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Dagon – in the Middle East, the Semitic god of fertility, the legendary inventor of the plow.
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the Great War – World War I of 1914–1918.
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the Hun(s) – primitive nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century and built an enormous empire.
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Paradise Lost – a famous poem by John Milton.
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Stygian – 1) related to Styx, in Greek mythology, the river of the underworld, the symbol of death; 2) dark, gloomy.
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Cyclopean – in Greek mythology, Cyclops are one-eyed giants and cannibals living a rude primitive life in a distant land.
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hieroglyphics – a system of writing in the form of pictures which are used as symbols for words or syllables.
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Doré – Gustave Doré (1832–1883), a famous French printmaker and book illustrator.
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Piltdown (man) – an extinct man whose remains were discovered in 1810 by Charles Dawson, an English lawyer and geologist.
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Neanderthal man – an archaic man who appeared 300 000 years ago and was replaced by modern humans 25 000–30 000 years ago.
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Polyphemus – in Greek mythology, the most famous of the Cyclops.
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ethnologist – a scientist who studies ethnology, a division of anthropology that deals with culture of different peoples of the world.
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Philistine(s) – a people who lived in Palestine in the 12th century BC.
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Cassius – 1) an active participant of the conspiracy against Julius Caesar in 44 BC; 2) a fictional character in ‘Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare.
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Drury Lane – a London theatre famous for its musicals, founded in 1663 and officially known as the Theatre Royal.
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jigembob = jig and bob;
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Yankee Doodle – a popular song of the time of the American Revolution, written by Richard Shuckburgh.
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Orpheus – in Greek mythology, a legendary hero with outstanding musical gift.
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Cicero (106 BC–43 BC) – the greatest Roman orator, statesman, lawyer and writer.
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La Place – Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749–1827), a French mathematician and astronomer, best known for his study of the solar system.
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Sturm – Charles-François Sturm (1803–1855), a French mathematician who made important contribution to the theory of equations.
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Newton – Isaac Newton (1643–1727), a great English physicist and mathematician, the major figure in the scientific revolution of the 17th century.
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Giotto (1266–1337) – the greatest Italian painter of the 14th century.
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Deus ex machina = God from the machine (
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Alsatian – born in Alsace, a region of France on the German border.
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Gallic – here: French.
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Teuton – here: German.
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Tahoe – Lake Tahoe in northern Sierra Nevada, on California-Nevada border in the USA.
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aqua fortis = strong water. (
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orrery – a model of the solar system.
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Aristotle (384 BC–322 BC) – an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, one of the greatest philosophers of all time.
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