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Brewer's: Attic Bird
(The). The nightingale; so called because Philomel was the daughter of the King of Athens. “Where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long.” Milton: Paradise Regained…Brewer's: Attic Boy
(The). Cephalos, beloved by Aurora or Morn; passionately fond of hunting. Till civil-suited Morn appear, Not tricked and frounced, as she was wont With the Attic boy to hunt, But…Brewer's: Ashtaroth
The goddess-moon in Syrian mythology, called by Jeremiah (vii. 18, xliv. 17, 25) “the queen of heaven.” Goddess of the Zidonians. Mooned Ashtaroth, Heaven's queen and mother both. Milton:…Brewer's: Grub Street
Since 1830 called Milton Street, near Moorfields, London, once famous for literary hacks and inferior literary productions. The word is the Gothic graban (to dig), whence Saxon grab (a…Brewer's: Harapha
A descendant of Og and Anak, a giant of Gath, who went to mock Samson in prison, but durst not venture within his reach. The word means the giant. (Milton: Samson Agonistes.) Source:…Brewer's: Hell Gates
according to Milton, are nine-fold—three of brass, three of iron, and three of adamant; the keepers are Sin and Death. This allegory is one of the most celebrated passages of Paradise Lost…Brewer's: Bellerus
Bellerium is the Land's End, Cornwall, the fabled land of the giant Bellerus. “Sleep'st by the fable of Bellerus old.” Milton: Lycidas, 160. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Knee Tribute
Adoration or reverence, by prostration or bending the knee. Coming to receive from us Knee-tribute yet unpaid, prostration vile Milton Paradise Lost, v P82 Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Agonistes
Agonis′tes(4 syl.). Samson Agonistes (the title of Milton's drama) means Samson wrestling with adversity—Samson combating with trouble. (Greek, agonizomai, to combat, to struggle.) Source…Brewer's: Amaryllis
A pastoral sweetheart. The name is borrowed from the pastorals of Theocritos and Virgil. “To sport with Amaryllis in the shade.” Milton: Lycidas, 68. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Trending
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