Herod Antipas
son of Herod the Great, by his fifth wife, Cleopatra, was appointed tetrarch of Galilee on his death (4 b. c.). This was the Herod who put to death St. John the Baptist, in compliment to his wife Herodias in revenge for his reproaches of their incestuous union. Having visited Rome he was accused of having been concerned in the conspiracy of Sejanus, and was stripped of his dominions, and sent (A. D. 39) with his wife into exile at Lugdunum (Lyons), or, as some say, to Spain, where he died. granddaughter of
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Herodes
Surnamed "the Great," followed the fortunes of Brutus and Cassius, and afterward those of Antony. He was made king of Judaea by the aid of Antony, and after the battle of Actium he was continued in power by submission to and flattery of Augustus. He rendered himself odious by his cruelty, and, as he knew his death would be a cause for rejoicing, he ordered a number of the most illustrious of his subjects to be confined and murdered directly he expired, that there might appear to be grief and shedding of tears for his own death. Herod died in the seventieth year of his age, after a reign of forty years.
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Herodias
a Herod the Great and Mariamne, daughter of Aristobulus and sister of Herod Agrippa I. She was first married to her uncle Herod Philip, but afterward abandoned him and connected herself with his brother Herod Antipas. It was by her artifice that Herod was persuaded to cause to be put to death John the Baptist, who had boldly denounced the incestuous connection which subsisted be tween her and Herod.
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Heroic Age, The
The, in classical mythology, one of the five periods into which the history of the earth was divided. The heroic was the fourth age according to Hesiod. It covered the period during which the heroes who fought at Troy and Thebes lived. Ovid omits this age entirely. The term is often used to denote the legendary or prehistoric period of ancient nations. See Hesiod
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Herrick
MRS. SOPHIE MCIL- VAINE (BLEDSOE), an American editor and microscopist, daughter of Albert T. Bledsoe; born in Gambier, O., March 26, 1837. She became editor of the "Southern Review" in 1875, and afterward joined the editorial staff of "Scribner's Monthly." She wrote "Wonders of Plant Life under the Microscope" (1833); "The Earth in Past Ages"; etc.
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Herrick (MYRON T an American public)
MYRON T., an American public official, born at Huntington, O., in 1855. He studied at Oberlin College and the Ohio Wesleyan University. After studying law he was admitted to the bar and practiced at Cleveland from 1878 to 1886. He took an active interest in politics and was a member of State and National committees. In 1903 he was elected Governor of Ohio. MYRON T. HERRICK From 1912 to 1914 he was ambassador to France. He rendered valuable service at the outbreak of the war and after his retirement as ambassador was engaged in war work_in the United States and Europe. He had many financial interests. an English
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Herrick (ROBERT an American novelist)
ROBERT, an American novelist and poet, born in Cambridge, Mass., in 1868; was graduated at Harvard in 1890; and in 1895 became Assistant Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Chicago. Among his first "The Web of Life"; "The books are: Man Who Wins"; "Love's Dilemmas"; etc. His later works include "Together" (1908); "The Healer" (1911); "Clark's Field" (1914); "The Conscript Mother" (1916).
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Herrick (ROBERT lyric poet born)
ROBERT, lyric poet; born in London, England, Aug. 20, 1591; studied at Cambridge University; studied law at Trinity Hall; accepted the living of Dean Prior, Devonshire, in 1629, but was rejected in 1647 for adherence to the Royalist side, being restored, however, in 1662. He wrote "Hesperides" (1648). A number of his shorter songs, e. g., "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may"; "Cherry Ripe," etc., have been set to music. He died in Dean Prior, Devonshire, England, in October, 1674.
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Herrick, Robert
Robert (1591-1674), an English poet and clergyman. He was born in London and received his education at Cambridge. He studied law, but later entered the church and received the living of Dean Prior, Devonshire. He began to write poems when a young man, but the first collected edition was published in 1648 under the title Hesperides. For many years his poems suffered an undeserved neglect, but interest in them revived in the latter part of the eighteenth century. As a writer of pastoral lyrics Herrick has never been excelled by any English author. He wrote about 1,300 poems, every one short, some of them of little or no value, but among them many beautiful songs, exquisite in finish. He has been compared to Anacreon, and the work of the American poet, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, has been said to resemble that of Herrick. You say to me-wards your affection's strong; Pray love me little, so you love me long. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying, And this flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying.
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Herrig
HANS, a German Poet, dramatist, and editor; born in Brunswick, Dec. 10, 1845. He abandoned law for literature and journalism, joining the staff of the "Deutsches Tageblatt" when it started. His plays were numerous and successful, notably "Alexander the Great"; "Jerusalem"; "Nero"; and others serious in in subject. His greatest success was with the "church play" arranged and written for the Luther Jubilee of 1883, and widely performed. His poetry includes both the light and serious, "The Fat King" among the former and "The Swine" among the latter. He died in Weimar, May 4, 1892.
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Herrin
a city of Illinois in Williamson co., on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, the Illinois Central, and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railroads. It is the center of an important coal mining region and has industries which include machine shops, a a powder plant. Pop. foundry, and (1910) 6,861; (1920) 10,986.
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Herrnhut
a town in the kingdom of Saxony, 18 miles S. E. of Bautzen; celebrated as a chief seat of the MORAVIANS (q. v.) or Herrnhuters, who settled here in 1722.
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