Valerius Flaccus - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Valerius Flaccus: Encyclopedia - Valerius Flaccus
Valerius Flaccus may refer to Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Roman poet at the time of Vespasian. Lucius Valerius Flaccus, name of a number of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ganymede: Encyclopedia - Ganymede
In Greek mythology, Ganymede (Greek: Γανυμήδης, Ganumêdês) was a divine hero whose homeland was the Troad. As a beautiful Troj...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcimede: Encyclopedia - Alcimede
In Greek mythology, Alcimede ("mighty cunning") was one of the matrilineal Minyan daughters, the daughter of Clymene, Minyas' daughter. S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollonius Of Rhodes: Encyclopedia - Apollonius Of Rhodes
Apollonius of Rhodes (Apollonius Rhodius), librarian at Alexandria, was a Greek grammarian and epic poet, who flourished under the Ptolem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonah: Encyclopedia - Jonah
Jonah (יוֹנָה "Dove", Standard Hebrew Yona, Latin Ionas, Tiberian Hebrew Yônāh) was a person in the Bible Old Testament and Jewis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology
Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini: Encyclopedia Ii - Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini - Works
Poggio, like Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (who became Pius II), was a great traveller, and wherever he went he brought enlightened powers o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Padua Italy: Encyclopedia Ii - Padua Italy - History Of Padua
Padua Italy - Antiquity. Padua claims to be the oldest city in north Italy; the early medieval commune justified itself by a fabled fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Chalons: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Chalons - Prelude
By 450 Roman control of Gaul, as with all of the provinces outside of Italy, had grown feeble. The Visigoths, who had been forcibly settl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ganymede: Encyclopedia Ii - Ganymede - Story
Ganymede was kidnapped by Zeus from Mount Ida in Phrygia, the setting for more than one myth-element bearing on the early mythic history ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Mythology - An Overview
The span of stories and characters in Greek mythology is incredibly far-reaching. Events ranging from the atrocities of the early gods to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Mythology - An Overview
The scope of Greek mythology is enormous. It extends from the horrific crimes of the early gods and the bloody wars of Troy and Thebes, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Chalons: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Chalons - Archeological Evidence
In 1842, a laborer uncovered a burial at Pouan, a village on the south bank of the Aube River, some 10 miles from Mery-sur-Seine. This di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Mythology - Nature And Sources Of Greek Mythology
The general issues in studying myths are discussed in the mythography article. While all cultures throughout the world have their own myt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Mythology - Did The Greeks Believe Their Myths?
"Our own myths we call reality" is one of the axioms with which Carl A.P. Ruck and Danny Staples commence The World of Classical Myth; to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Mythology - Theories Of Origin
In antiquity, historians such as Herodotus theorized that the Greek gods had been stolen directly from the Egyptians. Later on, Christian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Chalons: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Chalons - Forces
Both armies consisted of combatants from many peoples. Jordanes lists Aetius' allies as including (besides the Visigoths) both the Salic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini: Encyclopedia Ii - Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini - Methods
Nothing marks the secular attitude of the Italians at an epoch which decided the future course of both Renaissance and Reformation more s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini: Encyclopedia Ii - Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini - Biography
Poggio Bracciolini studied Latin under John of Ravenna, and Greek under Manuel Chrysoloras. His distinguished abilities and his dexterity...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Padua Italy: Encyclopedia Ii - Padua Italy - Demographics
The commerce and jobs attract many immigrants into the city. Many of the labourers are those of eastern European origin, and North Africa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ganymede: Encyclopedia Ii - Ganymede - Modern Sources
Rosalind, a young woman in hiding, takes on the disguise of a man and the name of Ganymede in Shakespeare's comedy, As You Like It. Ganym...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ganymede: Encyclopedia Ii - Ganymede - Renaissance And Baroque Ganymede
In Shakespeare's As You like It (1599), a comedy of mistaken identity in the magical setting of the Forest of Arden, Celia, dressed as a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ganymede: Encyclopedia Ii - Ganymede - Ganymede In Ancient Arts
In Athens, vase-painters often depicted the mythological story, which was so suited to the all-male symposium or formal banquet. The Gany...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Mythology - Nature And Sources Of Greek Mythology
The general issues in studying myths are discussed in the mythography article. While all cultures throughout the world have their own myt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Padua Italy: Encyclopedia Ii - Padua Italy - Monuments Of The Historic Center
Padua has long been famous for its university, founded in 1222. Under the rule of Venice the university was governed by a board of three ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Mythology - Theories Of Origin
In antiquity, authors like Herodotus speculated that the Greeks had borrowed their gods wholesale from the Egyptians. Later, Christian wr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Mythology - Did The Greeks Believe Their Myths?
"Our own myths we call reality" is one of the axioms with which Carl A.P. Ruck and Danny Staples commence The World of Classical Myth; to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Chalons: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Chalons - Battle
The night before the main battle, one of the Frankish forces on the Roman side encountered a band of the Gepids loyal to Attila. Jordanes...   » Read the article