides A-33 Spanish ship)(Artículo Breve)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 11/9/2001; 529 words
; EL buque de investigacin Hesprides A-33 de la Armada espaola celebra su dcimo aniversario y acaba de empezar su undcima campaa antrtica. Este buque es el nico espaol diseado para efectuar investigacin cientfica multidisciplinar en todos los mares del planeta incluyendo los de la zona Antrtica. De
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Isles of Eternal Spring : Overlooked Mysteries of the Canary Islands.
Magazine article from: World and I; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...linked the Canaries with the Garden of the Hesperides, the Elysian Fields, and even the lost...peaks mentioned by Plato. Garden of the Hesperides. The association with the Garden of the Hesperides comes from the tale of the twelve labors...
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Robert Herrick, the human figure, and the English mannerist aesthetic.
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 1/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...miniaturist theory and practice.(1) In Hesperides, Herrick beautifies and objectifies...5) One may observe in the poems of Hesperides Herrick's struggle to achieve perfection...collection of secular verse entitled Hesperides may be praised in the same way that...
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Newspaper article from: SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL); 3/13/2009; 302 words
; ...February? 5. HISTORY: Which two early American cities were linked by the Natchez Trace route? 6. MYTHOLOGY: What were the Hesperides? 7. GEOGRAPHY: What body of water lies to the east of North Korea and South Korea? 8. GAMES: What equipment is used...
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Hesperides
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hesperides , in Greek mythology, daughters of Atlas. They lived in a fabulous garden located at the western extremity of the world. There...
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Hesperides, the
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Hesperides, the a group of nymphs, the daughters of Hesperus (or, in earlier versions, of Night and Hades), who were guardians, with...
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Fruit in Mythology
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...wedding present from Gaia, the earth mother. Tended by the Hesperides, the Daughters of Evening, and guarded by a fierce dragon...took the apples to Greece, but Athena* returned them to the Hesperides. A golden apple stolen from Hera's garden caused the Trojan...
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Torrence, (Frederic) Ridgely
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
...xE8;cle ideas, was very unlike his more mature poetry in Hesperides (1925), an expression of his dignified, moving transcendental faith. With further lyrics, Hesperides was extended in two volumes titled simply Poems (1941, 1952...
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Guardianship
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary
...LLEI , I: 327] Erytheis stood vigil over golden apples of Hesperides. [Gk. Myth.: LLEI , I: 327] eunuch castrated guardian...488] Ladon hundred-headed dragon; guarded apples of the Hesperides. [Rom. Myth.: Zimmerman, 145] lion sleeps with eyes...
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