Frieze
in architecture, that portion of the entablature which is between the architrave and the cornice. It was generally adorned with triglyphs in the Doric order, the intervening spaces, called metopes, being filled with sculptured figures in alto-relievo, or with the skulls of oxen and wreaths alternately; while in the Corinthian and Composite orders it was ornamented with figures or scroll work in low relief, extending along its entire length. The term frieze was also applied to a broad band of sculpture, in low relief, that was frequently placed round the cella of a Grecian temple, immediately under the ceiling of the portico, and completely surrounding the exterior. In modern domestic architecture a frieze is frequently introduced immediately below the cornice of an apartment.
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Frigate
originally a Mediterranean vessel propelled by sails and oars; afterward a ship of war, between a sloop or Such vesbrig and a ship of the line. sels generally carried from 30 to 50 guns on the main deck and on a raised quarter deck and forecastle. They were usually employed as cruisers or scouts. The name is now given to a vessel of war having an upper flush deck, and one covered gun deck. The armament is from 28 to 44 guns. The grade is below a ship of the line and above a corvette. The rating of ironclads is different, the guns being larger and fewer in number. A double-banked frigate is one carrying guns on two decks and having a flush upper deck.
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Frigate Bird
tachypetes, a genus of natatorial birds, family Pelecanidæ, and specially Tachypetes aquilus. They have a long and forked tail, and an expansion of wings sometimes reaching 12 feet. They abound on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America. They are called also man - of - war birds.
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Frigento
or FRICENTO (fretshen'to), a town of south Italy, province of Avellino, 17 miles E. N. E. of Avellino. It has a fine cathedral, containing some excellent paintings. Its inhabitants subsist by the sale of sheep, hogs, and corn. Near it is a valley, supposed, apparently on good grounds, to be identical with the Amsancti valles of Virgil. In the lowest part is an oval pool in which water boils and spouts up, at irregular intervals, accompanied by strong sulphurous mephitic exhalations. It and was through this orifice that the Fury Alecto descended to Tartarus.
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Frigg
or Frigga, in Scandinavian mythology, the wife of Odin and queen of the gods. Half the fallen in battle belong to her. Frigg is frequently confused with Freya, but they are two distinct goddesses. Frigg is the mother of Baldur the Beautiful. She spins with a golden distaff. She knows the future, but never reveals it. She understands also the language of plants and animals. She presides over marriages and love in its highest form. Frigg's chariot is drawn by cats. She has two maids, one to guard her jewels, one to befriend the needy. Gna, her messenger, rides on a winged horse. See Freya I fly not, nor do drive, but hurry fast, Hoof-flinger swift thro' clouds and mist and sky. --Eddas.
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Frisians
or FRISII (later called Frisones), an ancient Germanic people, who inhabited the extreme N. W. of Germany, between the mouths of the Rhine and Ems, and were subjected to the Roman power under Drusus. They were subdued by the Franks, and, on the division of the Carlovingian empire, their country was divided into West Frisian (West Friesland), and East Frisian (East Friesland). The language of the Frisians is intermediate between the Anglo-Saxon and the Old Norse. Our knowledge of the old Frisian is derived from certain collections of laws; as the "Asegabuch," composed about 1200; the "Brockmerbrief," in the 13th century; the "Epnsiger Domen," about 1300, and some others. The modern Frisian is now spoken only in a few districts, and even in these only by the peasantry.
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Frith
WILLIAM POWELL, an English painter; born in Studley, England, in 1819; became a Royal Academician in 1853; received the decoration of the Legion of Honor in 1878; honorary member of the principal art academies in Europe. His paintings include "Derby Day" (1858); "The Railway Station" (1862); and "The Marriage of the Prince of Wales" (1865). He wrote and Reminiscences" "Autobiography (1887) and "Further Reminiscences" (1888). He died in 1909.
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Fritzlar, Martin Von
German alchemist. (Circa, 1750.) The dates of the birth and death of this alchemist have never been ascertained, but he is known to have lived in the first half of the eighteenth century, while he appears to have been a Hessian, resident chiefly at the village of Firtzlar. While a young man, he studied pharmacy, intending to make it his profession; but he soon grew interested in the quest of gold-making, and, when the celebrated alchemist, Lascaris , came to Germany, Martin hastened to his presence with a view to gleaning his secrets. Along with several other young men, the Hessian was allowed to witness numerous experiments, and while he watched them, it seemed to him that the great secret lay open before him; but afterwards, when he made attempts on his own account, he found that Lascaris had duped him shamefully, and had even taken advantage of his ignorance. Thereupon, in contradistinction to the majority of thwarted alchemists, he renounced the futile search altogether, vowed fealty to his original calling, and devoted the rest of his life thereto.
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Frohman
CHARLES, an American theatrical manager. Born in Sandusky, , in 1860, while yet a boy he was Ohio an minstrel show. advance agent of a Early in 1880, he entered the business of theatrical manager for several stock companies and, in 1893, became director of the Empire Theater in New York. figure in the syndicate known as the Theatrical Trust. Among the stars brought out by Frohman are Maude Adams and John Drew. In 1905-1906 he managed E. H. Sothern and Julia Mar lowe in their Shakespearean productions. The exchange of plays betwen England Frohman, and America was fostered by who was likewise interested in several London theaters. He met his death when the steamship "Lusitania" was sunk by a German submarine in May, 1915.
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