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CODRUS , in See also:Greek See also:legend, the last See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Athens. According to the See also:story, it was prophesied at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the Dorian invasion of See also:Peloponnesus (c. ro68 B.C.) that only the See also:death of their king at the enemy's hands could ensure victory to the Athenians. De-voting himself to his See also:country, Codrus, in the disguise of a See also:peasant, made his way into the enemy's See also:camp, and provoked a See also:quarrel with some Dorian soldiers. He See also:fell, and the See also:Dorians, on discovering that Codrus had been slain, retreated homeward, despairing of success. No one being thought worthy to succeed Codrus, the See also:title of king was abolished, and that of See also:archon (q.v.) substituted for it.
See See also:Lycurgus, Leocr. xx. [=84-871; See also:Justin ii. 6; Vell. Pat. i. 2: See also:Grote, Hist. of See also:Greece, pt. i. ch. 18; Busolt, Griechische Geschichte, i.
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