More From encyclopedia.com
Edward W. Said , The American writer and academic Edward Said (1935–2003) has been ranked among the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, with much of t… Neoptolemus , Neoptolemus in Greek mythology, the son of Achilles and killer of Priam after the fall of Troy; in Homer's Odyssey he is said to have returned safely… Port Said , PORT SAID , city N.E. of *Cairo on the Mediterranean, at the entrance to the Suez Canal. With the construction of the Port Said harbor in 1856 Jews b… ditto , ditto •bateau, chateau, gateau, gelato, mulatto, plateau •de facto, ipso facto •alto •canto, Esperanto, manteau, panto, portmanteau •antipasto, impas… Baphomet , The goat idol of the Templars and the deity of the sorcerers' Sabbat. Some authorities hold that the Baphomet was a monstrous head, others that it wa… Missouri Compromise , The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was a congressional agreement that regulated the extension of slavery in the United States for thirty years. Under th…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Said, Ali Ahmad