Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
the Fifth Week after Easter
the Fifth Week after Easter
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Bible Encyclopedias
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Search Results: "aphroditandeacute
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Apel`les
the most celebrated painter of antiquity; bred, if not born, at ephesus; lived at the court of alexander the great; his great work "aphrodité anadyomene " (q. v .); a man conscious, like dürer, of mastery in his art, as comes out in his advice to the criticising shoemaker to "stick to his last."
the most celebrated painter of antiquity; bred, if not born, at ephesus; lived at the court of alexander the great; his great work "aphrodité anadyomene " (q. v .); a man conscious, like dürer, of mastery in his art, as comes out in his advice to the criticising shoemaker to "stick to his last."
Venus
the roman goddess of love, of wedded love, and of beauty (originally of the spring), and at length identified with the greek aphrodité (q. v .); she was regarded as the tutelary goddess of rome, and had a temple to her honour in the forum.
the roman goddess of love, of wedded love, and of beauty (originally of the spring), and at length identified with the greek aphrodité (q. v .); she was regarded as the tutelary goddess of rome, and had a temple to her honour in the forum.
