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Isthmian games
(Encyclopedia)Isthmian games ĭsˈmēən [key], athletic events organized c.581 b.c. They were held at Corinth in the spring of the first and third years of the Olympiad, and they honored Palaemon as well as Poseid...Rochefort, Victor Henri, marquis de Rochefort-Luçay
(Encyclopedia)Rochefort, Victor Henri, marquis de Rochefort-Luçay vēktôrˈ äNrēˈ rôshfôrˈ märkēˈ də rôshfôrˈ-lüsāˈ [key], 1831–1913, French journalist and politician. The editor of Le Figaro in...Elgin, Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th earl of
(Encyclopedia)Elgin, Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th earl of: see under Elgin, James Bruce, 8th earl of. ...Bruce, Victor Alexander, 9th earl of Elgin
(Encyclopedia)Bruce, Victor Alexander, 9th earl of Elgin: see under Elgin, James Bruce, 8th earl of. ...Linlithgow, Victor Alexander John Hope, 2d marquess of
(Encyclopedia)Linlithgow, Victor Alexander John Hope, 2d marquess of lĭnlĭthˈgō [key], 1887–1952, British statesman, viceroy of India. Linlithgow was civil lord of the admiralty (1922–24) and held numerous ...Villafranca di Verona
(Encyclopedia)Villafranca di Verona vēlˌläfrängˈkä dē vārôˈnä [key], town (1991 pop. 27,036), Venetia, NE Italy. In 1859, Napoleon III and Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria met there after the Austrian d...Eupompus
(Encyclopedia)Eupompus yo͞opŏmˈpəs [key], fl. 4th cent. b.c., Greek painter, founder of the Sicyonic school. The only one of his works of which there is record is A Victor in the Olympic Games. ...Carouge
(Encyclopedia)Carouge käro͞ozhˈ [key], city, Geneva canton, SW Switzerland, on the Arve River. It is an ...Bonnat, Léon Joseph Florentin
(Encyclopedia)Bonnat, Léon Joseph Florentin lāôNˈ zhôzĕfˈ flôräNtăNˈ bônäˈ [key], 1833–c.1922, French portrait and historical painter. He is best known for his portraits of famous men, including Thi...Humbert II
(Encyclopedia)Humbert II, 1904–83, last king of Italy (1946), son and successor of Victor Emmanuel III. On the abdication (May, 1946) of his father, who was tainted by his long acquiescence (1922–43) to Fascist...Browse by Subject
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