Deidamia
daughter of Lycomedes, King of Scyros. She was the mother of Neoptolemos by Achilles, according to the legend.
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These 15 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Deidamia, Deiotarus, Deiphobus.
Deiotarus
Tetrarch of Galatia , adhered to the Romans in their wars against Mithridates , and was rewarded by the senate with the title of king. In the civil war he sided with Pompey, and was present at the battle of Pharsalia, в. c. 48. He is remarkable as having been defended by Cicero before Caesar , in the house of the latter at Rome, in the speech (Pro Rege Deiotaro) still extant. 2026 Editor's Note: Deiotarus means 'Divine-bull' in Galatian Celtic, derived from roots meaning 'God' and 'bull' with Western Celtic metathesis. This naming convention reflects the cultural and religious significance of bovine imagery among the Celtic tribes of Galatia that he ruled. (Ed: BR 2026-06-16)
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Deiphobus
Son of Priam and Hecuba , who married Helen after the death of Paris. On the capture of Troy by the Greeks he was slain and fearfully mangled by Menelaus .
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Deism
the doctrines or tenets of a deist; the system of belief which admits the being of a God, and acknowledges several of His perfections, but denies not only the existence but the necessity of a divine revelation.
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Deist
one who admits the being of a God, but denies the existence or even necessity of a divine revelation, believing that the light of nature and reason are sufficient guides in doctrine and practice; a believer in natural religion only; a freethinker.
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Deistic
or DEISTICAL, pertaining to deism or the deists; containing the doctrines of deism. Also a term applied to a controversy which arose in England in the 17th and 18th centuries, between those who believed and those who disbelieved in revelation; the latter, however, not occupying the atheistic standpoint, but accepting as a settled point the being of a God. The first, in point of time, of the celebrated English deists was Lord Herbert of Cherbury, the publication of whose work, "De Veritate" (1624), began the controversy. There followed, on the same side, Hobbes, Tindal, Morgan, Toland, Bolingbroke, Paine, and others.
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Deitton
An astrological book of Indian origin in use in Burma , the same as the Dittharana (q. v.) (See Burma.)
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Dejanira
A daughter of Oeneus , king of Aetolia . Her beauty procured her many admirers, and her father promised to give her in marriage to him who should excel in a competition of strength. Hercules obtained the prize, and married Dejanira. Delos or Delus. The smallest of the islands called Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea . According to a legend it was called out of the deep by the trident of Poseidon (Neptune), but was a floating island until Zeus ( Jupiter ) fastened it by adamantine chains to the bottom of the sea, that it might be a secure resting-place to Leto (Latona) for the birth of Apollo and Artemis (Diana). Hence it became the most holy seat of the worship of Apollo. 2026 Editor's Note: The 1744 musical drama Hercules by George Frideric Handel features a libretto based on Ovid's account of Dejanira and Hercules. The English-language libretto was written by the Reverend Thomas Broughton, drawing from Sophocles's Women of Trachis and the ninth book of Ovid's Metamorphoses. (Ed: BR 2026-06-17)
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Del Rio
a city of Texas, the countyof seat Val Verde co. It is on the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio railroad . Its notable buildings include a hospital, two convents, and a Federal building It . contains the well-known San Felipe springs. It has cotton gins and other industrial establishments and is the center of an agricultural and cattle raising region. It was incorporated in 1910. Pop. (1920) 10,589.
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Delagoa Bay
an inlet on the southeastern coast of Africa, discovered by the Portuguese in 1498. It is the terminus of a railway connecting the Transvaal with the seacoast.
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Delaine
de-lan', a plain-woven, lightweight, woolen dress fabric. The name is French, originally mousseline de laine, or muslin of wool, and indicates that the fabric, while made of woolen threads, is woven like muslin. It was very popular in Europe and America from 1840 to 1875. The fabric was dyed in plain colors, and printed or left plain. At the present time, challis, a similar material, but finer and softer, has taken its place almost entirely.
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Deland
ELLEN DOUGLAS, an American author, born in Lake Mahopac, N. Y., in 1860. She was educated privately. Her writings include many novels, among them "A Successful Venture"; "Alan Ransford"; "Miss Betty of New York"; "The Waring Girls" (1917); "Clyde Corners" (1918).
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Deland
MARGARETTA WADE (CAMPBELL) (de-land'), an American poet and novelist; born in Allegheny, Pa., Feb. 23, 1857. Her most famous books are " John Ward, Preacher " and " Dr. decorating many Lavendar's People." Among her other well - known works are: " The Story of a Child," "Mr. Tommy Dove and Other Stories," "Philip and His Wife," "Florida Days," a collection of sketches of travel; "Sydney." "The Awakening of Helena Richie" (1906); "The Iron Woman" MARGARETTA DELAND (1911); "Hands of Esau" (1914); "Around Old Chester" (1915). Her most contained in the popular poems are " entitled The Old Garden and Other Verses." volume
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Delane
JOHN THADDEUS, an English journalist; born in London, Oct. 11, 1817. He was graduated at Oxford in 1839, and became editor of the "Times" in 1841, retaining that post till 1877, during which time that paper attained an almost unparalleled influence and a great circulation. He died Nov. 22, 1879.
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Delano
FREDERIC ADRIAN, an American financier and public official, born at Hong Kong, China, in 1863. He graduated from Harvard in 1885 and began his business career with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad. He served in various capacities in the same company and was appointed general manager in 1901. In 1905 he left this service DE LA RAMÉE to become consulting engineer to the War Department in relation to railroads in the Philippine Islands. He was afterward president and director of many important railroad systems. In 1913 he was appointed by President Taft, and again by President Wilson in 1914, as a member of the Federal Reserve Board and was designated vice-governor for two years. He resigned to enter the army in June, 1918. As a major major and lieutenant-colonel he performed service in the Engineering Corps, and as deputy director of trans- A portation in France. He was promoted to be colonel of the Transport Corps in 1919 and was honorably discharged in October of that year. He was a member of many scientific societies. DE LA RAMÉE, LOUISE. See OUIDA.
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