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monsters and imaginary beasts monsters and imaginary beasts
monsters and imaginary beasts The mythologies and legends of ancient and modern cultures teem with an enormous variety of monsters and imaginary beasts. A great number of these are composites of different existing animals and of human beings and animals. Among the animal composites are the... Read more
New England New England
New England name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States— Maine , New Hampshire , Vermont , Massachusetts , Rhode Island , and Connecticut . The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. John Smith because of its resemblance to the English coast... Read more
Thomas Pynchon Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon pĬn´chen , 1937-, American novelist, b. Glen Cove, N.Y., grad. Cornell Univ., 1958. Pynchon is noted for his amazingly fertile imagination, his wild sense of humor, and the teeming complexity of his novels. He is sometimes grouped with authors of black humor (such as... Read more
Antony and Cleopatra Antony and Cleopatra
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Cleopatra Cleopatra
Cleopatra , 69 BC-30 BC, queen of Egypt, one of the great romantic heroines of all time. Her name was widely used in the Ptolemaic family; there were many earlier Cleopatras. The daughter of Ptolemy XI, she was married at the age of 17 (as was the family custom) to her younger brother Ptolemy XII .... Read more
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Bethabara Bethabara
Bethabara , place, on the Jordan, traditionally located at a ford just above the Dead Sea, where in the New Testament John was baptizing when Jesus came to him. RSV: Bethany, following some ancient texts.... Read more
Marian Wright Edelman Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman 1939– Attorney, administrator, social activist Became Civil Rights Attorney Pursued Broader Goals in D.C. Founded the Children’s Defense Fund Focused on Child Care and Pregnancy Prevention Continued Crusade in Speech and Print Struggled With Presidential... Read more
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Ptolemy VII Ptolemy VII
Ptolemy VII (Ptolemy Physcon) , d. 116 BC, king of ancient Egypt (145-116 BC), of the Macedonian dynasty, brother of Ptolemy VI . He is also called Ptolemy Euergetes II. He was coruler with his brother and his brother's wife from 170-164 BC Trouble resulted in a settlement by which Ptolemy... Read more

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