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Brewer's: Orders of Architecture
These five are the classic orders: Tuscan, Dorie, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite. The following was the usual practice: CORINTHIAN, for temples of Venus, Flora, Proserpine, and the Water…Brewer's: Tirynthian Swain
Hercules is so called by Spenser, but he is more frequently styled the Tirynthian Hero, because he generally resided at Tiryns, a town of Argolis. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…Brewer's: Porphyrion
One of the giants who made war with the gods. He hurled the island of Delos against Zens (Jupiter); but Zeus, with the aid of Hercules, overcame him. (Greek fable.) (See Giants.) Source…Brewer's: Acherusia
Acheru′sia A cavern on the borders of Pontus, said to lead down to the infernal regions. It was through this cavern that Hercules dragged Cerberus to earth. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Arion
A Greek musician, cast into the sea by mariners, but carried to Tænaros on the back of a dolphin. Arion. The wonderful horse which Hercules gave to Adrastos. It sprang from Ceres and…Brewer's: Abyla
Ab′yla A mountain in Africa, opposite Gibraltar. This, with Calpe in Spain, 16 m. distant, forms the pillars of Hercules. Heaves up huge Abyla on Afric's sand, Crowns with high Calpe Europe…Brewer's: Gargittios
One of the dogs that guarded the herds and flocks of Geryon, and which Hercules killed. The other was the two-headed dog, named Orthos, or Orthros. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…Brewer's: Geryon
(g hard). A human monster with three bodies and three heads, whose oxen ate human flesh, and were guarded by a two-headed dog. Hercules slew both Geryon and the dog. This fable means…Atlantis: Myth or History?
Myth or history? by Holly Hartman The island of Thera For centuries, Atlantis has been one of the western world's favorite legends, a tantalizing blend of fantasy and mystery…Brewer's: Deianira
Wife of Hercules, and the inadvertent cause of his death. Nessos told her that anyone to whom she gave a shirt steeped in his blood, would love her with undying love; she gave it to her…Trending
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