Concise Dict Of Proper Names PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...gives a brief sketch of his own life (Par. vi. 1-27), in which he refers to his codification of the Roman law (vv. 12, 22-4), to his conversion by Agapetus (vv. 13-21) Agabito, and to the victories of his general Belisarius (vv. 25-7) Bellisar; he then goes on to trace the career of the Imperial Eagle from the time when it was carried westward from Troy by Aeneas, down to the time when the Guelfs opposed it, and the Ghibellines made a party ensign of it (vv. 1-9, 28-111) Aquila lJ; and finally tells D. who the spirits are in the Heaven of Mercury (w. 112-42), giving a special account of Romieu of Villeneuve (w. 127-42) Romeo: Mercurio, Cielo di. Giuvenale. Giovenale. Glauco, Glaucus, fisherman of Anthedon in Boeotia, who became a sea-god by eating of the divine herb which Saturn had sown. D. compares the change wrought in himself, while gazing upon Beatrice, to the transformation undergone by G. (whose story D. got from Ovid, Metam. xiii. 920 fF.), when he had partaken of the divine herb, Par. i. 67-9. Godenti, Frati. Frati Gaudenti. Golias, Goliath, the giant of Gath, who fought for the Philistines against Israel, and was slain by David with a stone from his sling (1 Sam. xvii); D. appeals to the Emperor Henry VII, as a second David, to overthrow King Robert of Naples, the modern Goliath, Epist. vii. 8178 Arrigo 2: Filistei: Roberto2. Golosi, the Gluttonous, placed in Circle III of Hell, Inf. vi. 7109 Inferno; their guardian is Cerberus, the emblem of gluttony, who claws and rends them (w. 1321) Cerbero; they lie prone in the mud, to remind them of their base life upon earth, while they are continually pelted with showers of rain, hail, and snow (w. 7-12, 34-7). Example: Ciacco CiaccoJ. Those who expiate the sin of Gluttony in Purgatory...