Dembea

See Tzana. Dembe Wielke (dem'be vē-el'ke). A village in Poland, situated on the Vistula near Warsaw. Here, March 31, 1831, the Poles under Skrzynecki defeated the Ru ians under Diebitsch-Sabalkanski. Dembinski (dem-bin'skē), Henryk. Born at or near Cracow, May 3, 1791: died at Paris, June 13, 1864. A Polish general. He served in the Polish revolution 1830-31; conducted a celebrated retreat through Lithuania in 1831; was commander of the Hungarians in 1849; and lost the battles of Kápolna and Temesvár in 1849. Demerara (dem-ė-rä'rä), or Demerary (-ri). 1. A river in British Guiana which flows into the Atlantic Ocean at George town. Length, about 200 miles; navigable about 100 miles.-2. A county of British Guiana, formerly a separate colony. Demeter (de-me'ter). [L., from Gr. Δημήτηρ, Doric Δαμάτηρ , usually explained as for * Γημήτηρ , from γῆ , = Doric dᾶ , earth, and μήτηρ Ε. mother; but the identification of da , which is found independently only in a few exclamatory phrases, with γῆ , earth, is very doubtful.] In ancient Greek mythology, the godde of vegetation and of useful fruits, protectre of social order and of marriage: one of the great Olympian deities. She is usually a ociated, and even confounded, in legend and in cult, with her daughter Perse phone (Proser pine) or Kora, whose rape by Hades (Pluto) symbolizes some of the most profound phases of Hellenic mysticism. The Romans of the end of the republic and of the empire a imilated to the Hellenic conception of Demeter the primitive Italic chthonian divinity Ceres. Demeter of Cnidus. A Greek statue of the school of Scopas, now in the British Museum, London. The figure is seated, fully draped. Demetrius (de-me'tri-us) I., surnamed Pol i or cetes (Taker of Cities, or Besieger'). [Gr. Δημήτριος , belonging to Demeter; F. Démétri us , Sp. Pg. Demetrio .] Born about 338 B.C.: died at Apamea, Syria, 283 в. с. King of Macedonia 294-287, son of An tigon us. He liberated Athens and Megara in 307, defeated Ptolemy in 306, unsucce fully besieged Rhodes 305-304, and was defeated at Ipsus in 301. Demetrius II. Died about 229 в. с. King of Macedonia, son of An tigon us Gonatas, whom he succeeded about 239. Demetrius I., surnamed Soter ('the Savior'). Born about 187 в. с.: killed about 150 в. с. King of Syria from about 162 B. c., grandson of Antiochus the Great. Demetrius II., surnamed Nicator. Killed at Tyre about 125 B. c. King of Syria, son of Demetrius I. Demetrius III. King of Syria 94-88 B. C., son of Antiochus Grypus. Demetrius I., Ru . Dmitri or Dimitri. Killed at Moscow, May 17, 1606. A usurper of the throne of Ru ia 1605-06, usually called Pseudo Deme tri us. Demetrius II. Murdered Dec. 11, 1610. A usurper of the throne of Ru ia 1607-10. Demetrius. 1. In Shakspere's “Midsummer Night's Dream," a Grecian gentleman, in love with Hermia.-2. In Shakspere's (?) “Titus Andronicus," a son of Tamora, queen of the Goths.-3. In Shakspere's "Antony and Cleopatra," a friend of Antony.-4. The son of the king in Fletcher's "Humorous Lieutenant," in love with Celia. Demetrius Fannius Demetrius Fannius. In Ben Jonson's play "The Poetaster," a shifty "dre er of plays about the town here," intended to humiliate Thomas Dekker, with whom Jonson had a quarrel. Demetrius Phalereus ('of Phalerus'). Born at Phalerus, Attica, 345 в. с.: died in Upper Egypt, 283. An A then i an orator and politician. He entered public life about 325 as a supporter of Phocion, and in 317 was placed by Phocion's succe or, Cas sander, at the head of the administration of Athens. Expelled from Athens in 307 by Demetrius Pol i or cetes, he retired to the court of Ptolemy Lagi at Alexandria, where he devoted himself wholly to literary pursuits. He was exiled by Ptolemy's succe or to Upper Egypt, where he is said to have died of the bite of a snake. Demidoff, or Demidov (dem'ē-dof), Akinfi. Died about 1740. A Ru ian manufacturer, son of Nikita Demidoff. Demidoff, Prince Anatol Nikolaievitch. Born at Moscow, 1812: died at Paris, April 29, 1870. A Ru ian noble and philanthropist, son of N. N. Demidoff. Demidoff, Nikita. Born about 1665: died after 1720. A Ru ian manufacturer, founder of the family of Demidoff. The son of a serf, he rose into favor under Peter the Great by his skill in the manufacture of arms. He established the first iron-foundry in Siberia in 1699, and received a patent of nobility in 1720. Demidoff, Count Nikolai Nikititch. Born at St. Petersburg about 1773: died at Florence, 1828. A Ru ian capitalist. Demidoff, Paul Grigoryevitch. Born at Reval, Ru ia, 1738: died at Moscow, 1781. A Ru ian scholar and patron of science. Demir-Hi ar (dā-mērʼhis-sär'). ['Iron Castle.'] A small town in European Turkey, situated about 50 miles northeast of Salonika. Demme (dem'me), Hermann Chris toph Gottfried: pseudonym Karl Stille. Born at Mühlhausen, Thu ring i a, Germany, Sept. 7, 1760: died at Altenburg, Germany, Dec. 26, 1822. A German poet and novelist, author of "Pächter Martin und sein Vater" (1792-93), etc. Demme, Wilhelm Ludwig. Born at Mühlhausen, Thu ring i a, March 20, 1801: died at Würzburg, Bavaria, March 26, 1878. A German jurist, son of H. C. G. Demme. He wrote "Buch der Verbrechen" (1851), etc. Demmin (dem'mēn). A town in the province of Pomerania, Pru ia, situated on the Peene in lat. 53° 54′ N., long. 13° E. It is an ancient Wendish town, and was frequently taken and retaken by Swedes and Germans in the 17th century. Population (1890), commune, 10,852. Demo cedes (dem-os'ē-dēz). Born at Croton a, Magna Græcia, Italy: lived in the second half of the 6th century B. c. A Greek physician. Demo chares (de-mok'a-rēz). [Gr. Δημοχάρης .] An A then i an orator, nephew of Demosthenes. He came forward in 322 B. C. as an orator of the anti Maced on i an party, and after the restoration of democracy by Demetrius Pol i or cetes in 307 became the leader of the popular party. He was several times expelled by the antidemocratic party, returning the last time in 287 or 286. He was sent as amba ador to Lysimachus about 282, and disappears from view in 280. Democratic party. In United States history, a political party which arose about 1792. It was called first the Republican, later the Democratic-Repub lican, and afterward simply the Democratic party. It has opposed a strong central government, and has generally a strict construction Constitution. controlled the executive or the national government under the following administrations: Jefferson's, Madison's, Monroe's, Jackson's, Van Buren's, Polk's, Pierce's, Buchanan's, and Cleveland's. Its principal founder was Jefferson. It may be regarded as the succe or of the AntiFederalist party. Demo crit us (dē-mok'ri-tus). [Gr. Δημόκριτος .] Born at Abdera, Thrace, about 460 в. с.: died about 357 B. C. A Greek philosopher, surnamed "The Abderite" and "The Laughing Philosopher." He inherited an ample fortune, which enabled him to visit the chief countries of Asia and Africa in pursuit of knowledge. He adopted and expanded the atomistic theory of Leu cippus, which he expounded in a number of works, fragments only of which are extant. He is said to have been of a cheerful disposition, which prompted him to laugh at the follies of men (hence the surname "The banges in order to be le disturbed it in is philot Laughing Philosopher'). According to he sophical speculations. Demo crit us Junior. The pseudonym under which Robert Burton published his "Anatomy of Melancholy" (1621). Demo doc us (de-mod'ō-kus). [Gr. Δημόδοκος . ] In the Ody ey, a famous bard who, during the stay of Uly es at the court of Alcinous, delighted the guests by recounting the feats of the Greeks at Troy and singing the amours of Ares and Aphrodite. Demogeot (dem-ō-zhō'), Jacques Claude. Born at Paris, July 5, 1808: died there, Jan: 9, 1894. A French literary historian and mis cell a neo us writer, profe or at the Sorbonne. His chief work is a "His to ire de la littérature française" (1851). Denis, Saint south, and Merioneth and Carnarvon on the west. It is rich in minerals, and contains prehistoric Roman and Celtic antiquities. Area, 664 square miles. Population (1891), 117,950. June 21, 1881. De Montfort (de mont'fort). A tragedy by