Search
Search results
Displaying 51 - 60
Tell, William
(Encyclopedia) Tell, William, legendary Swiss patriot. According to legend, Tell was a native of Uri, one of the Swiss forest cantons. Gessler, the canton's Austrian bailiff, decreed that Swiss…John Hall Wheelock: Earth
EarthJohn Hall WheelockGrasshopper, your fairy song And my poem alike belong To the dark and silent earth From which all poetry has birth; All we say and all we sing Is but as the murmuring…King Arthur
(Encyclopedia) King Arthur: see Arthurian legend.Modred, Sir
(Encyclopedia) Modred, Sir: see Arthurian legend.Mordred, Sir
(Encyclopedia) Mordred, Sir: see Arthurian legend.Pelleas, Sir
(Encyclopedia) Pelleas, Sir: see Arthurian legend.Pendragon, Uther
(Encyclopedia) Pendragon, Uther: see Arthurian legend.Uther Pendragon
(Encyclopedia) Uther Pendragon: see Arthurian legend.Kyffhäuser
(Encyclopedia) KyffhäuserKyffhäuserkĭfˈhoizər [key], forested mountain, c.1,550 ft (470 m), Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. It is crowned by the two ruined castles of Rothenburg (7th cent.) and…Iphigenia
(Encyclopedia) IphigeniaIphigeniaĭfˌəjənīˈə [key], in Greek legend, daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. When the Greek ships were delayed by contrary winds at Aulis en route to the Trojan War,…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
