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Born at Paris, of Paradise." 23, 1820: died there, 1900. A Zephyr (zef'er). See Zephyr us . Zimmermann or a wreath; in later sculptures the hair rises from the brow in luxuriant locks like a crown, and falls in ma es on either side of the face. Compare Jupiter . Zeus, Olympian. A colo al chryselephantine statue of Zeus by Phidias, placed in the temple at Olympia, Greece. (See Olympia and Olym pieum .) It was removed to Constantinople in the 5th century A. D., and burned in 476. Zeus, Olympian, Temple of. See Olympicum. Zeus Nicephorus (zūs ni-sef'ō-rus). ['Bearer of Victory.'] An antique statue found at the Villa Barber in i, and now in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. It is remarkable for its colo al size, but has been much restored. Zeu (tsois), Johann Kaspar. Born at Vogtendorf, Upper Franc on i a, July 22, 1806: died at Vorstendorf, Upper Franc on i a, Nov. 10, 1856. A German historian and philologist, noted for his researches in German history and Celtic philology. He became profe or of history at the ly. ceum in Speyer in 1839, and at the lyceum in Bamberg in 1847 . Zeuxis (zūk's is). [Gr. Ζεύξις .] Born at Heraclea (in Lucania (?) or in Macedonia (?)): Germany, the Roman emperors, Ulrich von Hutten, etc. Zelmira (zel-mēr ́ä). An opera by Ro ini, produced at Naples in 1822. Zelter (tsel'ter), Karl Fried rich. Born at Berlin, Dec. 11, 1758: died May 15, 1832. A German composer, director at the Berlin Singakademie from 1800. He was best known through his correspondence with Goethe. Zémire et Azor (za-mera-zor'). An opera by Grétry, words by Marm on tel, from the story of "Beauty and the Beast." It was first produced at Fontainebleau in 1771. Zempelburg (tsem'pel-börg). A small town in the province of West Pru ia, Pru ia, 78 miles southwest of Dantzic. Zenaga (ze-nä'gä). A dialect of Berber, spoken in southern Morocco and on the banks of the Senegal River, largely by the negro population. IMG:content-1200.png:[blocks in formation] went to Athens in his fortieth year, during the early youth of So crates, and resided there many years. He is espe cially celebrated for his arguments designed to prove the inconceivability of motion. His doctrines are referrea to in the "Par me nides" of Plato. Zeno. Born at Citium, Cyprus: died about 264 B. C. A Greek philosopher, founder of the Stoic school. (See Stoics .) He studied philosophy at Athens, and founded his school there. Zeno. Byzantine emperor 474-491. He was an I saurian by birth, and was son-in-law of the emperor Leo I. He suppre ed various revolts; instigated Theodoric to attempt the conquest of Italy; and promulgated the "Henotic on." Zeno of Sidon. Lived about 150-80 в. с. An Epicurean philosopher, instructor of Cicero. Zeno, Antonio. Lived about the end of the 14th century. A Venetian navigator, brother of Nicolo Zeno. Zeno, Nicolo. Born about 1340: died about 1395. A Venetian explorer. He is said to have vis. ited Green land, Newfoundland, and the coast of North America. A narrative of his discoveries, with map, was published by Carlo Zeno in 1558 (edited by the Hakluyt Society in 1873). Zenobia (ze-no'bi-ä). Died after 274. Qusen of Palmyra, wife of Odenathus, ruler of Palmyra. She was joint ruler in her husband's lifetime, succeeded him in 271 as regent for her son and as queen. Her armies were defeated by Aurelian in 271; Palmyra was besieged and taken in 272; and she was captured IMG:content-1201.png:[blocks in formation] At length the body is found, and poor Zenobia is brought to the shore with her knees still bent in the attitude of prayer, and her hands clenched in immitigable defiance. Foster tries in vain to straighten the dead limbs. As the teller of the story gazes at her, the grimly ludicrous refiection occurs to him that if Zenobia had foreseen all "the ugly circumstances of death-howill it would become her, the altogether unseemly aspect which she must put on, and especially old Silas Foster's efforts to improve the matter-she would no more have committed the dreadful act than have exhibited herself to a public a embly in a badly fitting garment."