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Madoc
(Encyclopedia) Madoc or Madog (Madoc ap Owain Gwynedd)Madocmădˈək, mäˈ– [key], fl. 1170?, quasi-historical Welsh prince. According to Welsh legend, Madoc, said to be a son of Owain Gwynedd,…Miyazu
(Encyclopedia) MiyazuMiyazumēyäˈz&oomacr; [key], town (1990 pop. 26,450), Kyoto prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Miyazu Bay. It is a fishing port and processes marine products. Nearby is Ama-no-…Mélusine
(Encyclopedia) MélusineMélusinemālüzēnˈ [key] or MelusinaMelusinamĕly&oobreve;sēˈnä [key], in French legend, a fairy who changed into a serpent from the waist down every Saturday. She married a…Diomedes
(Encyclopedia) DiomedesDiomedesdīˌōmēˈdēz [key], in Greek legend. 1 Son of Tydeus, he was one of the principal Greek warriors in the Trojan War. Previously he had avenged his father's death in the…Danaë
(Encyclopedia) DanaëDanaëdănˈāē [key], in Greek legend, daughter of Acrisius. When it was prophesied that Danaë's son would kill Acrisius, her father imprisoned her in a bronze tower. However, Zeus…Earn, Loch
(Encyclopedia) Earn, LochEarn, Lochlŏkh ûrn [key], lake, 7 mi (11.2 km) long and 1 mi (1.6 km) wide, Perth and Kinross and Stirling, central Scotland. Ardvorlich House, on its shore, is the…Flint, Timothy
(Encyclopedia) Flint, Timothy, 1780–1840, American author, b. North Reading, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1800, and entered the ministry. As a missionary he traveled up and down the Mississippi valley from…Helicon
(Encyclopedia) HeliconHeliconhĕlˈĭkŏn [key], Gr. Elikón, mountain group, c.20 mi (30 km) long, central Greece, in Boeotia; it rises to 5,736 ft (1,748 m). Helicon formed part of the border between…Cassandra
(Encyclopedia) CassandraCassandrakəsănˈdrə [key], in Greek legend, Trojan princess, daughter of Priam and Hecuba. She was given the power of prophecy by Apollo, but because she would not accept him…Blackbeard
(Encyclopedia) Blackbeard, d. 1718, English pirate. His name was probably Edward Teach, Thatch, or Thach. He probably began as a privateer in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14), then turned…Trending
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