Cybele. Roman Great Mother of gods. = Rhea.

Cynicism. 4C BC-6C. Greek philosophy. Antisthenes. Diogenes.

Cyrenaics. 4C BC. Greek school of philosophy. Pleasure is the highest good. Epicureanism.

Cyrus the Younger. -401BC. Conspired vs Artaxerxes. Killed at Cunaxa.

Daedalus. Builder of the Crete labyrinth. Escaped Minos with artificial wings. Icarus.

Dampier, William. 1651-1715. First English scientific explorer. Pirate, 1678-91. New Voyage Round the World, 1697.

Dan. Jacob and Bilhah’s son. Founded one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

Dana, Richard. 1815-82. US writer. Two Years Before the Mast.

Danaë. Mother of Perseus by Zeus. Danaïdes.

Danaïdes. 50 daughters of Danaus. 49 condemed to fill sieves for murdering their husbands. Hypermestra.

Dance, George. (The Elder). British designer of Mansion House 1737, London Bridge rebuild 1746.

Dance, George. (The Younger). 1741-1825. English Neoclassical architect College of Surgeons 1813. Founder, Royal Academy.

Danelaw. 878-955. NE England under Viking occupation and the laws in effect.

Darius I. 550-486BC. Persian King 522-. Defeated by the Greeks at Marathon after expanding empire. Great builder and administrator.

Darius II. Persian King, 423-404BC. Allied with Sparta vs Athens. Lost Egypt.

Darius III. Last Persian King, 335-330BC. Beaten by Alexander the Great.

Darlan, François. 1881-1942. French admiral. Built navy 1933-40. Collaborated with Germany, 1941-2, then Americans. Assassinated.

Darwin, Charles. 1809-1882. English Naturalist. His Theory of Evolution supported Materialism. Origin of Species by Natural Selection 1859. Descent of Man 1871.

Daughters of the American Revolution. 1890-. Patriotic organization of revolutionaries’ descendants.

David, Louis. 1748-1825. French republican. Neoclassical painter. Oath of the Horatii 1784. Marat 1793. Coronation of Napoleon 1808.

David II. 1324-71. Scottish King 1329-. Son of Robert the Bruce. Invaded England 1346. Imprisoned 1346-57.

Davy, Humphrey. 1778-1829. English inventor. Nitrous-Oxide anaesthetic 1800. Aluminum 1807. Calcium 1808. Arc lamp 1810. Miner’s lamp 1815. Acetylene 1836.

Day, Benjamin. 1810-89. US founder New York Sun 1833. Brother Jonathan 1842.

De La Tour, George. 1593-1652. French Caravaggist painter. Cheater with the Ace of Diamonds.

De Valéra, Eamon. 1882-1975. US/Irish mathematician. Led Easter Uprising. Led Sinn Fein, 1917-26. Founded Fianna Fáil 1926. Prime Minister of Irish Free State, 1931~59. President 59-73.

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