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46 matches to Dio Cassius
Dio Cassius. 155-235. Greek/Roman historian. 80 Volume history: Roman Antiquities.
Bacchus. Roman god of Wine. = Dionysus.
Baroque Art. 1600-1750. Orig in Italy, spread across W. Europe. Architecture: Ornate style characterized by stucco, frescoes, rood screens. Vanbrugh. Bernini’s Barberini Palace. Music: Counterpoint vs Renaissance polyphony. Opera, cantata. Bach. Monteverdi. Vivaldi. Painting: Dynamic, emotional. Caravaggio. Reni. Rubens.Van Dyck. Rococo.
Becquerel, Henri. 1852-1908. French discoverer of Uranium radioactivity, 1896. Curie.
Berlioz, Hector. 1803-1869. French Romantic composer. Grandiose themes directly from feelings.Symph. Fantastique 1830. Romeo and Juliette 1839. Treatise on Orchestration 1844. Damnation of Faust 1846.
Boullée, Étienne. 1728-99. French grandiose Neoclassical architect.
Courbet, Gustave. 1819-77. French Realist painter, socialist activist. Commune. The Artist’s Studio 1855.
Crookes, William. 1832-1919. English physicist. Invented Crookes tube. Discovered thallium. Radiometer.
Cynicism. 4C BC-6C. Greek philosophy. Antisthenes. Diogenes.
Damocles. 4C BC. Dionysius suspended a sword by a single hair over his head at a banquet.
Diocletian. 245-316. Roman Emperor of the East 284, West 285. Abdicated 305. Regained Britain, Persia. Persecuted Christians. Condemned alchemy 297.
Diogenes (The Cynic). c413-327BC. Greek philosopher. Cynic. Looked for an honest man. Declined gifts of Alexander the Great. Lived in a tub. Sought virtue and moral freedom.
Diomedes. Greek leader in Trojan War.
Dionysius. c431-367BC. Syracuse tyrant, unites Greek cities, defeats Carthaginians. Syracuse becomes major power.
Dionysius of Halicarnassus. 1C BC Greek writer of 20 volume History of Rome.
Dionysus. Greek god of wine and orgies = Bacchus.
Diophantus. 3C. Greek mathematician. Arithmetica First algebra text.
Diori, Hamani. 1916-89. First President of Niger 1960-74. Deposed.
Dioscorides, Pedanius. 1C. Greek physician and pharmacologist. De Materia Medica used to 16C.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. 1821-81. Russian psychological writer. Crime and Punishment 1866. Idiot 1868. Brothers Karamazov 1880. Exiled to Siberia 1849-59.
Einthoven, Willem. 1860-1927. Dutch. Invented electrocardiograph, 1903.
Empire. Style of Art. 1804-14. Classical heroic grandiose trend from Napoleon’s court. Arc de Triomphe, 1806.
Erasmus, Desiderius. c1466-1536. Dutch Humanist ecclesiastic reform writer. Published first New Testament based on Greek, 1516. Reason over ignorance and superstition. Opposed Luther. Praise of Folly. Enchiridion: Christ requires of us nothing but a pure and sincere life.
George V. 1865-1936. King of UK 1910-. Repopularized monarchy with radio Christmas message.