11) Gallio. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Gallio) (galŽeo) (KEY) , d. A.D. 65?, Roman proconsul in Achaea; brother of the philosopher Seneca. His name was originally Lucius Annaeus Novatus. The "Gallio Inscription,"...
12) Lucan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(looŽkn) (KEY) , A.D. 39-A.D. 65, Latin poet, b. Cordoba, Spain, nephew of the philosopher Seneca. At first in Nero's favor, he was later forced to kill himself when...
13) Finger Lakes. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Lakes, group of 11 narrow glacial lakes in north to south valleys, W central N.Y. Cayuga and Seneca lakes, both more than 35 mi (56 km) long, are the largest and...
14) Garnier, Robert. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...1534?-1590, French dramatic poet. He wrote mainly closet dramas in the classical manner of Seneca. Les Juives [the Jewish women] (1583), based on the Bible, is perhaps...
15) Savannah, river, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001
...United States, river, 314 mi (505 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Tugaloo and Seneca rivers and flowing SE to the Atlantic Ocean; with the Tugaloo it forms...
16) Bloomer, Amelia Jenks. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...American reformer, b. Homer, N.Y. She was editor (1848-54) of the Lily, first published in Seneca Falls, N.Y., and devoted to women's rights and to temperance. In...
17) Oswego, river, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001
...United States, river, 23 mi (37 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Oneida and the Seneca rivers, central N.Y., NW of Syracuse and flowing NW to Lake Ontario...
18) Keuka Lake. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...long and .5 to 2 mi (.8-3 km) wide, W central N.Y., one of the Finger Lakes; drains NE into Seneca Lake. Penn Yan at its northern end and Hammondsport at its southern...
19) Watkins Glen. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...seat of Schuyler co., W central N.Y., in the Finger Lakes region, at the southern end of Seneca Lake; inc. 1842. It is in a grape and wine area and has extensive...
20) Spanish literature. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Peninsula long before the evolution of the modern Spanish language. The Latin writers Seneca, Lucan, Martial, and Quintilian are among those who were born or who...
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