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tendon achilles

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Name given to the tendon of the leg above the heel, so called as being the tendon by which Thetis held Achilles when she dipped him in the Styx, and where alone he was in consequence vulnerable.

Thunderer

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Name given to the Times, from certain powerful articles in it ascribed to the editor, Captain Edward Stirling.

tablets

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Name given to thin boards coated with wax and included in a frame for writing on with a stylus.

Swan of Mantua

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Name given to Virgil, as born at Mantua.

Suidas

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Name of a grammarian and lexicographer of the 10th or 11th century; his "Lexicon" is a kind of encyclopaedic work, and is valuable chiefly for the extracts it contains from ancient writers.

Name of an illustrious Roman family of Etruscan origin, two of whose members, according to legend, reigned as king in Rome: Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, fifth king of Rome; the friend and successor of ...