|
ALCMENE , in See also:ancient See also:Greek See also:mythology, the daughter of Electryon, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Mycenae, and wife of See also:Amphitryon. She was the See also:mother of Heracles by See also:Zeus, who assumed the likeness of her See also:husband during his See also:absence, and of Iphicles by Amphitryon. She was regarded as the ancestress of the Heracleidae, and worshipped at See also:Thebes and See also:Athens.
See See also:Winter, Alkmene and Amphitryon (1876).
ALCOBAcA, a See also:town of See also:Portugal, in the See also:district of See also:Leiria, formerly included in the See also:province of See also:Estremadura, on the Alcoa and Baca See also:rivers, from which it derives its name. Pop. (1900) 2309. Alcobaca is chiefly interesting for its Cistercian See also:convent, now partly converted into See also:schools and See also:barracks. The monastic buildings, which See also:form a square 725 ft. in See also:diameter, with a huge conical See also:chimney rising above them, were founded in 1148 and completed in 1222. During the See also:middle ages it rivalled the greatest See also:European abbeys in See also:size and See also:wealth. It was supplied with See also:water by an affluent of the Alcoa, which still flows through the See also:kitchen; its See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot ranked with the highest Portuguese nobles, and, according to tradition, 999 monks continued the celebration of See also:mass without intermission through-out the See also:year. The convent was partly burned by the See also:French in r8so, secularized in 1834 and afterwards gradually restored. Portions of the library, which comprised over roo,0oo volumes,
See also:ALCOCK
including many See also:precious See also:MSS., were saved in 1810, and are preserved in the public See also:libraries of See also:Lisbon and See also:Braga. The monastic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church (1222) is a See also:good example of See also:early See also:Gothic, some-what defaced by Moorish and other additions. It contains a See also:fine See also:cloister and the tombs of See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter I. (1357–1367) and his wife, Inez 'de See also:Castro.
End of Article: ALCMENE
Additional information and Comments
There are no comments yet for this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.
|
del.icio.us it!