alexandrians
1Alexandrians — n. native or resident of Alexandria (city in Egypt) adj. pertaining to the philosophy science and literature of ancient Alexandria …
2Epistle to the Alexandrians — Nothing is known for certain of a pseudepigraphical Epistle to the Alexandrians purportedly by Paul that is mentioned in the Muratorian fragment, one of the earliest lists of the canonical texts of the New Testament; the anonymous author of the… …
3Driving Alexandrians Safely Home — (DASH) is the public bus system for the city of Alexandria, Virginia, operated by the Alexandria Transit Company. In 2007, DASH converted its buses to allow the use of the WMATA SmarTrip, an electronic debit farecard.FleetThe DASH bus fleet… …
4ALEXANDRIA — ALEXANDRIA, city in northern egypt . Ancient Period Jews settled in Alexandria at the beginning of the third century B.C.E. (according to Josephus, already in the time of Alexander the Great). At first they dwelt in the eastern sector of the city …
5Homeric scholarship — is the study of Homeric epic, especially the two large surviving epics, the Iliad and Odyssey. It is currently part of the academic discipline of classical studies, but the subject is one of the very oldest topics in all scholarship or science,… …
6William Charles — (1776 1820) was a Scottish born engraver who immigrated to the United States and is now known best for his political cartoons, especially The Hartford Convention or LEAP NO LEAP , perhaps the most widely printed illustration regarding that… …
7Claudius — For other people named Claudius, see Claudius (disambiguation). Claudius 4th Emperor of the Roman Empire …
8District of Columbia retrocession — Satellite view of the District of Columbia in relation to the states of Maryland and Virginia. District of Columbia retrocession is the process of returning the land that was given to the federal government for the original purpose of creating… …
9grammar — grammarless, adj. /gram euhr/, n. 1. the study of the way the sentences of a language are constructed; morphology and syntax. 2. these features or constructions themselves: English grammar. 3. an account of these features; a set of rules… …
10Niel Wright — (Frank William Nielsen Wright; Maori name: Te Kaimahinui, born 30 September 1933) is a New Zealand poet, literary critic, bibliographer, publisher, and cultural and political commentator. He is best known for his epic poem The Alexandrians,… …
