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Brewer's: Scythian Defiance
When Darius approached Scythia, an ambassador was sent to his tent with a bird, a frog, a mouse, and five arrows, then left without uttering a word. Darius, wondering what was meant, was…Brewer's: Parturiunt Montes
“Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.” The Egyptian king Tachos sustained a long war against Artaxerxes Ochus, and sent to the Lacedemonians for aid. King Agesilaos went with a…Brewer's: Mournival
Four cards all alike, as four aces, four kings, etc., in a game of cards called Gleek. Gleek is three cards alike. A mournival of aces, gleek of knaves, Just nine a-piece. Albumazar, iii…Brewer's: Frog
A frog and mouse agreed to settle by single combat their claims to a marsh; but, while they fought, a kite carried them both off. (Æsop: Fables, clxviii.) Old Æsop's fable, where he told…deer
(Encyclopedia) deer, ruminant mammal of the family Cervidae, found in most parts of the world except Australia. Antlers, solid bony outgrowths of the skull, develop in the males of most species and…Biographies: Deaths of 2014
// Cite Deaths of 2014 See also 2013 Deaths 2012 Deaths 2011 Deaths More Deaths Related Links 2014 Current Events Biographies by Category Arts and Entertainment Business,…1943 Academy Awards
The 1944 Academy Awards were presented March 15, 1944 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.Outstanding Motion PictureCasablanca (Warner Bros.)For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paramount)…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 15, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 14, 1805April 16, 1805April 15, 1805 Monday April 15th 1805. Set out at an early hour this morning. I walked on shore, and Capt. Clark…Brewer's: Reason
The Goddess of Reason, November 10th, 1793. Mlle. Candeille, of the Opéra, was one of the earliest of these goddesses, but Mme. Momoro, wife of the printer, the Goddess of Liberty, was the…U - Z
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