(Encyclopedia) PolygnotusPolygnotuspŏlˌĭgnōˈtəs [key], fl. c.460 b.c.–447 b.c., Greek painter, b. Thasos. He later became an Athenian citizen. He painted the Capture of Troy and Descent of Odysseus…
Senate Years of Service: 1893-1899Party: DemocratMURPHY, Edward, Jr., a Senator from New York; born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., December 15, 1836; attended the common schools; graduated…
WILEY, Oliver Cicero, (brother of Ariosto Appling Wiley), a Representative from Alabama; born in Troy, Pike County, Ala., January 30, 1851; attended the common schools; member of the town…
DICKINSON, John Dean, a Representative from New York; born in Middletown, Conn., June 28, 1767; completed preparatory studies, and was graduated from Yale College in 1785; moved to Lansingburg…
(Encyclopedia) Dares PhrygiusDares Phrygiusdârˈēz frĭjˈēəs [key], supposed author of a history of the Trojan War. Dares of Phrygia is mentioned by Homer in the Iliad as a priest of Troy. During the…
(Encyclopedia) Trojan War, in Greek mythology, war between the Greeks and the people of Troy. The strife began after the Trojan prince Paris abducted Helen, wife of Menelaus of Sparta. When Menelaus…
(Encyclopedia) pound, abbr. lb, unit of either mass or force in the customary system of English units of measurement. Two different pounds of mass are defined, one in the avoirdupois system of units…
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(Encyclopedia) HecubaHecubahĕkˈy&oobreve;bə [key], in Greek mythology, chief wife of Priam, king of Troy. Hecuba bore to Priam 19 children, including Paris, Hector, Troilus, Cassandra, and others…
GREENMAN, Edward Whitford, a Representative from New York; born in Berlin, Rensselaer County, N.Y., January 26, 1840; attended the common schools and De Ruyter Academy, Alfred, N.Y.; engaged…
