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Holofernes
Holofernes,
1. Nebuchadnezzar's general, who was decapitated by Judith (Judith 4), a subject often treated by Renaissance painters; 2. the great doctor in theology (Tubal Holofernes) who instructed the youthful Gargantua (Rabelais, i. xiv); 3. the pedantic schoolmaster in Love's Labour's Lost. |
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Holofernes." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Holofernes." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Holofernes.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Holofernes." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Holofernes.html |
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Holofernes
Holofernes in the Apocrypha, the Assyrian general of Nebuchadnezzar's forces, who was killed by Judith.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Holofernes." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Holofernes." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Holofernes.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Holofernes." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Holofernes.html |
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Holofernes
Holofernes , in the Bible, invading general killed by Judith to save her city, Bethulia. |
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"Holofernes." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Holofernes." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Holofern.html "Holofernes." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Holofern.html |
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Holofernes
Holofernes
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•Cyclades • antipodes • Sporades
•Ganges • Apelles
•tales, Thales
•Achilles, Antilles
•Los Angeles • Ramillies • Pericles
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•Empedocles • Sophocles • Damocles
•Androcles • Heracles • Themistocles
•Hermes • Menes • testudines
•Diogenes • Cleisthenes
•Demosthenes
•Aristophanes, Xenophanes
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"Holofernes." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Holofernes." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Holofernes.html "Holofernes." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Holofernes.html |
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