Greece
Greece, Modern (greek Hellas), A King Dom In The Southeast Of Europe, Bounded On The North By Bulgaria, Serbia And Albania, And On All Other Sides By The Sea — The Ionian Sea On The West, The Mediterranean Proper On The South, And The .?egean Sea On The East. The ...
Greece
Greece, Ancient, The European Penin Sula Which Was Bounded On The North By Mace Donia And Illyria; On The East And Southeast By The Iegean And Myrtoan, And In The West And Southwest By The Ionian Seas. Its Length From The Borders Of Macedonia To Cape Tmnarum Was About 262 ...
Greek Architecture
Greek Architecture. In The Coin Pass Of A Brief Article It Will Be Necessary To Confine Our Discussion Of Greek Architecture Al Most Entirely To That Of The Classic Or Pre-chris Tian Ages. For That Of The Christian Greek Em Pire Consult The Title Byzantine Architecture. We Divide Our Subject ...
Greek Art
Greek Art —painting And Sculpture. Painting.— Modern Students Of Grecian Archeology Do Not Doubt That The Greeks Of Different Epochs Were As Success Ful In Painting Of Stately And Religious Sub Jects And Of Painting And Drawing In A Slighter And More Popular Way As They Were In Sculpture; But ...
Greek Culture
Greek Culture. This Term Properly Embraces All The Activities Of The Hellenic Race Throughout All Ages, With The Influence Of The Greeks Upon Other Peoples And Civilizations. A Rapid Survey Can Include Only What Is Typical Of The Best Periods, And A Few Aspects Of Greek Tradition And Influence. Fifty ...
Greek Drama
Greek Drama, The. Greek Drama Had Its Origin In Immemorial Religious Observ Ances; And It Never Became Entirely Separated From Religion. Among All The Greek Gods None Appealed To The Imagination More Vividly Than The Youngest — Dionysus, The God Of Wine. Greek Tragedy Was Simply A Form Of Worship, ...
Greek Festivals
Greek Festivals. Festivals Were A Great Feature Of Ancient Grecian Life. There Were Country Festivities In Attica In December, A Feast Of The Wine-press In January, An "all Souls" Festival Lasting Three Days In February, A Great "city Festival" Of Dionysus For Five Days In March, A Festival Of First-fruits ...
Greek Gods
Greek Gods, The. Until Within The Last Half Century Our Earliest Knowledge Of The Gods Of Greece Was Obtained From The Homeric Poems, But The Excavations Which Were Inaugu Rated At Troy By Schliemann In 1871, And Con Tinued By Him And Many Others At Mycenn And At Numerous Other ...
Greek Language
Greek Language. Greek Is One Of The Indo-european Languages, And In Its Mod Ern Form Which Illustrates Fully The Analytic Tendency Of All Modern Languages, It Is Still Spoken By 8 Or 10,000,000 Greeks, Who Inhabit Nearly The Same Regions As In Ancient Times. These Included The Southern Part Of ...
Greek Law
Greek Law. The Unity Of Greek Law Is Seen In The Laws Of Inheritance And Adoption, In The Laws Of Commerce And Contract And In The Publicity Given To Legal Agreements. There Are Incidental Illustrations Of Athenian Laws In Plato's 'laws' And In Aristotle's Politics': But No Systematic Collection Of ...
Greek Letter Societies And College
Greek-letter Societies And College Fraternities Are Found In Nearly All Leading Educational Institutions, Par Ticularly The Great Universities In The United States. Branches Of The Various Societies Are Known As *chapters,* And Are Found In Nearly Every College As Well As In Every Large City In The Country. No Society ...
Greek Literature
Greek Literature. Ancient Greek Literature Because Of Its Originality, Spontaneity And Intrinsic Value And Interest, Deserves The Closest Study. In Spite Of The Very Severe Losses Which It Has Unfortunately Sustained There Is Extant A Very Considerable Body Of The Literature Representing The Various Fields Of Lit Erary Activity. The ...
Greek Music
Greek Music, The Theory And Practice Of Melody And Harmonics Among The Ancient Inhabitants Of Hellas. The Subject Of Greek Music Is An Obscure And Difficult One, But There Are Enough Data Extant To Afford Us A General Idea Of The Greek Musical Scale, Of The Use Of Instruments, And ...
Greek Philosophy
Greek Philosophy, The Various Speculations Of The Ancient Greeks With Regard To The Origin Of Things. This Is But A Partial Description Of The Intellectual Efforts Made By The Keen And Powerful Minds Of The Ancient World To Solve Those Problems Which Science Nowadays Is So Eagerly Investigating. The Ori ...
Greek Religion
Greek Religion. The Ideas Of A Per Fect God, Revelation, Creeds, Dogmas, Conscience, Divine Love, Etc., Were Not Present In The Greek Religion. The Greeks Believed In A Personal God, Who Was Interested In The Welfare Of Cer Tain Men, And These Men Longed For The Protec Tion And Sympathy ...
Greek Social Life
Greek Social Life. The Athenian Did Not Turn Night Into Day, But Rose At Dawn And Went Early To Bed. He Made His Calls Im Mediately After He Took His First Meal, Which Was Literally A Threakfast,d And Nothing More, Consisting Of A Few Mouthfuls Of Bread Dipped In Wine. ...
Greek Theatre
Greek Theatre, The. The Greeks Did Not Turn Night Into Day As We Do In The 20th Century. Rising At Early Dawn The Whole City Thronged To The Sacred Precinct To Witness The Performance Of Not Only One Play But Of Three, And Not Only For One Day But For ...
Greek And Etruscan Pottery
Greek And Etruscan Pottery. Dr. Schliemann, In His Noted Excavations At Hissarlik (ancient Troy), Brought Forth In The Lowest (oldest) Stratum Crude Black, Handmade, Sunbaked Pottery. It Is Supposed To Be About 3,000 Years Old. The Stratification Next Above This Held Polished Black Earthenware With Crude Raised And Incised Decoration ...
Greeley
Greeley, Horace, American Journalist: H. Amherst, N. H. 3 Feb. 1811; D. Pleasantville, N. Y., 29 Nov. 18'2. More Than 40 Years After His Death, Horace Greeley's Name Remains At The Head Of The Roll Of American Journalists. Successors In The Primacy Of Current Discussion May Surpass Him, As Doubtless ...
Green
Green, Anna Katharine (mrs, Charles Rohlfs), American Author: B. Brooklyn, N. Y., 11 Nov. 1846. She Graduated From Ripley Fe Male College In 1867; But It Was Not Until 1878 That Sheblished Her First Novel, 'the Leaven Worth Which Immediately Became Im Mensely Popular. In 1884 She Married Charles Rohlfs, ...
Green Bay
Green Bay, Wis., City And County-seat Of Brown County, Situated At The Head Or South Ern Point Of The Bay Of The Same Name, And At The Mouth Of The Fox River, On The Chicago And Northwestern, Chicago, Milwaukee And Saint Paul, The Green Bay And Western Rail Roads. Green ...
Green_2
Green, John Richard, English Historian: B. Oxford, 12 Dec. 1837; D. Mentone, France, 7 March 1883. He Was Graduated In 1859 Front Jesus College, Oxford, Where, Since The Study Of Modern History Had Not Yet Taken Any Con Siderable Place In The University, The Officers Failed Of Sympathy With His ...
Greenback Party
Greenback Party, A Political Party In The United States That Favored An Increase In The Greenback Or Paper Currency, To Be Ex Changeable For Interest Paying Bonds. Though Commonl Bearing This Name, Its Own Choice (1874-76 Was Independent Party. The Perity Of Western Agriculture During The Due Largely To The ...
Greenbacks
Greenbacks (as Printed On The Back In Green Ink), The Current Name, From The First Of The Legal-tender Notes First Issued By The Government During The Civil War. (see Dew!, National). The Authorizing Act Was Signed By Lincoln 25 Feb. 1862; It Was The First Ever Passed By Congress Making ...
Greene
Greene, Nathanael, American Soldier: B. Patawomut, Warwick County, R. I., 7 Aug. 1742; D. Mulberry Grove, Ga., 19 June 1786. His Father, A Leading Preacher Among The Quakers, Was The Owner Of An Anchor Forge And A Grist Mill. He Was Brought Up As A Quaker, And Trained From Childhood ...
Greene
Greene, Robert, English Writer: B. Nor Wich, 1558?; D. London, 3 Sept. 1592. The Greater Part Of His Career Is Conjectured From His More Or Less Autobiographical Novels And Pamphlets. He Entered Saint John's College, Cambridge, In 1575, And Took His B.a. In 1578. Already In His College Years, Perhaps ...
Greenhouse
Greenhouse. In America The Term Greenhouse Is Loosely Applied To All Glass Struc Tures, Except Cold Frames And Hot Beds, In Which Plants Are Grown. In Great Britain It Is Almost Limited To Those Buildings In Which Living Plants That Do Not Demand High Temper Ature Are Stored Or Grown. ...
Greenland
Greenland. The Most Northerly Of The Arctic Colonies Of Denmark, A Country Unique In Several Respects. It Is The Largest Known Island, After The Island Continent Of Australia, The Most Northerly Land Of The Earth, The Only Ice-tapped Region Occupied By Man, And Has The Northernmost Settlements Of The World. ...
Greenough
Greenough, Horatio, American Sculp Tor: B. Boston, 6 Sept. 1805; D. Somerville, Mass., 18 Dec. 1852. When He Entered Harvard At 16 He Had Already Modeled In Clay And At Tempted Sculpture. A French Sculptor Named Binon, Resident In Boston, Was His First Master. During His College Career He Enjoyed ...
Greenwich Observatory
Greenwich Observatory, The Most Important Public Observatory In England, Located At Greenwich (q.v.) On The Prime Meridian In Lat. + 51° 28' 38.4" N. It Was Estab Lished By King Charles Ii In 1675, For The Pur Pose Of Promoting Navigation And Astronomy. The Direction Of The Observatory Is Under ...
Gregg
Gregg, Josiah, American Traveler, Trader And Writer: B. Overton County, Tenn., 19 July 1806; D. Clear Lake, Cal., 25 Feb. 1850. His Father Was Of Scotch-irish Extraction And His Mother Was Of Pennsylvania German Stock. His Parents Migrated To Illinois In 1809 And To Missouri Three Years Later, Settling In ...
Gregorian Chant
Gregorian Chant (latin, Cantus Gre Gorianus, Cantus Planus, Cantus Firmus; Italian Canto Fermo; French, Chant Gregorien, Plain Chant; German, Gregorianischer Choral) Is As Old As The Church Itself. As An Integral Part Of The Liturgy, Music Has Its Origin In The Cele Bration Of The Last Supper. According To The ...
Gregorovius
Gregorovius, Ferdi Nand, German Historian And Poet: B. Neiden Burg, East Prussia, 1821; D. Munich, 1891. He Received His Education At Klinigsberg And Then Spent Several Years In Italy, Where He Wrote
Gregory
Gregory, Saint, Of Armenia, Surnamed The Illuminator (gregor Lusavoritch ), The Apostle And Patron Saint Of Armenia: B. Valar Shabad, Armenia, About 257; D. In The Wilder Ness Of Upper Armenia, 332 Or Shortly There After. Modern Armenians Venerate As A Liter Ary Heritage Of The Illuminator A Collection Of ...
Gregory I
Gregory I, Saint, Pope (590-604), Sur Named "the Great": B. Rome, About 540; D. There, 12 March 604. Being The Son Of A Wealthy Patrician, He Naturally Embraced A Po Litical Career And Was Named Prxtor Of Rome By The Emperor Justin Ii. The Charm Of Power And Terrestrial Grandeur ...
Gregory Ii
Gregory Ii, Saint, Pope : B. Rome, Year-unknown; D. There, 10 Feb. 731. He Is Said To Have Been Educated In The Lateran Palace Under Pope Sergius I And A Benedictine Monk, After Reaching The Diaconate, He Was Chosen By His Predecessor, Pope Constantine I, To Accompany Him To Constantinople, ...
Gregory Iii
Gregory Iii, Saint, Pope : B. Syria, Year Unknown; D. Rome, November Or December 741. He Succeeded Gregory Ii In March 731, Having Been Elected By Accla Mation While Attending The Obsequies Of His Predecessor, Whose Policies He Continued During His Entire Reign. He Remonstrated With The Emperor, Leo Iii, ...
Gregory Vii
Gregory Vii, Saint, Pope (1073-1085) : B. Soana, A Little Village In Tuscany, Between 1020 And 1025; D. Salerno, 25 May 1085. Little Is Known Of His Family Or Early Life Except That He Was Of Humble Origin, But His Name, Hilde Brand Or Hellebrand, Seems To Point To A ...
Gregory Xiii
Gregory Xiii (uco Btroncompacnro), Pope (1572-1585) : B. Bologna, 7 Jan. 1502; D. Rome, 10 April 1585. He Studied Law At The University Of Bologna, Receiving The Doctorate In Both Laws In 1530, And Afterwards Taught Jurisprudence There For Some Years. He Was The Recipient Of Various Eccleciastical Appoint Ments ...
Gregory Xvi
Gregory Xvi (bairrotoldsrzo Alberto Cappellari), Pope (1831-1846) : B. Belluno, In Venetian Territory, 18 Sept. 1765; D. Rome, 1 June 1846. At The Age Of 18 He Entered The Camaldolese Order, Taking The Name Mauro, And In 1787 He Was Ordained Priest. In 1799 He Published A Work Against The ...
Gregory_2
Gregory, Saint, Of Nazianzus, Known As Theologus ("the Theologian" Or "the Divine") : B. Arianzus, Near Nazianzus, A Little City In Southwestern Cappadocia, About 325,• D. There About 389 Or 390. Receiving The Seeds Of A Truly Christian Education From His Mother, Nonna, He Attended In Turn The Most Celebrated ...
Gregory_3
Gregory, Saint Of Neocasarea, Known As Thaumaturgus (6 Boultatompros, The Wonder-worker) : B. Neocsesarea In Pontus, About 210; D. There About 270. Originally Bear Ing The Name Of Theodorus, He Grew Up In His Native City In A Thoroughly Pagan Atmosphere. On The Advice Of His Latin Tutor, He Decided ...
Gregory_4
Gregory, Saint, Of Nyssa: B. About 335 Or 336; D. After 395 Or 396. He Was A Younger Brother Of Saint Basil Of Caesarea (q.v.), Who, It Seems, Had Charge Of His Education. While Holding The Office Of Lector In The Church He Yielded To The Attractions Of The World ...
Gregory_5
Gregory, Saint, Of Tours (originally Called Georgius Historian Of The Franks: B. Arverni, The Modern Clermont-fer Rand, France, 30 Nov. 538 Or 539; D. Tours, 17 Nov. 593, Or 594. He Belonged To One Of Those Families Which Called Themselves Sena Torial And Which Formed The Aristocracy Of Gaul. After ...
Gregory_6
Gregory, Caspar Rene, American Theo Logian : B. Philadelphia, 9 Nov. 1846; D. France, 9 April 1917. He Was The Son Of Henry Duval Gregory (1819-97) The American Classical Educator; His Great-grandfather Was A French Soldier Named Gregoire Who Had Settled In Santo Domingo About The Middle Of The 18th ...
Gregory_7
Gregory, Isabelle Augusta, Lady, Irish Authoress. She Is The Youngest Daughter Of Dudley Persse Of Roxborough, County Galway, And In 1881 Married Sir William Gregory, For Merly Member Of Parliament For County Gal Way And For Dublin, And Governor Of Ceylon. He Died In 1892. Lady Gregory Edited His Let ...
Grenade
Grenade, Gre-nricl', A' Small Hollow Ball, Cylinder, Or Cube, Of Metal, Glass, Or Paper, About Two And One-half Inches In Diameter, Which Is Filled With Some Explosive, And Burst By Means Of A Fuse When It Falls Among The Enemy. Until About The End Of The 17th Cen Tury Trained ...
Grenfell
Grenfell, George, English Missionary And African Explorer: B. Sancreed, Near Pen Zance, England, 21 Aug. 1848; D. Basoko, Kongo Free State, 1 July 1906. He Was Ap Prenticed To A Birmingham .hardware Firm And There Lost An Eye. He Was Converted To Bap Tism At The Age Of 15 And ...
Gresham
Gresham, Walter Quinton, American Jurist And Statesman: B. Near Lanesville, Har Rison County, Ind., 17 March 1832; D. Washing Ton, D. C., 28 May 1895. His Family Originated In Kentucky, From Which State His Grandfather Had Removed To Indiana. There His Father Met With Success As A Farmer, And Also ...
Grey
Grey, Henry George, 3n Earl. English Statesman: B. Howick, Northumberland, 28 Dec. 1802; D. 9 Oct. 1894. He Was Educated At The University Of Cambridge And After 1807 Was Known As Viscount Howick. He Was Elected To Parliament In 1826 As A Whig, Sitting For Northumberland After 1831. In 1830 ...
Grey Of Fallodon
Grey Of Fallodon, 1sr Visciathri, Better Known As Sm Edward Grey; English Statesman: B. London, 25 April 1862. His Father, Colonel George H. Grey (4. 1874) Served In The Crimea And In The Indian Mutiny; His Mother Was The Daughter Of Lietit.-col. Charles Pearson And His Grandfather The Well-known Statesman ...
Greyhound
Greyhound, A Long, Tall, Slender Hound, The Standard Features Of Which Are Described Under Doc. It Hunts By Sight, Is Fitted For The Swiftest Running And Leaping, And Is Used In The Sport Of Coursing (q.v.). In The United States Greyhounds Are Kept Mainly As Pets; Yet In The West ...
Griboyedov
Griboyedov, Alexander Sergyeevich, Russian Dramatic Writer: B. Mos Cow, 4 Jan. 1795; D. 30 Jan. 1829. In His Parental Home He Studied Music And Modern Languages. He Also Was Very Fond Of Reading Comedies. At The Age Of 15 He Went To The University, Accompanied By A Tutor Whose Duty ...
Grieg
Grieg, Get*, Edvard, Norwegian Com Poser: B. Bergen, 15 June 1843; D. There, 4 Sept. 1907. His Great-grandfather, Alexander Greig, Was A Scotchman Who Emigrated To Nor Way After The Battle Of Culloden (1745) And Changed His Name To Grieg. Edvard's Father Was British Consul At Bergen; He Married The ...
Griffenfeldt
Griffenfeldt, Coutrr Feder Schu Macher, Danish Statesman: B. Copenhagen, 1635; D. Trondhjem, 12 March 1699. He Was The Son Of A Danish Merchant. His Precocity In• His Studies Manifested Itself At An Early Age, And After Receiving A Liberal Education In His Native City, He Spent Eight Years On The ...
Griffis
Griffis, William Elliot, American Cler Gyman And Author: B. Philadelphia, 17 Sept. 1843. He Served With The 44th Pennsylvania Regiment In The Civil War, And Then Entered Rutgers College, Where He Was Graduated In 1869. In 1870 He Went To Japan To Organize Schools After American Methods In The Province ...
Grignards Reagents
Grignard's Reagents. When An Alkyl Kaloid, Such As Methyl Iodide, Ch31, Is Added To Dry Magnesium Powder Suspended In An Ether Such As Ordinary Ethyl Ether (c21-10,0, A Very Reactive Compound, Known As A Grignard Reagent (after V. Grignard, Who Discovered Them In 1900 Under The Direction Of Professor Barbier) ...