Rhea
or Rea Silvia, in Roman legend, a vestal virgin. She was the mother, by Mars, of Romulus and Remus. She is called also Ilia.
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Rhea
in Greek mythology, the goddess of the Earth. She was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea; she became the wife of Cronus, and mother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Hestia, and Demeter. She was worshipped especially in Crete. She was early identified with Cybele. The Romans identified her with their Ops.
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Rhea
An ancient Greek goddess, who appears to have been a goddess of the earth. In Rome the Galli were her priests. The lion was sacred to her. In works of art she is usually represented seated on a throne, adorned with a mural crown, from which a veil hangs down. Lions appear crouching on the right and left of her throne, and sometimes she is seen riding in a chariot drawn by lions. Rhenus (Rhein in German, Rhine in English). One of the great rivers in Europe, forming in ancient times the boundary between Gaul and Germany, rises in Mount Adulas (St. Gothard), not far from the sources of the Rhone. Rhodanus (Rhone). One of the chief rivers of Gaul, rises in Mount Adulas, on the Pennine Alps, not far from the sources of the
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MADEMOISELLE (MLLE. HORTENSE BARBE-LORET), a Belgian actress; born in Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 4, 1844. Educated at the Ursuline Convent, Paris, France; she began to study for the stage soon after leaving school; made her début at the Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels, in "Fairy Fingers"; was engaged at Rouen and at the Vaudeville, Paris; made a tour of France; was leading actress at the Imperial Theater, St. Petersburg, 1876-1881; played, in English, Beatrice in "Much Ado About Nothing," at the Gaiety Theater, London, in 1881; acted in the United States in 1881 and 1882. Her repertory contained "Adrienne Lecouv- 1 reur"; "Camille"; "Pygmalion and Galatea"; "School for Scandal"; "Frou- Frou"; "The New Magdalen"; "Lady of Lyons"; "Nell Gwynn"; etc. She died in Montmorency, France, May 5, 1899.
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Rhea (Ornithology a genus)
in ornithology, a genus of Struthionidæ, or, if that family is divided, of Struthioninæ. Three toes are present, the neck is covered with feathers, and the tail is almost obsolete. They are sometimes called South American ostriches, but are smaller than the true ostrich, and the whole plumage is somber. There are two well-established species, R. americana, the common, anë R. darwini, Darwin's rhea, the former ranging from Bolivia, Paraguay, and the S. of Brazil down to Magellan's Straits, the latter inhabiting eastern Patagonia. R. macrorhyncha was given specific distinction by Dr. Sclater in 1860, but subequent investigations led him to believe sequent that the individuals belonged to a locally isolated race of R. americana, probably existing somewhere in the campos of the interior of northeastern Brazil.
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Rhea (Variety of the nettle family)
a variety of the nettle family, which grows luxuriantly in India. From the delicate fibers in its bark the finest and strongest textile fabrics can be produced, ced, d, and in the manufacture of such fabrics it is unrivalled. The hindrance to its use has hitherto lain in the difficulty and cost of separating the fibers RHEA from the gums and cortex of the bark in which they are embedded. However, an Anglo-Indian chemist, Mr. Gomess, has succeeded in elaborating a chemical process which frees the fiber from the resins in which it is imbedded, by the use of zincate of soda; and this process, after numerous trials, the Indian Government pronounced a complete success. A large demand consequently developed for the "ribbons" or strips of dried bark. Rhea fibers can be worked into every variety of fabric, from velvets to laces. It is specially suitable, from its lightness and toughness, for tents and ship ship can vas, and it is found to be far more durable than linen.
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LOUIS JOHN, an Anglo- American artist, born in Etruria, England, in 1857. Having studied art at the Art Training School, South Kensington, London, he came to the United States in 1883, as art manager for a large publishing house. He painted in oil and water colors. Besides exhibiting in many American and European galleries, he also illustrated numerous books, especially the Louis Rhead series of juvenile classics. He also contributed to newspapers and magazines frequent articles on fly fishing. Gold medals were awarded to him at Boston, in 1895 and at St. Louis, in 1904. He published "Bait Angling" (1907); "Book of Fish and Fishing" (1908); and "American Trout Stream Insects" (1916).
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BENJAMIN RUSH, an American educator; born in Chicago, Ill., Feb. 8, 1860; was graduated at Amherst College in 1883, and at the Hartford Theological Seminary. In 1889 he accepted a pastorate at Portsmouth, N. H., where he remained till 1892 when he went to the Newton Theological Institution, Newton Center, Mass., and in 1894 r of Biblical Interpretabecame Professor sor tion of the New Testament. There he became a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis; and was author of "The Life of Jesus of Nazareth, a Study"; "History of Theology"; etc. He was elected president of the University of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y., and Burbank professor of Biblical Literature, July 1, 1900.
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Rhesus
a king of Thrace, whose horses were carried off and himself killed by Ulysses and Diomede, in the night on which he came to assist Priam, before they could drink of the water of the Xanthus, as the oracle had declared that otherwise Troy could not be taken.
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Rhesus
a genus of monkeys, separated by Lesson from Macacus. Also Macacus rhesus, the Rhesus monkey, from India, in some parts of which it is considered sacred. Length, from 18 inches to 2 feet; tail from 6 to 8 inches. Prevailing color olive-green, brown on back, face pale flesh-color, callosities and insides of legs often very red.
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Rhine Wines
the general designation of the wines produced in the region watered by the Rhine, and specifically for those of the Rheingau , the white wines of which are the finest in the world. The red wines are not so much esteemed, being considered inferior to those of Bordeaux. Good wines are also produced in the valleys of the Neckar, Moselle, and other tributaries of the Rhine. The vineyards are mainly between Mannheim and Bonn , and the most valuable brands of wines are those of Johannisberg, Steinberg, Hochheim, Rüdesheim, Rauenthal , Markobrunn, and Assmannshausen, the last being a red wine . In an
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