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  • 1Abydus — • A titular see of Troas in Asia Minor, suffragan of Cyzicus in the Hellespontic province Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Abydus     Abydus      …

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  • 2Tissaphernes — (Ancient Greek: Τισσαφέρνης; Old Persian Čiθrafarnah > Mod. Persian Čehrfar) (d. 395 BC) was a Persian soldier and statesman, grandson of Hydarnes. In 413 BC he was satrap of Lydia and Caria, and commander in chief of the Persian army in Asia… …

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  • 3Pjetër Bogdani — (ca. 1630 1689), known in Italian as Pietro Bogdano , is the most original writer of early literature in Albania. He is author of the Cuneus Prophetarum ( The Band of the Prophets ), 1685, the first prose work of substance written originally in… …

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  • 4Titian — Titianesque, adj. /tish euhn/, n. 1. (Tiziano Vecellio) c1477 1576, Italian painter. 2. (l.c.) a reddish brown or golden brown color: hair of titian. adj. 3. (l.c.) having titian color: titian hair. * * * orig. Tiziano Vecellio born 1488/90,… …

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