Alcindor
(Ferdinand) Lew(is, Jr.) original name of .
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- Alcinous
king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaä and Laodamas. Historical Examples alcinous knew in his heart what she really meant, but he answered her with no unseemly jest. Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2) John Addington Symonds Agriculture is present, also horticulture, which the garden of alcinous presupposes. Homer’s Odyssey Denton […]
- Alcithoe
a daughter of Minyas who was driven mad for mocking Dionysus. Historical Examples alcithoe and her sisters denied the divinity of Bacchus, and refused to join in his worship. The Mysteries of All Nations James Grant
- Alcmaeon
a son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle who commanded the second expedition against Thebes. He killed his mother for sending his father to certain death and was driven mad by the Furies. Historical Examples She asks for the necklace and Alcmaeon goes back to get it from Arsinoë. Euripedes and His Age Gilbert Murray Alcmaeon is […]
- Alcman
noun 7th century bc, Greek lyric poet Historical Examples There is not one Greek lyric devoted to what we should designate love, with perhaps something like an exception in alcman. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III Various alcman won his laurels at Sparta by the composition of this kind of hymn. Studies of the Greek […]
- Alcmanic verse
a form of verse used in Greek drama and Latin dramatic poetry, composed in dactylic tetrameter.