PHALARIS

fălˈərĭs, c.570–c.554 b.c., tyrant of Agrigentum, Sicily, notorious for his cruelties. He burned his victims alive in a brazen bull (making his first experiment upon Perillus, its inventor), the cries representing the bellowing of the bull. Richard Bentley proved the forgery of 148 Greek letters signed by Phalaris that represented him as a gentle ruler and a patron of the arts.

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The Western Greeks: The History of Sicily and South Italy from the Foundation of the Greek Colonies to 480 B.C
Book by T. J. Dunbabin; Clarendon Press, 1948
Subjects: Greece--Colonies--Italy
...conventional sign of the progress to a tyranny. Phalaris cannot have been a magistrate at Himera...constitutional or otherwise. But Stesikhoros and Phalaris are contemporary, and the story in spite...Himeraians decided to ally themselves to Phalaris, the foremost general in Sicily, and...
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The Origin of Tyranny
Book by P. N. Ure; Cambridge University Press, 1922
Subjects: Archaeology, Civilization, Ancient, Despotism, Greece--History, Wealth
...Polyaenus in his account of the rise of Phalaris is describing the normal way in which...The military stratagems attributed to Phalaris by Polyaenus, v. 1. 3, 4, and Frontinus...illuminating, but note that in one of them Phalaris is made to achieve his aim by a fraudulent...
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Ancient Epistolary Fictions: The Letter in Greek Literature
Book by Patricia A. Rosenmeyer; Cambridge University Press, 2001
Subjects: Epistolary Fiction, Greek--History And Criticism, Epistolary Poetry, Greek--History And Criticism, Greek Letters--History And Criticism, Greek Literature--History And Criticism, Imaginary Letters--History And Criticism, Letter Writing, Greek--History, Letters In Literature
...Letters 135 and 142, each addressed to a mutual friend of Phalaris and Philodemus, a certain Teucer, who will turn out on closer scrutiny to be Phalaris financial advisor. Phalaris writes I heard of the marriage of Philodemus daughter before...
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The Battle of the Books: History and Literature in the Augustan Age
Book by Joseph M. Levine; Cornell University Press, 1991
Subjects: Ancients And Moderns, Quarrel Of, Classical Literature--Appreciation--Great Britain, Classical Literature--History And Criticism--Theory, Etc, Classicism--Great Britain, Criticism--Great Britain--History--18th Century, English Literature--18th Century--History And Criticism, Great Britain--Civilization--Roman Influences, Great Britain--Intellectual Life--18th Century, Historiography--Great Britain--History--18th Century, Literature, Comparative--Classical And Modern, Literature, Comparative--Modern And Classical
...classical texts during the Middle Ages. But Phalaris was claimed to be lost during the very...years after the time of Stesichorus or Phalaris. "If a custom obtained in this latter...obliging that poet to write?" 110 But Phalaris and Stesichorus were not like Augustus...
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Cicero on Divination: De Divinatione, Book 1
Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero, David Wardle; Clarendon Press, 2006
Subjects: Cicero, Marcus Tullius--De Divinatione, Divination--Early Works To 1800
...1992), 47-60, and V. Hinz, Nunc Phalaris doctum protulit ecce caput: Antike Phalaris Legende und Nachleben der Phalarisbriefe...uncover as we lack a detailed account of Phalaris reign and downfall. Clearly the dream portends...
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journal articles on: Phalaris  - 46 results

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Correlation of Soil Nutrient Characteristics and Reed Canarygrass (Phalaris Arundinacea: Poaceae) Abundance in Northern Illinois (Usa)
Journal article by Jason P. Martina, Carl N. Von Ende; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 160, 2008
...Characteristics and Reed Canarygrass (Phalaris Arundinacea: Poaceae) Abundance in...Martina , Carl N. Von Ende Introduction Phalaris arundinacea L. (Poaceae), reed canarygrass...2005; Lavergne and Molofsky, 2007). Phalaris arundinacea primarily invades wedands...
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Paleoethnobotanical Analysis
Journal article by Patti Jo Wright; Plains Anthropologist, Vol. 48, 2003
Subjects: Archaeology, Flowers & plants, Late Woodland Missouri, Paleontology
...grass, Hordeum pusillum (little barley) and Phalaris caroliniana (maygrass). Phalaris caroliniana, with an MNI of 768, is the most...The principal grain crops appear to have been Phalaris caroliniana, Hordeum pusillum, and the pseudocereals...
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Dramatic Nostalgia and Spectacular Conversion in Dekker and Massinger's: The Virgin Martyr
Journal article by Holly Crawford Pickett; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 49, 2009
Subjects: Dekker, Thomas (English playwright)--Criticism and interpretation, Dekker, Thomas (English playwright)--Works, Dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists--Works, Massinger, Philip--Criticism and interpretation, Massinger, Philip--Works, Playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Works, The Virgin-Martyr (Play)--Criticism and interpretation
...The aduersaries threated me with Phalaris bull (so to call their torments...tyrant known for his extreme cruelty. Phalaris (570-544 BCE) forged a brazen bull in which victims--including, finally, Phalaris himself--were roasted to death as...
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Pozo Moro, Child Sacrifice, and the Greek Legendary Tradition
Journal article by John S. Rundin; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 123, 2004
Subjects: Ancient civilizations, Children & youth, Rites & ceremonies, Spain
...occurred. A notoriously cruel tyrant, Phalaris, ruled Acragas in the sixth century...E. According to one tradition, Phalaris roasted his enemies alive in a bronze...sacrifice, perhaps practiced by Phalaris or Semitic inhabitants of his city...
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Response of Zizia Aurea to Seasonal Mowing and Fire in a Restored Prairie
Journal article by Henry F. Howe; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 141, 1999
Subjects: Fires, Flowers & plants, Plant reproduction, Seasons
...virginicus L., Panicum virgatum L., Phalaris arundinacea L.), and 12 forbs (Allium...appeared by 1992, with a dominance of Phalaris arundinacea (> 95% by cover from 1992...with which Zizia aurea inter acted. Phalaris arundinacea flowers in May and June and...
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magazine articles on: Phalaris  - 3 results

 
 
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Foliage Color in Pots
Magazine article by Sharon Cohoon; Sunset, Vol. 197, July 1996
Subjects: Flowers & plants, Gardens & gardening
...dead nettle, silver and green leaves; Pennisetum setaceum Rubrum, red- dish bronze leaves; green and white ribbon grass (Phalaris arundinacea); and silver thyme. Green and white make a soothing combination for shade in the pot at riqht. But designer...
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Gorgeous Grasses
Magazine article by Sharon Cohoon; Sunset, Vol. 205, July 2000
Subjects: Gardens & gardening, Grasses
...with dense, round shrubs like apple green Pittosporum crassifolium `Compactum. Billowing white cascades of ribbon grass (Phalaris arundinacea) and a green carpet of autumn moor grass (Sesleria autumnalis) contribute additional textures, shapes, and...
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Improved Invaders
Magazine article by Elie Dolgin; The Scientist, Vol. 23, March 2009
Subjects: Climate change, Colleges & universities, Genetic diversity, Nonnative species
...evolutionary ecologists Sebastiei Lavergne and Jane Molofsky measured allozyme variability and growth traits in reed canarygrass (.Phalaris arundinacea L.) from its native Europe and introduced populations in North America They found that both genetic diversity...


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newspaper articles on: Phalaris  - 5 results

 
 
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Soak Up Country Atmosphere in Distinctive Home
Newspaper article; The Chronicle (Toowoomba, Australia), January 22, 2011
...ordinary with four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a double lock-up garage then this is a must to inspect. Meringandan West 4 Phalaris Court Land: 4000m2 Agent: Alan Reilly (LJ Hooker) 0427 655 767 Auction: On site at 11am February 12 Inspect: Today and...
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Splendour in the Grass; Tall Grasses Come into Their Own in the Autumn - Burnishing Borders with a Rich Array of Metallic Colours, Says MONTY DON. but They Can Be Overwhelming, and Should Be Introduced into Mixed Beds with Care
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 1, 2005
...become dormant, although calamagrostis and deschampsia will continue to look good throughout the whole summer. . Brizia media . Calamagrostis . Carex species . Deschampsia species . Festuca species . Melica species . Phalaris arundinacea
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Do It! Jobs for the Week
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), August 23, 2009
...anemones. Weave the autumn flowering butterfly magnet, Sedum Herbstfreude with grasses such as the reed-like Canary grass Phalaris rundinacea and yellow red hot poker, knifophia Little Maid. Then put blood red astrantia into the spotlight by squeezing...
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Sick of the Distractions Indoors? Build Yourself a Tranquil Work Base in the Garden, Says Charlie Dimmock Homegrown Offices
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 11, 2005
...roses which look quite glamorous but arent a lot of work. Plant them with easygoing perennials such as grasses - white stripy phalaris arundinacea Feesey goes well with most things and grows just about anywhere in sun or shade. Things that self-seed such...
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Not Just in Green
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), November 29, 2008
...mixed grasses ranging from the blue Festuca glauca to the spiky brown-green Pennisetum and the green-striped leaves of Phalaris arundinacea. But in most gardens they have to take their place in the herbaceous border where it is generally advised to plant...


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encyclopedia articles on: Phalaris  - 5 results

 
 
1.
Phalaris
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PHALARIS fal ris, c.570 c.554 b.c., tyrant of Agrigentum, Sicily, notorious...bull. Richard Bentley proved the forgery of 148 Greek letters signed by Phalaris that represented him as a gentle ruler and a patron of the arts...
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Sicily
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Agrigento ) and Himera . Their originally democratic governments were gradually replaced by tyrannies, particularly those of Phalaris at Acragas and of Gelon , Hiero I , and others at Syracuse. In the 5th cent. b.c., Syracuse gained hegemony over the...
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Ribbon Grass
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RIBBON GRASS ornamental perennial grass ( Phalaris arundinacea var. picta ), a variety of the reed canary grass. It has green leaves striped with white and is often cultivated...
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Bentley, Richard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...responsible for raising standards of textual criticism in the work of his many followers. His Dissertation upon The Epistles of Phalaris (1699), an exposure of a 14th cent. forgery, was his most celebrated work. He was pilloried by Jonathan Swift in the...
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Orrery, Charles Boyle, 4th Earl Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Temple in his controversy with Richard Bentley over modern and antique scholarship, Orrery edited (1695) The Epistles of Phalaris. The issue was satirized and made famous by Jonathan Swift in his Battle of the Books. Orrery rose to the rank of major general...


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