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Diomedes
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King of Argos, called Tydides, from his father; was, next to Achilles, the bravest of the Greeks at the Trojan war; fought under the protection of Athene against both Hector and Aeneas, and even ...
Dion Chrysostomus
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(Dion with the golden, or eloquent, mouth), a celebrated Greek rhetorician, born at Prusa, in Bithynia, about the middle of the 1st century; inclined to the Platonic and Stoic philosophies; came to ...
Dionysius of Alexandria
Language; Encyclopedias
Patriarch from 348, a disciple of Origen, and his most illustrious pupil; a firm but judicious defender of the faith against the heretics of the time, in particular the Sabellians and the Chiliasts; ...
Dionysius Periegetes
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A Greek geographer who lived about the 4th century, and wrote a description of the whole earth in hexameters and in a terse and elegant style.
Dora d'Istria
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The pseudonym of Helena Ghika, born in Wallachia, of noble birth; distinguished for her beauty and accomplishments; was eminent as a linguist; translated the "Iliad" into German; wrote works, the ...
Dorians
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One of the four divisions of the Hellenic race, the other three being the Achaeans, the Aeolians, and the Ionians; at an early period overran the whole Peloponnesus; they were a hardy people, of ...
Dordogne
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A river in the S. of France, which, after a course of 300 m., falls into the estuary of Garonne; also a dep. through which it flows.