Thomas Bruce, 7th earl of Elgin was a British diplomatist and art collector, famous for his acquisition of the Greek sculptures now known as the “Elgin Marbles.” The third son of Charles Bruce, the 5th earl (1732–71), Elgin succeeded his brother William Robert, the 6th earl, in 1771 at the age of

Thomas Bruce, 7th earl of Elgin was a British diplomatist and art collector, famous for his acquisition of the Greek sculptures now known as the “Elgin Marbles.” The third son of Charles Bruce, the 5th earl (1732–71), Elgin succeeded his brother William Robert, the 6th earl, in 1771 at the age of

Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th earl of Elgin was the 9th earl of Elgin and the British viceroy of India from 1894 to 1899. He was the son of the 8th earl and was educated at Eton and at Balliol College, Oxford. In politics a Liberal of right-wing tendencies, Elgin was first commissioner of works under

elginism, the taking of cultural treasures, often from one country to another (usually to a wealthier one). It is commonly associated with debates over “cultural patrimony,” “cultural property,” and related international agreements, such as the UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and

Moray, council area and historic county of northeastern Scotland, extending inland from the southern shore of the Moray Firth. The council area and the historic county occupy somewhat different areas. Most of the historic county of Moray lies within the council area of the same name, but the

Mount Elgon, extinct volcano on the Kenya-Uganda boundary. Its crater, about 5 miles (8 km) in diameter, contains several peaks, of which Wagagai (14,178 feet [4,321 meters]) is the highest. Its extrusions cover about 1,250 square miles (3,200 square km) and consist largely of fragmental rocks and

Goliath: …was slain by a certain Elhanan of Bethlehem in one of David’s conflicts with the Philistines (II Sam. 21: 18–22). This may be a transcriptural error as the parallel I Chron. 20:5 avoids the contradiction by reading “Elhanan . . . slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath.”

Kangxi was the second emperor (reigned 1661–1722) of the Qing (Manchu) dynasty (1644–1911/12). To the Chinese empire he added areas north of the Amur River (Heilong Jiang) and portions of Outer Mongolia, and he extended control over Tibet. He opened four ports to foreign trade and encouraged the

Fausto Elhuyar: …in partnership with his brother Juan José was the first to isolate tungsten, or wolfram (1783), though not the first to recognize its elemental nature. After teaching at Vergara, in Spain (1781–85), Fausto accompanied his brother to several European colleges, including the Freiberg (Saxony) School of Mining and the University…

Fausto Elhuyar was a Spanish chemist and mineralogist who in partnership with his brother Juan José was the first to isolate tungsten, or wolfram (1783), though not the first to recognize its elemental nature. After teaching at Vergara, in Spain (1781–85), Fausto accompanied his brother to several

biblical literature: The role of Samuel: Eli, the priest at Shiloh (who had heard Hannah’s vow), trained the boy to serve Yahweh at the shrine, which Samuel’s mother and father visited annually. The sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, are depicted as corrupt, misusing their positions as servants of the shrine…

Laura Nyro: …release of the cult-classic albums Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968) and New York Tendaberry (1969). Nyro incorporated a diversity of influences in her writing and performing, drawing on rhythm and blues, soul, gospel, folk, jazz, and Brill Building- and Tin Pan Alley-style pop. Despite “retiring” from the music scene…

Eli Lilly and Company is one of the world’s largest research-based pharmaceutical and biomedical companies, known for the development and manufacture of a wide range of prescription medications for humans and animals. Among its best-known products are Cialis, a treatment for erectile dysfunction;

Laura Nyro: …End”), Three Dog Night (“Eli’s Coming”), and Blood, Sweat and Tears (“And When I Die”). A wayward yet reclusive artist, Nyro resisted pressure to streamline her songs for mass consumption. She was shaken after being booed off the stage by Janis Joplin fans at the 1967 Monterey (California) Pop…

Nelly Sachs: …Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels (1951; Eli: A Mystery Play of the Sufferings of Israel, included in the O the Chimneys collection). Before she won the Nobel Prize on her 75th birthday, she received the 1965 Peace Prize of German Publishers. In accepting the award from the land she had fled,…

Nelly Sachs: …Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels (1951; Eli: A Mystery Play of the Sufferings of Israel, included in the O the Chimneys collection). Before she won the Nobel Prize on her 75th birthday, she received the 1965 Peace Prize of German Publishers. In accepting the award from the land she had fled,…

Elijah was a Hebrew prophet who ranks with Moses in saving the religion of Yahweh from being corrupted by the nature worship of Baal. Elijah’s name means “Yahweh is my God” and is spelled Elias in some versions of the Bible. The story of his prophetic career in the northern kingdom of Israel during

Charles Lamb was an English essayist and critic, best known for his Essays of Elia (1823–33). Lamb went to school at Christ’s Hospital, where he studied until 1789. He was a near contemporary there of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and of Leigh Hunt. In 1792 Lamb found employment as a clerk at East India

Elia Kazan: Films, stage work, and writing of the 1960s and ’70s of Elia Kazan: …Kazan published his lengthy autobiography, Elia Kazan: A Life. In 1999 he received an honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement in film. Controversy surrounded its presentation, as many of the wounds caused by Kazan’s testimony before HUAC remained open even after the passage of so many years, and some of…

Mircea Eliade was a historian of religions, phenomenologist of religion, and author of novels, novellas, and short stories. Eliade was one of the most influential scholars of religion of the 20th century and one of the world’s foremost interpreters of religious symbolism and myth. Eliade studied

Paul Helgesen was a Danish Humanist and champion of Scandinavian Roman Catholicism who opposed the Lutheran Reformation in Denmark. The author of several works against Scandinavian Reformers, he also translated works by the Dutch Humanist Erasmus and wrote the Skiby chronicle, a discussion of

Maronite church: …the work of the Jesuit John Eliano. In 1584 Pope Gregory XIII founded the Maronite College in Rome, which flourished under Jesuit administration into the 20th century and became a training centre for scholars and leaders.

Elijah was a Hebrew prophet who ranks with Moses in saving the religion of Yahweh from being corrupted by the nature worship of Baal. Elijah’s name means “Yahweh is my God” and is spelled Elias in some versions of the Bible. The story of his prophetic career in the northern kingdom of Israel during

Elias Of Cortona was a disciple of St. Francis of Assisi and a leading figure in the early history of the Franciscan Order, which he twice governed. In 1217 Elias headed the new Franciscan mission to the Holy Land as first minister provincial of Syria. He visited holy places in Palestine with

Comendador, city, western Dominican Republic, in the San Juan valley near the border with Haiti. It serves as a commercial centre for the surrounding agricultural lands, which produce sugarcane, cotton, coffee, and fruit. Comendador is the terminus of the paved highway from Santo Domingo, the

Grazia Deledda: …divorzio (1902; After the Divorce); Elias Portolu (1903), the story of a mystical former convict in love with his brother’s bride; Cenere (1904; Ashes; film, 1916, starring Eleonora Duse), in which an illegitimate son causes his mother’s suicide; and La madre (1920; The Woman and the Priest; U.S. title, The…

Llangefni: …town’s several Nonconformist churches, commemorates John Elias (1774–1841), a well-known pulpit orator of the Welsh Methodist Revival who fled to Llangefni when forced to take refuge from an angry mob in Beaumaris. Llangefni has remained a bustling market centre, and livestock are brought from all parts of the island for…

Mount Saint Elias, second highest peak (18,008 feet [5,489 metres]) of the St. Elias Mountains, on the Canada–United States (Alaska) border, 70 miles (110 km) northwest of Yakutat, Alaska. The mountain rises north of Malaspina Glacier. Vitus Bering became the first official European discoverer of

Pamirs: Study and exploration: …legendary journeys of the Englishman Ney Elias brought an enlightened European view of the region and its peoples, one without military or political bias. Political control of the mountains was settled in 1891 when tsarist forces rebuffed the British at Bozai Gombaz (Bazai Gombad) in the southern Pamirs. Russian and…

Norbert Elias was a sociologist who described the growth of civilization in western Europe as a complex evolutionary process, most notably in his principal work, Über den Prozess der Zivilisation (1939; The Civilizing Process: The History of Manners). Elias studied medicine, philosophy, and

New Jersey Devils: In 1999–2000, behind Patrik Elias, Petr Sykora, Jason Arnott, and Scott Gomez, the Devils once again won the Stanley Cup. The team dominated their division over the next several years, advancing to the Stanley Cup finals in 2000–01 and winning a third title in 2002–03. Although the Devils…

Olafur Eliasson is a Danish artist whose sculptures and large-scale installation art employed elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer’s experience of the ordinary. Eliasson spent his childhood in Denmark and Iceland, where the unique terrain informed his

Granada, city, capital of Granada provincia (province) in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia, southern Spain. It lies along the Genil River at the northwestern slope of the Sierra Nevada, 2,260 feet (689 metres) above sea level. The Darro River, much reduced by irrigation

Alan Garner: Further novels included Elidor (1965), about four children tasked with protecting magical items, and The Owl Service (1967; television film 1969), which retells a story from the Welsh mythological compendium the Mabinogion. Red Shift (1973) follows the lives of three men living in different centuries, all of whom…

Marie De France: …to the 1,184 lines of Eliduc, a story of the devotion of a first wife whose husband brings a second wife from overseas.

Paul Helgesen was a Danish Humanist and champion of Scandinavian Roman Catholicism who opposed the Lutheran Reformation in Denmark. The author of several works against Scandinavian Reformers, he also translated works by the Dutch Humanist Erasmus and wrote the Skiby chronicle, a discussion of

Nicolas Poussin: The Raphael of our century: …noblest figure paintings, among them Eliezer and Rebecca, The Holy Family on the Steps, and The Judgment of Solomon. In all of those the artist integrated the figures with their setting in a strict and uncompromising manner that resulted in scenes that are not only conceived in depth but also…

Johanan ben Zakkai: Two of them, Eliezer ben Hyrcanus and Joshua ben Hananiah, who are credited with having smuggled their master out of Jerusalem in a coffin, were to become, by the end of the century and the beginning of the following one, the leading teachers of their generation and had…

Elihu, in the Hebrew Bible, a comforter of Job, the biblical prototype of undeserved suffering. Because Elihu’s speech, which appears in the Book of Job (chapters 32–37), differs in style from the rest of the work and because he is not mentioned elsewhere in it—as the other three comforters

Sir Godfrey Kneller, Baronet: His Elijah of that year gives evidence of a style close to Bol’s. In Italy he began to paint portraits and modified his style. Arriving in England in 1674 or 1675, he soon established himself as a portrait painter, especially after he painted Charles II, and…

Elijah was a Hebrew prophet who ranks with Moses in saving the religion of Yahweh from being corrupted by the nature worship of Baal. Elijah’s name means “Yahweh is my God” and is spelled Elias in some versions of the Bible. The story of his prophetic career in the northern kingdom of Israel during

Elijah ben Solomon was the gaon (“excellency”) of Vilna and the outstanding authority in Jewish religious and cultural life in 18th-century Lithuania. Born into a long line of scholars, Elijah traveled among the Jewish communities of Poland and Germany in 1740–45 and then settled in Vilna, which

Elijah ben Solomon was the gaon (“excellency”) of Vilna and the outstanding authority in Jewish religious and cultural life in 18th-century Lithuania. Born into a long line of scholars, Elijah traveled among the Jewish communities of Poland and Germany in 1740–45 and then settled in Vilna, which

Christopher Paul Curtis: Curtis’s next book, Elijah of Buxton (2007), is set in the 1850s and follows the first child born into freedom in a Canadian community of formerly enslaved people; he faces danger and learns the realities of slavery when he ventures into the United States. The work earned Curtis…

Elijah’s cup, in Judaism, the fifth ceremonial cup of wine poured during the family seder dinner on Passover (Pesaḥ). It is left untouched in honour of Elijah, who, according to tradition, will arrive one day as an unknown guest to herald the advent of the messiah. During the seder dinner, biblical

Elijah, Op. 70, oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn that premiered August 26, 1846, in Birmingham, England. The oratorio presents episodes from the story of the biblical prophet Elijah. The title role, sung by a baritone or bass, requires a nearly operatic range of emotional expression for the arias,

Jill E. Barad is an American business executive who served as chief executive officer (CEO) of the toy manufacturer Mattel, Inc. from 1997 to 2000. At the time, she was one of a very small number of female CEOs. Barad received a B.A. (1973) from Queens College in New York City. Following

Mount Helicon, mountain of the Helicon range in Boeotia (Modern Greek: Voiotía), Greece, between Límni (lake) Kopaḯs and the Gulf of Corinth (Korinthiakós). A continuation of the Parnassus (Parnassós) range, which rises to about 8,000 ft (2,400 m), the Helicon range reaches only about 5,000 ft. The

Mount Helicon, mountain of the Helicon range in Boeotia (Modern Greek: Voiotía), Greece, between Límni (lake) Kopaḯs and the Gulf of Corinth (Korinthiakós). A continuation of the Parnassus (Parnassós) range, which rises to about 8,000 ft (2,400 m), the Helicon range reaches only about 5,000 ft. The

Auch, town, capital of Gers département, Occitanie région, southwestern France. Auch is built on and around a hill on the west bank of the Gers River, west of Toulouse. The capital of the Celtiberian tribe of Ausci, it became important in Roman Gaul as Elimberris and, after Christianity was

Elimelech Of Lizhensk was a Jewish teacher and author, one of the founders of Ḥasidism (a Jewish pietistic movement) in Galicia. Elimelech was a disciple of Ṭov Baer, one of the early Ḥasidic leaders, and after Baer’s death he settled in Lizhensk, which subsequently became an important Ḥasidic

excretion, the process by which animals rid themselves of waste products and of the nitrogenous by-products of metabolism. Through excretion organisms control osmotic pressure—the balance between inorganic ions and water—and maintain acid-base balance. The process thus promotes homeostasis, the

elimination reaction, any of a class of organic chemical reactions in which a pair of atoms or groups of atoms are removed from a molecule, usually through the action of acids, bases, or metals and, in some cases, by heating to a high temperature. It is the principal process by which organic

analytic philosophy: Eliminative materialism: The most radical theory of the mind developed in this period is eliminative materialism. Introduced in the late 1980s and refined and modified throughout the 1990s, it contended that scientific theory does not require reference to the mental states posited in informal, or…

philosophy of mind: Eliminativism: Behaviourism and instrumentalism: Eliminativism may at first seem like a preposterous position. Like many extreme philosophical doctrines, however, it is worth taking seriously, both because it forces its opponents to produce illuminating arguments against it and because certain versions of it may actually turn…

ZZ Top: …enjoyed consistent commercial success, and Eliminator (1983) turned them into international superstars. Incorporating electronic synthesizers and disco-influenced rhythms into their signature blues sound, the band projected a cartoonish public image in music videos in which Gibbons and Hill sported scraggly beards and flamboyant suits and which were punctuated by the…

Melvin Calvin: …Rh antigens, which they named elinin for their daughter Elin. Following the oil embargo after the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, they sought suitable plants, e.g., genus Euphorbia, to convert solar energy to hydrocarbons for fuel, but the project failed to be economically feasible.

King John: …are John’s domineering mother, Queen Eleanor (formerly Eleanor of Aquitaine), and Philip the Bastard, who supports the king and yet mocks all political and moral pretensions.

Sense and Sensibility, novel by Jane Austen that was published anonymously in three volumes in 1811 and that became a classic. The satirical, comic work offers a vivid depiction of 19th-century middle-class life as it follows the romantic relationships of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Sense and

military intelligence: Signals: Electronics intelligence (also called ELINT) is technical and intelligence information obtained from foreign electromagnetic emissions that are not radiated by communications equipment or by nuclear detonations and radioactive sources. By analyzing the electronic emissions from a given weapon or electronic system, an intelligence analyst can…

Charles Édouard Guillaume: …alloys and developed invar and elinvar. Invar’s low coefficient of expansion (change in volume caused by change in temperature) and elinvar’s low coefficient of elasticity (change in elasticity caused by change in temperature), combined with their low cost, resulted in their widespread use in scientific instruments.

Gertrude B. Elion was an American pharmacologist who, along with George H. Hitchings and Sir James W. Black, received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1988 for their development of drugs used to treat several major diseases. Elion was the daughter of immigrants. She graduated from

Gertrude B. Elion was an American pharmacologist who, along with George H. Hitchings and Sir James W. Black, received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1988 for their development of drugs used to treat several major diseases. Elion was the daughter of immigrants. She graduated from

Joshua Reynolds: Early life: …large group portrait of the Eliot family (c. 1746/47), which clearly indicates that he had studied the large-scale portrait of the Pembroke family (1634–35) by the Flemish Baroque painter Sir Anthony Van Dyck, whose style of portrait painting influenced English portraiture throughout the 18th century. In 1749 Reynolds sailed with…

Washington University in St. Louis, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. It is a comprehensive research and academic institution, and it includes one of the leading research-centred medical schools in the United States. In addition, the university

Charles William Eliot was an American educator, leader in public affairs, president of Harvard University for 40 years, and editor of the 50-volume Harvard Classics (1909–10). Eliot graduated from Harvard in 1853 and was appointed assistant professor of mathematics and chemistry there in 1858. In

Ethel Lynn Beers was an American poet known for her patriotic and sentimental verse, particularly the popular Civil War poem “The Picket Guard.” A descendant of John Eliot, the “Apostle to the Indians,” Ethelinda Eliot began at an early age to contribute to periodicals under the name Ethel Lynn. In

George Eliot was an English Victorian novelist who developed the method of psychological analysis characteristic of modern fiction. Her major works include Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871–72), and Daniel Deronda (1876). Evans was born on an

Jared Eliot was an American colonial clergyman, physician, and agronomist. Eliot, the grandson of John Eliot, noted New England missionary, was graduated from the Collegiate School of Connecticut (Yale College) in 1706. He taught for two years and then received a call as pastor of the

John Eliot was a Puritan missionary to the Native Americans of Massachusetts Bay Colony whose translation of the Bible in the Algonquian language was the first Bible printed in North America. Educated in England, Eliot graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1622 and emigrated to Boston in

Sir Charles Eliot was a diplomat and colonial administrator who initiated the policy of white supremacy in the British East Africa Protectorate (now Kenya). A scholar and linguist, Eliot served in diplomatic posts in Russia (1885), Morocco (1892), Turkey (1893), and Washington, D.C. (1899). In 1900

Sir Charles Eliot was a diplomat and colonial administrator who initiated the policy of white supremacy in the British East Africa Protectorate (now Kenya). A scholar and linguist, Eliot served in diplomatic posts in Russia (1885), Morocco (1892), Turkey (1893), and Washington, D.C. (1899). In 1900

Sir John Eliot was an English Puritan and Parliamentarian who, with his brilliant oratory, played a leading role in the early conflicts between King Charles I and Parliament. His death during his imprisonment for opposing the crown made him a martyr to the Parliamentary cause. The son of a wealthy

T.S. Eliot was an American-English poet, playwright, literary critic, and editor, a leader of the Modernist movement in poetry in such works as The Waste Land (1922) and Four Quartets (1943). Eliot exercised a strong influence on Anglo-American culture from the 1920s until late in the century. His

T.S. Eliot was an American-English poet, playwright, literary critic, and editor, a leader of the Modernist movement in poetry in such works as The Waste Land (1922) and Four Quartets (1943). Eliot exercised a strong influence on Anglo-American culture from the 1920s until late in the century. His

Adoptionism: …concerned with the teaching of Elipandus, archbishop of Toledo. Wishing to distinguish in Christ the operations of each of his natures, human and divine, Elipandus referred to Christ in his humanity as “adopted son” in contradistinction to Christ in his divinity, who is the Son of God by nature. The…

Eliphaz The Temanite, in the Old Testament Book of Job (chapters 4, 5, 15, 22), one of three friends who sought to console Job, who is a biblical archetype of unmerited suffering. The word Temanite probably indicates that he was an Edomite, or member of a Palestinian people descended from Esau. In

Adoor Gopalakrishnan: Rat-Trap examines the end of feudalism in Kerala through one family’s fall from power. The Walls is set in a British colonial prison in the 1940s and is about a political activist who falls in love with an unseen woman in a neighbouring prison after…

Elis, ancient Greek region and city-state in the northwestern corner of the Peloponnese, well known for its horse breeding and for the Olympic Games, which were allegedly founded there in 776 bc. The region was bounded on the north by Achaea, on the east by Arcadia, and on the south by Messenia.

gravitational wave: Detectors and observations: A third scheme, the Evolved Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (eLISA), is planned that uses three separate, but not independent, interferometers installed in three spacecraft located at the corners of a triangle with sides of some 5 million km (3 million miles). A mission to test the technology for eLISA,…

enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), biochemical procedure in which a signal produced by an enzymatic reaction is used to detect and quantify the amount of a specific substance in a solution. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) typically are used to detect antigens, though they can

Elisabeth was the empress consort of Austria from April 24, 1854, when she married Emperor Franz Joseph. She was also queen of Hungary (crowned June 8, 1867) after the Austro-Hungarian Ausgleich, or Compromise. Her assassination brought her rather unsettled life to a tragic end. Elisabeth was the

Isabella of Bavaria was the queen consort of Charles VI of France, who frequently was regent because of her husband’s periodic insanity. Her gravest political act was the signing of the Treaty of Troyes (May 21, 1420), which recognized King Henry V of England as heir to the French crown in place of

Elizabeth Of France was a French princess, sister of King Louis XVI, noted for her courage and fidelity during the French Revolution, which sacrificed her to the guillotine. She was the youngest daughter of the dauphin Louis (d. 1765) and Maria Josepha of Saxony. Whereas her aunt and two of her

Elisabeth was the empress consort of Austria from April 24, 1854, when she married Emperor Franz Joseph. She was also queen of Hungary (crowned June 8, 1867) after the Austro-Hungarian Ausgleich, or Compromise. Her assassination brought her rather unsettled life to a tragic end. Elisabeth was the

Hradec Králové: …Hradec Králové became associated with Elisabeth of Poland, the queen dowager (Králové means “of the queen”), who founded the Gothic Cathedral of the Holy Ghost there in 1307. At the time, it was the second largest city of Bohemia. It suffered severely in the 17th century during the Thirty Years’…

St. Elizabeth of Hungary ; canonized 1235; feast day November 17) was a princess of Hungary whose devotion to the poor (for whom she relinquished her wealth) made her an enduring symbol of Christian charity, of which she is a patron saint. The daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary, she was

Elizabeth Of France was a French princess, sister of King Louis XVI, noted for her courage and fidelity during the French Revolution, which sacrificed her to the guillotine. She was the youngest daughter of the dauphin Louis (d. 1765) and Maria Josepha of Saxony. Whereas her aunt and two of her

Lubumbashi, second largest city in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The main industrial centre of the mining district of southeastern Congo, it lies 110 miles (180 km) northwest of Ndola, Zambia. Lubumbashi is the name of a small local river. The town was established by Belgian colonists in 1910

Elisha, in the Old Testament, Israelite prophet, the pupil of Elijah, and also his successor (c. 851 bc). He instigated and directed Jehu’s revolt against the house of Omri, which was marked by a bloodbath at Jezreel in which King Ahab of Israel and his family were slaughtered. The popular

ship: Commercial steam navigation: One of these, the Margery, though built on the Clyde in 1814, was sent to operate on the Thames the next year, but so much difficulty was encountered from established watermen’s rights on that stream that the boat was transferred in 1816 to French ownership and renamed the Elise.…

Elisha, in the Old Testament, Israelite prophet, the pupil of Elijah, and also his successor (c. 851 bc). He instigated and directed Jehu’s revolt against the house of Omri, which was marked by a bloodbath at Jezreel in which King Ahab of Israel and his family were slaughtered. The popular

Elisha, in the Old Testament, Israelite prophet, the pupil of Elijah, and also his successor (c. 851 bc). He instigated and directed Jehu’s revolt against the house of Omri, which was marked by a bloodbath at Jezreel in which King Ahab of Israel and his family were slaughtered. The popular

Elisha ben Abuyah was a Jewish scholar who renounced his faith and who came to be regarded in later ages as a prototype of the heretic whose intellectual pride leads him to infidelity to Jewish laws and morals. In the Talmud, Elisha is not mentioned by name but is usually referred to as Aḥer (“the

Francisco Manuel do Nascimento was the last of the Portuguese Neoclassical poets, whose conversion late in life to Romanticism helped prepare the way for that movement’s triumph in his country. Of humble birth and probably illegitimate, Nascimento was educated by Jesuits and ordained in 1754. In

elision, (Latin: “striking out”), in prosody, the slurring or omission of a final unstressed vowel that precedes either another vowel or a weak consonant sound, as in the word heav’n. It may also be the dropping of a consonant between vowels, as in the word o’er for over. Elision is used to fit

L’elisir d’amore, comic opera in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti (Italian libretto by Felice Romani, after a French libretto by Eugène Scribe for Daniel-François-Esprit Auber’s Le Philtre, 1831) that premiered in Milan on May 12, 1832. L’elisir d’amore was written under

Dido, in Greek legend, the reputed founder of Carthage, daughter of the Tyrian king Mutto (or Belus), and wife of Sychaeus (or Acerbas). Her husband having been slain by her brother Pygmalion, Dido fled to the coast of Africa where she purchased from a local chieftain, Iarbas, a piece of land on

Elista, city, capital of Kalmykia republic, southwestern Russia. It was founded in 1865 and became a city in 1930. In 1944, when the Kalmyks were exiled by Joseph Stalin for their alleged collaboration with the Germans, the republic was dissolved and the city became known as Stepnoy (“Steppe”). The

literature: Folk and elite literatures: …layers, or classes, an “elite” literature began to be distinguishable from the “folk” literature of the people. With the invention of writing this separation was accelerated until finally literature was being experienced individually by the elite (reading a book), while folklore and folk song were experienced orally and more…