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Joyce's Ulysses unfolds over a single day in Dublin James Joyce Related Links Encyclopedia: James Joyce Quiz: Irish Literature and Folklore Notable Irish Writers Ulysses for…The Iliad of Homer: The Trial of the Army, and Catalogue of the Forces
The Contention of Achilles and... The Duel of Menelaus and Paris. The Trial of the Army, and Catalogue of the Forces. Jupiter, in pursuance of the request of Thetis, sends a deceitful…William Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, Act II, Scene III
Scene IIIThe Grecian camp. Before Achilles' tentEnter Thersites, solusThersitesHow now, Thersites! what lost in the labyrinth of thy fury! Shall the elephant Ajax carry it thus? He beats me,…The Illiad: The Breach of the Truce, and the First Battle.
The Duel of Menelaus and Paris. The Acts of Diomed. The Breach of the Truce, and the First Battle. The Gods deliberate in council concerning the Trojan war: they agree upon the…National Historic Sites
Name and location Total acreageAbraham Lincoln Birthplace (Ky.) 344.50Allegheny Portage Railroad (Pa.) 1,249.20Andersonville (Ga.) 494.61Andrew Johnson (Tenn.) 16.68Bent's Old Fort (Colo.)…The Confederate States of America
Top of Page Source: iStockFollowing the election of Abraham Lincoln on an anti-slavery platform, 11 US states broke away from the union to form a republic that has become known as the Confederacy.…The Iliad of Homer: The Embassy to Achilles
The Second Battle, and the Dis... The Night-Adventure of Diomed ... The Embassy to Achilles. Agamemnon, after the last day's defeat, proposes to the Greeks to quit the siege, and…Paducah
(Encyclopedia) PaducahPaducahpədy&oomacr;ˈkə, –d&oomacr;ˈ– [key], city (1990 pop. 27,256), seat of McCracken co., SW Ky., on the Ohio River at the mouth of the Tennessee River; inc. as a city…Báez, Buenaventura
(Encyclopedia) Báez, BuenaventuraBáez, Buenaventurabwāˌnävānt&oomacr;ˈrä bäˈās [key], c.1810–1884, president of the Dominican Republic (1849–53; 1856–58; 1865–66; 1868–73). Like his rival,…Charles River Bridge Case
(Encyclopedia) Charles River Bridge Case, decided in 1837 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Charles River Bridge Company had been granted (1785) a charter by the state of Massachusetts to operate a toll…