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Perseus. Slew Medusa with gods’ weapons. Married Andromeda.
Perseus. c212-166BC. Last Macedonian king 179-168BC. Defeated at Pydna by Rome.
Pershing, John. 1860-1948. US general; commanded French front 1918. WWI.
Persian Wars. 490-479BC. Greek city-states repel Persian invasion.
Persius. 34-62. Roman satirical poet. Stoic.
Pérugini, Pietro le. 1445-1523. Italian painter. Taught Raphael. St. Peter and Keys 1482 (Sistine Chapel).
Peruzzi, Baldassarre. 1481-1536. Italian architect, painter. Palazzo Massimo 1535. Villa Farnesina 1509-21.
Pestalozzi, Johann. 1746-1827. Swiss educator. Modern primary education system. Paced development from familiar to new. Lienhard and Gertrude 1781-9. How Gertrude Teaches 1801.
Pétain, Philippe. 1856-1951. Defender at Verdun, 1916. Armistice 1940. Vichy Prime Minister 1940-42. German puppet 1942-4. Life sentence for collaboration after liberation.
Peterloo Massacre. 1819. Peaceful Manchester demonstration for parliamentary reform suppressed by cavalry. 500 casualties. Ultra tories limit freedom of press, assembly.
Petersburg Campaign. 1864-5. Virginia. Final action of American Civil War leading to Confederate defeat.
Petit Pont. 1852. Bridge across Seine at site of original Roman crossing.
Petöfi, Sándor. 1823-49. Hungarian lyric poet. Hero of the 1848-9 revolution. Poetry of Liberation. János Vitéz 1845.
Petrarch. 1304-74. Italian humanist author, lyric poet, philosopher. To Laura 1366. Dialogue with St. Augustine.
Petronius, Caius. -66 Roman satirist in Nero’s court. Satyricon.
Pfitzner, Hans. 1869-1949. German Post-romantic opera composer. Palestrina 1917.
Phalangists. 1936-2000 Militant Maronites vs Moslems in Lebanese Civil War.
Phalanx. 7C BC. Greek infantry formation in 8 rows.
Pharaoh. Egyptian king’s title. =“great house”. Physical embodiment of god Ra.
Pharisees. 2C BC-70. Jewish religious sect. Oral law and Torah, vs Sadducees (Torah only). Mishna.
Pharos. 280BC-13C. Alexandria lighthouse. 135m high. Seven Wonders.
Phenomenology. Philosophy. Analysis of phenomena without preconceptions by conscious mind. Husserl.
Phidias. c490-430BC. Greek sculptor. Parthenon frieze. 42 foot gold and ivory statue of Zeus at Olympia. 7 Wonders.
Philadelphia. Greek name for Amman, Jordan.