Epilogue
the closing speech or short poem addressed to the audience at the W. base of the Vosges Mountains, on both banks of the Moselle, and about ÉPINAL, chief town of the department of the Vosges, France, situated ted at both banks of the Moselle, and about the W. base of the Vosges Mountains, on ment of the Vosges, France, situated at 260 miles E. S. E. from Paris. It was after the beginning of the World War, in August, 1914, but were strongly rein this region that the French forces attempted to launch an offensive against EPIPHANY pulsed. The French were able to hold their lines just E. of Epinal. Pop. about -30,000. a EPIPHANY (-pif'a-ni), Church festival, observed on Jan. 6 in honor of the adoration of our Saviour by the three magi, or wise men, who came to adore Him and bring Him presents, led by the star. As a separate festival it dates from 813.
EPIRUS (-pīrus), a province of ancient Greece, now forming the S. part of Albania. It was separated from Grecian Illyria by the Ceraunian Mountains, and by the famous river Pindus from Thessaly. The river Acheron, also famous in mythological story, flowed through its limits. Here were also the celebrated temple and sacred grove of Dodona.
Pyrrhus, King of Macedon, was a native of Epirus, which country passed successively into the hands of the Romans and the Turks. It was ceded to Greece by the Turks in 1881.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH. See PROTES- TANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH; REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH.