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29 matches to Magi
Aediles. 494BC-3C AD. Minor Roman magistrates.
Alchemy. Magic art of Egyptian origin attempting to transmute metals, esp lead to gold. Based on belief that all metals are a pure base metal + impurities which the philosopher’s stone can remove.
Amphion. Thebian king with magic lyre.
Archons. Ancient Greek chief magistrates.
Bellini, Giovanni. c1429-1516. Venetian Renaissance painter. New sensuous realism of form and color. Adoration of the Magi. St. Francis 1480.
Consul. 509BC-. Roman chief magistrate.
Doge. 697-1797. Chief magistrate in Venice, Genoa.
Ehrlich, Paul. 1854-1915. German bacteriologist. Salvarsan syphilis treatment, 1909. Idea of specific drugs as “magic bullets”.
Ephor. 8C BC. Magistrate of Sparta or other Dorian cities.
Hecate. Greek goddess of magic. 3 heads or bodies.
Henry, O. 1862-1910. US short-story writer. Surprise endings and irony. Gift of the Magi. Porter.
Hermetic Texts. 1/3 C Egyptian astrology and magic books.
Hesse, Hermann. 1877-1962. German/Swiss writer of psychological, mystical. Siddharta 1922. Steppenwolf 1927. Magister Ludi 1943.
Imagists. 1912-. Poets eschew sentimentality for precision and imagery. Pound. Lawrence. Lowell.
Jennings, Peter. 1950-. British author/inventor. Microchess 1976. Visidex 1980. Pocket History 1986-2009. MagicNotch 1990.
Jorn, Asger. 1914-73. Danish Imaginist artist. Lettre à mon Fils 1957. L’avangarde se rende pas 1962.
Kircher, Athanasius. 1602-80. German scientist. Disease caused by microbes. Magic Lantern.
Leonardo da Vinci. 1452-1519. Florentine painter, writer, sculptor, scientist. Prototypical Renaissance Man. Sfumato. Laws of Flight. Adoration of Magi 1479. Last Supper 1495. Mona Lisa 1503. Parachute 1480.
Magi. Persian priest caste. Caspar, Melchior, Belthazar bore gifts to Jesus.
Maginot. André. 1877-1932. French statesman. Built line of fortifications in the east of France 1928-38, leaving French overconfident vs German threat.
Mann, Thomas. 1875-1955. German/US novelist. Opposed Nazism. Buddenbrooks 1900. Magic Mountain 1927. Death in Venice 1929. Dr Faustus.
Molière, Jean-Baptiste. 1622-73. French comedy actor, playwright. School for Wives 1662. Tartuffe 1664. Don Juan 1665. Misanthrope. Died in role of Malade Imaginaire.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. 1756-91. Viennese Classical composer. European tour at age 6. Seemingly effortless compositions of symmetry and melody with emotional feeling. Marriage of Figaro 1786. Don Juan 1787. Magic Flute 1791.
Philostratus. 3C Greek Sophist. Lives of Sophists. Imagines.
Thomas the Rhymer. 13C Scottish magician, prophet, and poet.