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THAIS , a See also:Greek courtesan, who lived during 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 See also:Alexander the See also:Great. She accompanied him on his See also:Asiatic See also:campaign, and is chiefly known from the See also:story which represents her as having persuaded the conqueror to set See also:fire to the See also:city of See also:Persepolis. This See also:anecdote forms the subject of See also:Dryden's See also:Ode to See also:Saint See also:Cecilia's See also:Day. But its authenticity is doubtful, since it is based upon the authority of See also:Cleitarchus, one of the least trustworthy of the historians of Alexander. Thais subsequently became the wife of See also:Ptolemy Lagus, 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:Egypt. Numerous anecdotes and witticisms attributed to her will be found in See also:Athenaeus.
See Diod. Sic. xvii. 72; See also:Plutarch, Alexander, 38; Athenaeus xiii. 576, 585; See also:Quintus Curtiusv. 7.
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