More than one of these 7 encyclopedias carries each of the following subjects — but every one of them treats it in a sentence or two and then moves on. They are gathered here so the different accounts can sit side by side.
Collier's New Encyclopedia: athletic contests of ancient Greece, celebrated in April and May of the first and third years of each Olympiad. The contests included all varieties of athletic sports, as wrestling, running, boxing, etc., and competitions in music and poetry. The victors were crowned with garlands of pine leaves, these being the only prize.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Olympic Games
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Collier's New Encyclopedia: a small white parasitic spider, of the family Acaridæ, producing the disease called itch. The mouth is furnished with bristles; so are the third and fourth pair of legs, while the first and second pair have suckers.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Mite
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Collier's New Encyclopedia: the name of two grand-dukes and four czars of Russia. The best known, IVAN IV. (1530-1584), commonly called Ivan the Terrible, reigned from 1533, and did much for the advancement of his country in arts and commerce, as well as for its extension by arms. He was the first Russian sovereign to be crowned as Czar. He subdued Kazan and Astrakhan, and from his reign dates the first annexation of commercial Siberia. He concluded a treaty with Queen Elizabeth, after the English had discovered (1553) the way to Archangel by sea. But his hand fell with merciless cruelty upon the boyars of his kingdom, and upon some of his towns, as Moscow, Tver, and Novgorod. In the last named some 60,000 people were slain in six weeks. Ivan died of sorrow for his son, whom three years before he had slain in a mad fit of rage.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: e-van', the name of several rulers of Russia. Ivan IV (1529-1584), commonly known as Ivan the Terrible, laid the foundations of the Russian Empire. He enlarged the boundaries of Russia and annexed Siberia. During his reign a printing press was set up in Moscow, but the printers were obliged to flee for their lives. He was a tyrannical man. He killed his own son in a fit of passion. His name is not a pleasant one, but he did much for his country. See Elizabeth; Peter; Russia
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