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Eurydice. Wife of Orpheus, almost rescued from Hades.
Euterpe. Greek Muse of tragedy and flute playing.
Euzkadi. 1936-7. Independent Basque rep. Guernica.
Evans, Arthur. 1851-1941. British Excavated Knossos.
Evans, Timothy. -1953. Wrongful hanging led to abolition of capital punishment in Britain.
Eve. Biblical first woman. Wife of Adam. Ate forbidden apple, expelled from Garden of Eden.
Evelyn, John. 1620-1706. English diarist and writer.
Everest, George. 1790-1866. British surveyor of India.
Evesham, Battle. 1265. Montfort defeated and killed. End of Barons War.
Evil May Day. 1517. London apprentices riot.
Evinrude, Ole. 1877-1934. US outboard motor inventor, 1909.
Evolution. Theory that life evolves from earlier forms. Conflicts with Biblical version of creation. Darwinism.
Ewald, Johannes. 1743-81. Danish lyric poet.
Excaliber. Sword of King Arthur.
Executive Branch. Department of US government which carries out laws, under supervision of President.
Existentialism. Philosophy. Existence is concrete. Man has choice. Responsibility, freedom. Anti-conformism. Kierkegaard. Sartre. Heidegger.
Exodus. 13C BC. Jews escape Egyptian slavery. Moses. Ten Commandments.
Expressionism. 1920-24. German drama style showing writers’ feelings. Author/hero.
Expressionism. 20C Literary style expressing essence of subject by exaggerating characteristics. Sounds and symbols. Joyce. Kafka. O’Neill. Woolf. Beckman.
Expressionism. 20C Music style of intense emotion, conflict, distortion. Mahler. Strauss.
Expressionism. 20C Simplified style of modern art expressing emotions with color and distortion. Munch. Toulouse-Lautrec. Van Gogh. Gauguin. Roualt.
Eyck, Jan van. c1389-1441. Flemish realist painter. Ghent altarpiece 1432. Developed use of oils.
Eyre, Edward. 1815-1901. British explorer in Australia. Dismissed as governor of Jamaica for cruel repression of 1865 revolt.
Ezzelino III da Ramono. 1194-1259. Cruel ruler of northern Italy. Subject of Dante’s Inferno.