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Brewer's: Niobe
(3 syl.). The personification of female sorrow. According to Grecian fable, Niobe was the mother of twelve children, and taunted Latona because she had only two- namely, Apollo and Diana.…Brewer's: Primum Mobile
in the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, was the tenth (not ninth) sphere, supposed to revolve from east to west in twenty-four hours, carrying with it all the other spheres. The eleven…Women in the 111th Congress
This table provides the name and state of the women currently serving in the 111th Congress (which began in 2009). There are 77 women in the House of Representatives and 17 women in the Senate…Women in the 115th Congress
This table provides the name and state of the women serving in the 115th Congress, which began in 2015. There are 89 women in the House of Representatives and 22 women in the Senate. State…British Royalty History: Royal Wedding 2011
Royal Wedding 2011 Find all the information you need for the big day from who's invited to who's not, the ceremony, the carriage route, and the after party. Check out a history royal…Brewer's: Agamemnon
Agamem′non King of Argos, in Greece, and commander-in-chief of the allied Greeks who went to the siege of Troy. The fleet being delayed by adverse winds at Aulis, Agamemnon sacrificed his…Brewer's: Cat
Called a “familiar,” from the mediæval superstition that Satan's favourite form was a black cat. Hence “witches” were said to have a cat as their familiar. Cat. A symbol of liberty. The…Brewer's: Animals sacred to special Deities
DeityAnimalsTo Apollothe wolf, the griffon, and the crowto Bacchusthe dragon and the pantherto Dianathe stagto Æsculapiusthe serpentto Herculesthe deerto Isisthe heiferto Jupiterthe…2-Year-Old Filly
2-Year-Old FillyYear 1971 Numbered Account1972 La Prevoyante1973 Talking Picture1974 Ruffian1975 Dearly Precious1976 Sensational1977 Lakeville Miss1978 (TIE) Candy Eclair& It's in the…Brewer's: Faërie Queene
A metrical romance in six books, by Edmund Spenser (incomplete). It details the adventures of various knights, who impersonate different virtues, and belong to the court of Gloriana, Queen…Trending
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