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Dido Dido
Dido , in Roman mythology, queen of Carthage, also called Elissa. She was the daughter of a king of Tyre. After her brother Pygmalion murdered her husband, she fled to Libya, where she founded and ruled Carthage. According to one legend, Dido threw herself on a burning pyre to escape marriage to the... Read more
Philoctetes Philoctetes
Philoctetes , in Greek mythology, son of Poias. He acquired, by gift, the bow and arrow of Hercules by lighting the pyre on which the hero was consumed alive. On his way to the Trojan War, Philoctetes was bitten by a snake. Because the smell of his wound and his cries made him offensive, his... Read more
Croesus Croesus
Croesus , d. c.547 BC, king of Lydia (560-c.547 BC), noted for his great wealth. He was the son of Alyattes. He continued his father's policy of conquering the Ionian cities of Asia Minor, but on the whole he was friendly to the Greeks, and he is supposed to have given refuge to the Athenian... Read more
Remorse Remorse
554. Remorse (See also Regret.) Ayenbite of Inwit (Remorse of Conscience ) Middle English version of medieval moral treatise, c. 1340. [Br. Lit.: Barnhart, 74] Deianira commits suicide out of remorse for unwittingly having killed husband, Hercules. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 709] Hermione ... Read more
phoenix phoenix
phoenix fabulous bird that periodically regenerated itself, used in literature as a symbol of death and resurrection. According to legend, the phoenix lived in Arabia; when it reached the end of its life (500 years), it burned itself on a pyre of flames, and from the ashes a new phoenix arose. As a... Read more
suttee suttee
suttee [Skt. sati =faithful wife], former Indian funeral practice in which the widow immolated herself on her husband's funeral pyre. The practice of killing a favorite wife on her husband's grave has been found in many parts of the world; it was followed by such peoples as the Thracians, the... Read more
Phoenix (mythology) Phoenix (mythology)
phoenix (in classical mythology) a unique bird, resembling an eagle but with rich red and gold plumage, that lived for five or six centuries in the Arabian desert (it is also known as the Arabian bird), after this time burning itself on a funeral pyre ignited by the sun and fanned by its own wings,... Read more
cremation cremation
cremation disposal of a corpse by fire. It is an ancient and widespread practice, second only to burial . It has been found among the chiefdoms of the Pacific Northwest, among Northern Athapascan bands in Alaska, and among Canadian cultural groups. It was noted in Greece as early as 1000 BC and... Read more
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Guy must stay on his pyre.(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) ...should be calls to replace Guy Fawkes on the bonfire with...the 11th of September. His suggestion rather nicely...the virtue and courage of Guy Fawkes, we light bonfires...the Militant Tendency in his Birkenhead constituency...regularly did so - often, it ...
Last Night's Review
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman ...be heaped into pyres and burned. To...short streaks on his coupon. He looked...morning. Jack, the guy who'd fallen...the ladies like. His sidekick was nice...not-handsome guy, a massive fat...King Kong, he must have been ...
Freedom, love and laughs are tossed together in 'Forum'
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times ...ancient Romans must have been like...attempting to tread in his footsteps in later...desperately tries to buy his freedom, and is...being played by Guy Adkins, a small...easeful one, and in his deftly handled...they'd better ...

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