Pearson, (Edward) Hesketh (Gibbons)
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Pearson, (Edward) Hesketh (Gibbons) (1887–1964), actor and biographer, whose first book
Modern Men and Mummers (1921), contained portraits of many of the theatre personalities of the time. His other works include
The Whispering Gallery (1926) and many lively biographies, of (for example)
Hazlitt (1934), Sydney
Smith (
The Smith of Smiths, 1934), G. B.
Shaw (1942),
Wilde (1946), and Beerbohm Tree (1956).
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Tilley's and Morrison's triremes - evidence and practicality.
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trireme
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
trireme The principal warship of antiquity from...unable to venture very far from land; each trireme carried a crew of some 200 men, the majority...aim of the steersman. Athens' fleet of triremes played a major part in the Greek victory...
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galley
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...as biremes (two banks) and triremes (three banks). Galleys are...multibank galleys, up to the trireme, the length of oars differed...varied, and in a typical Greek trireme with an overall length of about...always available in battle. A trireme, with all three banks of oars...
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Epaminondas
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Boeotian supremacy on the Grecian states, Epaminondas was entrusted with two expeditions. In 363 he sailed with 100 newly built triremes to Byzantium and back, shaking Athens's confidence in its invulnerability and encouraging its subjects to revolt. In 362...
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War
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...revolt of the family of Iapetus against Zeus. trierarchy an ancient Athenian policy allowing private citizens, as part of their civic duty, to fit out triremes for the defense of the city. warcraft the science, art, or craft of war.
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liturgy
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
liturgy An act of worship ; from a Greek word meaning an act of public service (e.g. donating a trireme for the Athenian navy). Paul uses the word (Phil 2: 30) for acts of service provided for him by converts. It came to be applied...
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