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of Cla ical Greek Lit., I. 161. Simon ides of Ceos. Born at Iulis, island of Ceos, Greece, 556 в. с.: died at Syracuse about 469-467 в. с. A noted Greek poet. He lived in Athens, The aly, Syracuse, and elsewhere, and wrote epigrams, lyrics, threnodies, etc. Simon Maccabæus. See Maccabees . Simonoseki. See Shimonoseki . Simon's Town (si'monz toun). A small seaport in Cape Colony, South Africa, situated on False Bay 18 miles south of Cape Town. Simony (sī mō-ni), Dr. A character in Foote's play "The Cozeners," supposed to be intended. for Dr. Dodd who was afterward executed (though for forgery, not for simony). Simon Zelotes. See Simon the Can a a nite. Simpcox (sim'koks). An impostor in the second part of Shakspere's "King Henry VI.” Simple (sim'pl). A servant of Slender: a character in Shakspere's "Merry Wives of Windsor." Simple, Peter. The hero of a novel of the same name by Marryat, published in 1837. Simple Cobbler of Agawam, The. A satire by Nathaniel Ward, published in 1647. Though written in America, it was sent or taken to England by the author, and published there under the pseudonym of Théodore de la Guard. Simple Story, A Simple Story, A. A novel by Mrs. Inchbald, published in 1791. Simplicius (sim-plish'i-us). Bishop of Rome 468-483. Simplicius. Born in Cilicia: lived in the first half of the 6th century A. D. A Greek Neo plat on ist. He lived in Persia about 532-533. He wrote commentaries on Aristotle and Epictetus. Simplon (san-plon'), It. Sempione (sem-peō'ne). One of the chief pa es over the Alps, situated on the border of northern Italy and the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Through it runs one of the chief roads over the Alps, built by Napoleon 1800-06. It leads from Brieg, in the valley of the Rhone, to Domo d'O ola, in the valley of the Toce (a sub tributary of the Po). Height of summit of pa , about 6,590 Simplon Railway. A railway projected in 1889 to connect the valley of the Rhone, from near Visp, with the valley of the Po at Domo d'O ola, by tunneling the Simplon Mountain. The money was to be furnished by Italy and Switzerland. Work on the tunnel began in 1898. Simpson (simpson), Edward. Born at New York, March 3, 1824: died at Washington, D.C., Dec. 2, 1888. An American rear-admiral. He served in the Mexican and Civil wars, and was appointed rear-admiral in 1884. He wrote "Ordnance and Naval Gunnery" (1862), etc. Simpson, Sir James Young. Born at Bath gate, Scotland, June 7, 1811: died May 6, 1870. A Scottish physician, profe or of medicine at Edinburgh University from 1840: noted for his introduction of chloroform and of other anesthetics, especially in midwifery. He was created a baronet in 1866. Among his works are "Obstetric Memoirs and Contributions" (1855-56), "Acupre ure" (1864), "Homœopathy," etc. Simpson, Matthew. Born at Cadiz, Ohio, June 20, 1810: died at Philadelphia, June 18, 1884. An American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was president of Indiana Asbury University (Green castle, Indiana) 1839-48, and was elected bishop in 1852. He was distinguished as a pulpit orator. He published "One Hundred Years of Methodism" (1876), "Cyclopædia of Methodism" (1878), etc. Simpson, Thomas. Born at Market Bosworth, England, Aug. 20, 1710: died there, May 14, 1761. An English mathematician. He wrote "Elements of Plane Geometry" (1747), "Miscellaneous Tracts" (1757), etc. Simpson, Thomas. Born 1808: died 1840. A British explorer. He conducted an expedition to the Mackenzie Valley and the arctic coast of British America 1836-39. "Life and Travels" by his brother Alexander Simpson (1845). Simrock (zim'rok), Karl. Born at Bonn, Pru ia, Aug. 28, 1802: died there, July 18, 1876. A German poet, translator, and miscellaneous writer, profe or of Old German literature at Bonn from 1850. His chief original poem is "Wiel and der Schmied" (1835). His other works include translations of the "Nibelungenlied" (1827), "Der arme He in rich," "Parzival," "Titurel," "Tristan," and other Middle High German works, and of the "Edda" (1851), "Beowulf," "Heliand," and Shakspere's poems and dramas, in part. He also published "Heldenbuch" (1843-49), “Handbuch der deutschen My tho logie" (1853–55), “Deutsche Volksbücher" (1839-67), "Lauda Sion" (1850), "Deutsche Sionsharfe" (1857), "Quellen des Shakspere" (with col labor a1831), might suck blood. So a long time pa ed during which the child remained hidden in this place. When the child had grown, a long time still pa ed upon this mountain. He became a man like a lofty cypre , his breast was like a hill of silver, his stature like a reed.