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Brewer's: Ifurin

The Hades of the ancient Gauls. A dark region infested by serpents and savage beasts. Here the wicked are chained in loathsome caverns, plunged into the lairs of dragons, or subjected to a…

Brewer's: Aratos

of Achæa, in Greece, murdered Nicocles, the tyrant, in order to restore his country to liberty, and would not allow even a picture of a king to exist. He was poisoned by Philip of Macedon…

Brewer's: Sigun'a

Wife of Loki. She nurses him in his cavern, but sometimes, as she carries off the poison which the serpents gorge, a portion drops on the god, and his writhings cause earthquakes. (…

Anatomy and
Physiology: The Excretory System

The Excretory SystemAnatomy and PhysiologyThe Excretory SystemWaterworksWhere It All HappensReabsorptionWhen You Gotta Go … When many people look at the cardiovascular system they often tend to…

Brewer's: Aconite

The herb Monkshood or Wolfsbane. Classic fabulists ascribe its poisonous qualities to the foam which dropped from the mouths of the three-headed Cerbërus, when Hercules, at the command of…

William Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act I, Scene X

Scene XThe camp of the VolscesA flourish. Cornets. Enter Tullus Aufidius, bloody, with two or three SoldiersAufidiusThe town is ta'en!First Soldier'Twill be deliver'd back on good condition.…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Adonais, Preface

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Adonais Preface Pharmakon elthe, Bion, poti son stoma, pharmakon eides. pos ten tois cheilessi potesrame, kouk eglukanthe; tis de Brotos tossouton anameros, e kerasai…

2006 Teens' Favorite Young Adult Books

Teen readers across the country vote for the best from the American Library Association Harry Potter #1 on Teens' Top Ten Related Links Teen Read Week from the ALA Teens'…