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William Shakespeare: Pericles, Act IV

Act IVPrologueEnter GowerGowerImagine Pericles arrived at Tyre, Welcomed and settled to his own desire. His woeful queen we leave at Ephesus, Unto Diana there a votaress. Now to Marina bend…

Mildred McNeal Sweeney: Chavez

ChavezMildred McNeal Sweeney So hath he fallen, the Endymion of the air, And so lies down in slumber lapped for aye. Diana, passing, found his youth too fair, His soul too fleet and…

1977 Tony Awards

PlayThe Shadow BoxMusicalAnnieActor—PlayAl Pacino, The Basic Training of Pavlo HummelActress—PlayJulie Harris, The Belle of AmherstFeatured Actor—PlayJonathan Pryce, ComediansFeatured Actress…

Brewer's: Bubastis

The Diana of Egyptian mythology; the daughter of Isis and sister of Horus. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BubbleBub A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…

Brewer's: Ælurus

Ælu′rus The cat. An Egyptian deity held in the greatest veneration. Herodotus (ii. 66) tells us that Diana, to avoid being molested by the giants, changed herself into a cat. The deity used…

2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Awards ranging from journalism to drama to music Related Links Pulitzer Prizes Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine, and…

Brewer's: Lælaps

A very powerful dog given by Diana to Procris; Procris gave it to Cephalos. While pursuing a wild boar it was metamorphosed into a stone. (See Dogs, Actæcon's fifty dogs.) Source:…