If you had a time-machine, what time and place would you visit? by Maddie Time-Traveling Princesses On July 4, 2009, at 9:00 p.m. my friend Harmony and I were pretending we were…
(Encyclopedia) William III, 1650–1702, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1689–1702); son of William II, prince of Orange, stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and of Mary,…
Day-to-day news from Beijing by Liz Olson, Mark Hughes, Chris Warner, and Beth Rowen Top Medal Count*United States: 110China: 100Russia: 72 Friday, Aug. 8 The 2008 Summer Games open in…
(Encyclopedia) Eleanor of AquitaineEleanor of Aquitaineăkwĭtānˈ, ăkˈwĭtān [key], 1122?–1204, queen consort first of Louis VII of France and then of Henry II of England. Daughter and heiress of…
(Encyclopedia) Eleanor of CastileEleanor of Castilekăstēlˈ [key], d.1290, queen consort of Edward I of England and daughter of Ferdinand III of Castile. At her marriage (1254) she brought to Prince…
(Encyclopedia) Eleanor of ProvenceEleanor of ProvenceprôväNsˈ [key], d. 1291, queen consort of Henry III of England. The daughter of Raymond Berengar, count of Provence, she was married to Henry in…
(Encyclopedia) Diagoras of Rhodes, ancient Greek athlete, fl. 5th cent. b.c. A boxer and wrester, he won an Olympic championship in 464 b.c. and won numerous times at the Pythian, Isthmian, and…
(Encyclopedia) Didymus of Alexandria, d. c.396, Greek grammarian and theologian, also called Didymus the Blind. His treatise On the Holy Ghost was translated by St. Jerome, who studied briefly with…
(Encyclopedia) Diogenes of ApolloniaDiogenes of Apolloniadīŏjˈənēz [key]Diogenes of Apolloniaăpəlōˈnēə [key], 5th cent. b.c., Greek philosopher. An eclectic, he reverted to the Milesian tradition of…
(Encyclopedia) Dion of SyracuseDion of Syracusedīˈən [key], 409?–354? b.c., Sicilian Greek political leader, brother-in-law of Dionysius the Elder, tyrant of Syracuse. He became interested in…
