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24 matches to Tarpeian Rock
Tarpeian Rock. Rome. Tarpeia, who betrayed Rome to Sabines is buried beneath. Traitors thrown to death from it.
Alamo. 1836. 200 Texan rebels die in siege vs Mexican Santa Anna. Crockett. Bowie.
Barcarole. Venetian gondolier’s song with rocking rhythm.
Braun, Werner von. 1912-77. German/US rocket engineer. V-2. Apollo. Explorer.
Brock, Isaac. 1769-1812. British military commander. Upper Canada hero in War of 1812.
Crockett, Davy. 1786-1836. US frontiersman. Killed at Alamo.
Dylan, Bob (Robert Zimmerman). 1941-. US composer/performer. Founded Folk Rock.
Eliot, T.S. 1888-1965. US/English modernist poet, playwright. Prufrock 1910. Ash Wednesday 1930. Murder in the Cathedral 1935.
Goddard, Robert. 1882-1945. US “father of modern rocketry”.
Moore, Thomas. 1779-1852. Irish poet. Irish Melodies 1807-34. Lalla Rockh 1817.
Pillars of Hercules. Rock of Gibraltar and Jebel Musa.
Plymouth Rock. 1620 landing site of Mayflower.
Presley, Elvis. 1935-77. US singer of rock, folk, gospel, and country music. 28M records sold. Heartbreak Hotel 1956.
Prometheus. Titan who made man of clay and gave him life, stole fire from the gods for him. Chained to a rock to have an eagle eat his liver daily. Freed by Hercules.
Rivera, Diego. 1886-1957. Mexican mural painter. Murals at Rockefeller Center 1933. Kahlo.
Rockefeller, John. 1839-1937. US oil millionaire, philanthropist.
Rockingham, 2nd Marquess. 1730-82. British Prime Minister. Tried to make peace with American colonies.
Rockwell, Norman. 1894-1978. US realistic painter of homey scenes. Saturday Evening Post covers.
Scylla. Rock opposite Charybdis, danger to passing ships...mythical sea monster ate sailors.
Sirens. Greek sea nymphs, half bird, half woman. Song lured sailors onto rocks.
Stephenson, George. 1781-1848. English inventor of steam locomotive 1814, “Rocket” 1829.
Symplegades. Cyanean Rocks. Cliffs at entrance to Black Sea. Crushed ships until Jason and Argonauts slipped through.
Throckmorton, Francis. 1554-84. Led failed conspiracy vs Elizabeth I to restore Roman Catholicism.
Woodstock. 1969. US Rock festival attended by 300,000.