ZENOBIA

zĭnōˈbēə, d. after 272, queen of Palmyra. She was of Arab stock and was the wife of Septimius Odenathus. He was murdered, probably through her contrivance, and she obtained rule of his lands in the name of her son. She expanded the territories further to rule E Asia Minor, Syria, N Mesopotamia, and even Egypt. Her ambition outran her prudence, and after she had dared to call her son emperor, the Romans under Aurelian marched against her, took (272) Palmyra, and captured her. She was brought to Rome and exhibited at Aurelian's triumph. Later she was pensioned and lived in retirement at Tibur. By her beauty and intelligence, Zenobia attracted much admiration and sympathy, but her name has also been a symbol of ruthless arrogance.

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books on: Zenobia  - 832 results

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The Blithedale Romance
Book by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Ticknor and Fields, 1859
Subjects: Fiction
...IX. -- HOLLINGSWORTH, ZENOBIA, PRISCILLA 83...XIII. -- ZENOBIAS LEGEND 127...181 XIX. -- ZENOBIAS DRAWING-ROOM 189...
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Aurelian and the Third Century
Book by Alaric Watson; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Aurelian--Emperor Of Rome--Ca. 215-275, Emperors--Rome--Biography, Rome--History--Aurelian, 270-275
...39 4 Zenobia and the east 57...sack of Athens Odenathus murdered Zenobia assumes control in Syria 268...First Palmyrene campaign Capture of Zenobia Campaign against the Carpi 273...
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Heroines of Fiction - Vol. 1
Book by W. D. Howells; Harper and Brothers, 1901
Subjects: Fiction, Women In Art
...HESTER PRYNNE 161 HAWTHORNES ZENOBIA AND PRISCILLA, AND MIRIAM AND HILDA 175 THACKERAYS...HESTER PRYNNE " " 164 ZENOBIA " " 178 HILDA...
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Vassal-Queens and Some Contemporary Women in the Roman Empire
Book by Grace Harriet Macurdy; Johns Hopkins Press, 1937
Subjects: Queens, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D, Rome--Provinces
...Rome in the first century A. D. and of Zenobia, "Queen of the East" in the third century...102 VIII. Zenobia 110...the last Cleopatra are Boudicca and Zenobia, queen of Palmyra in the third century...
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The Production of Personal Life: Class, Gender, and the Psychological in Hawthorne's Fiction
Book by Joel Pfister; Stanford University, 1991
Subjects: Gender Identity In Literature, Hawthorne, Nathaniel--1804-1864--Knowledge--Psychology, Hawthorne, Nathaniel--1804-1864--Political And Social Views, Literature And Society--United States--History--19th Century, Middle Class In Literature, Psychological Fiction, American--History And Criticism, Psychology In Literature, Sex Role In Literature
...In The Blithedale Romance 1852 , Zenobia, an advocate of womens rights, classifies...reinterpret the narrative account of Zenobias drowning as well as stories discussed...maltreatment parodied in Godeys : Zenobias "hand, though very soft, was larger...
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Discovering the Ethnic Name and the Genealogical Tie in Amy Tan's the Joy Luck Club
Journal article by Zenobia Mistri; Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 35, 1998
Subjects: American literature--Asian-American authors, Chinese Americans--Literature, Ethnic relations--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Genealogy--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Mothers and daughters--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Short stories--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Tan, Amy--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...the genealogical tie in Amy Tans The Joy Luck Club by Zenobia Mistri In researching recent ideas in American Studies...1986. Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. New York: Putnam, 1989. ZENOBIA MISTRI, associate professor of English and acting head of composition...
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Speaking with 'Hands at Our Throats': The Struggle for Artistic Voice in 'The Blithedale Romance.'
Journal article by Laura E. Tanner; Studies in American Fiction, Vol. 21, 1993
Subjects: Hawthorne, Nathaniel--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Point of view (Literature)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Blithedale Romance (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Romance, Mary Suzanne Schriber explores Zenobias motivations for suicide: "how," she asks, "are we to judge Zenobias death, reportedly a suicide for love...the merely superficial incoherence of Zenobias character by exposing the distortion...
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A Utopia of "Spheres and Sympathies": Science and Society in the Blithedale Romance and at Brook Farm
Journal article by Craig White; Utopian Studies, 1998
Subjects: Hawthorne, Nathaniel--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Blithedale Romance (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Utopias in literature--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...a roman a clef, in which the feminist Zenobia may stand for Margaret Fuller, who visited...Hollingsworth and Priscilla or, later, Zenobia in Blithedale. The Blithedale Romance...science. His "magnetism" or gravity attracts Zenobia, the character most identified with the...
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"The Sweet Word," Sister: The Transformative Threat of Sisterhood and the Blithedale Romance
Journal article by Angela Mills; ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly), Vol. 17, 2003
Subjects: Women's rights--Research
...course of such work to transform what Zenobia in The Blithedale Romance terms "the type...the significant tie and break between Zenobia and Priscilla. Indeed, their sisterhood...temporary reprieve from his habitual ennui, Zenobia and Priscilla come to Blithedale looking...
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"The Tender Passion Was Very Rife among Us": Coverdale's Queer Utopia and the Blithedale Romance
Journal article by Benjamin Scott Grossberg; Studies in American Fiction, Vol. 28, 2000
Subjects: Fiction--19th century, Hawthorne, Nathaniel--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Blithedale Romance (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Utopias--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...community, for example the blurring of Zenobias ideals in her love for Hollingsworth...critical attention, especially from Hirsh. Zenobias vision has also been well discussed...not as fully. One critic who encounters Zenobias utopian vision, albeit indirectly, is...
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A Food Revolution in Berkeley: Fighting Malnutrition and Disease, Teaching Ecological Literacy, and Giving Hope to Family Farmers Begins with Kids Growing Their Own Food
Magazine article by Michael K. Stone; Whole Earth, Spring 2002
Subjects: Berkeley, California--Environmental aspects, Center for Ecoliteracy--Planning, Food--Study and teaching, Nutrition policy--Environmental aspects
...change in their towns and cities? Says Zenobia Barlow, CELs executive director, "There...The Tao of Physics, The Web of Life), Zenobia Barlow, and philanthropist and businessman...having conversations with each other," says Zenobia, "the work they do wont last." Take...
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Solving for Pattern
Magazine article by Michael K. Stone; Whole Earth, Spring 2001
Subjects: Elementary school students--Study and teaching, Endangered species--Protection, Environmental education--Activity programs, Shrimp culture--Observations, Students and Teachers Restoring a Watershed--Public relations, Wildlife conservation--Citizen participation
...The Tao of Physics, The Web of Life), Zenobia Barlow, and Peter Buckley to apply ecological...Center for Ecoliteracy executive director Zenobia Barlow. "Unless the people solving parts...looking for chances to partner," says Zenobia Barlow. "Foundations dont often do that...
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Haunted Hawthorne
Magazine article by Judith Farr; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 28, Winter 2004
Subjects: Hawthorne: A Life (Book)
...such vital heroines as Hester of The Scarlet Letter (1850) and Zenobia of The Blithesdale Romance (1852), was the same man who fulminated...occasionally resorts to awkward, quasi-poetical stylistic shortcuts: Zenobia is described as having "indignant hair"; the month of May is...
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Time Travel: If You're after More Than a Tan from Your Next Holiday, Let Rough Guides Authors Robin Eagles, Mark Ellingham, Michael Haag, Ian Littlewood, Gordon W McLachlan, Neil Roland and Justin Wintle Lead You around Some of the World's Great Historical Sites
Magazine article by Robin Eagles, Mark Ellingham, Michael Haag, Ian Littlewood, Gordon W Mclachlan, Neil Roland, Justin Wintle; Geographical, Vol. 75, February 2003
Subjects: Travel industry--Services, Web sites--Directories
...sanctuaries, theatres and fountains. Palmyras end came when Zenobia, the citys third-century queen, attempted to supplant the power...before being captured in 272 AD by Emperor Aurelian, who took Zenobia home in chains of gold. FURTHER INFORMATION: historical-tour...
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Deir Mar Musa
Magazine article by Penny Young; History Today, Vol. 51, July 2001
Subjects: Deir Mar Musa, Syria--History, Monasteries--Syria
...It commands a spectacular view over the desert and the routes to the cities of Damascus, Homs and Palmyra, the city of Queen Zenobia which lies just 150 kilometres to the east -- a perfect place for a watchtower. Legend has it that St Moses was the son of...
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Harry the Undersea Daredevil
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 8, 2006
...discovered the perils of the unsalvaged Zenobia ferry - which lies on its side 42m below...experience that he returned to explore the Zenobia after his passing-out ceremony, and before...been arranging expeditions since 1986. Zenobia. HILE McMurray declined to discuss Harrys...
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Fey's Pregnant Pause; Also Showing: Baby Mama
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), July 25, 2008
...Globe-winning comedienne Tina Fey has it all happily married to composer Jeff Richmond, she has a two-year-old daughter Alice Zenobia and her career is soaring. Tina, who writes scripts, acts and produces, made history as the first female head writer on famed...
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Vent Your Spleen
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), January 8, 2008
...be so bad if the pension matched the extra costs but it wont Zenobia Had to think there for a moment, mini. You say in the title...pounds 30m. Home help and Meals on Wheels are also going up. Zenobia I remember when the Lib Dems got in at Newcastle, they said...
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Funny Mummy; She's the Queen of Comedy across the Pond, Now Tina Fey's New Film Is Set to Get Britain Laughing
Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), July 27, 2008
Subjects: Saturday Night Live (Television program)
...everything. The Golden Globe-winning comedienne is happily married to composer Jeff Richmond, has a two-year-old daughter Alice Zenobia, and her highly-successful career seems to be going only up. On top of that, shes got the looks to boot. Multi-talented Tina...
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Vent Your Spleen; Your Shout
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), December 12, 2007
...mentions all the old toys from his childhood. Zenobia Bogies! A go-cart made from pram wheels...remember Tomb Raiders and the Mario Bros? Zenobia London Lights (I think thats what they...tough toys for real tough boys, Tonka. Zenobia What about Christmas decorations we would...
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encyclopedia articles on: Zenobia  - 11 results

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Zenobia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ZENOBIA zino be , d. after 272, queen of Palmyra . She was of Arab stock and was the wife of Septimius Odenathus . He was...exhibited at Aurelians triumph. Later she was pensioned and lived in retirement at Tibur. By her beauty and intelligence, Zenobia attracted much admiration and sympathy, but her name has also been a symbol of ruthless arrogance...
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Paul of Samosata
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...patriarch of Antioch. He was a friend and high official of Zenobia of Palmyra. Paul enounced a dynamic monarchianism , denying...excommunicated (269), but he continued to function as bishop under Zenobias protection until the Romans took Palmyra (272). Arius may have...
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Longinus , C.213–273, Greek Rhetorician and Philosopher
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Greek rhetorician and philosopher of the Neoplatonic school. He taught rhetoric at Athens. He later became counselor to Queen Zenobia of Palmyra; when the anti-Roman policy he had advocated failed, he was delivered to the Romans, who executed him as a traitor...
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Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...copies were made. Other works are The Sleeping Faun, The Waking Faun, and Beatrice Cenci (St. Louis Mercantile Library); Zenobia (Metropolitan Mus.); and a statue of Senator Thomas H. Benton (St. Louis). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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Aurelian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...barbarians beyond the Rhine in check. His most brilliant exploits were in the East especially in Palmyra, where he captured Zenobia and destroyed her kingdom. Aurelian went to Gaul, where he received the submission of the independent "Emperor" Tetricus...
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