Sylvia

See Silvia. Sylvius, Æneas. See Pius II . Sylvius (sil'vi-us), Franz (originally De le Boë). Born at Hanau, Pru ia, 1614: died at Leyden, 1672. A German physician, profe or of medicine at Leyden. Sylvius (sil'vi-us) (Jacques Dubois). Born at Amiens, France, 1478: died at Paris, 1555. A French anatomist, lecturer on anatomy at Paris. He made various anatomical discoveries, and invented injection. From him the Sylvian aqueduct, the Sylvian artery, and the Sylvian fi ure (of the brain) were named. Syme. See Symi . Syme (sim), James. Born at Edinburgh, Nov. 7, 1799: died June 26, 1870. A noted Scottish surgeon. Among his works are "Excision of Diseased Joints" (1831), “Principles of Surgery" (1832), etc. Symeon, Henry. See the extract. The inceptor [at Oxford) was required to swear that he would never consent "to the reconciliation of Henry Symeon," or rea ume the degree of Bachelor of that Faculty. The exact nature of Henry Symeon's offence is not stated, but for century after century the implacable university held him up to the obloquy of every Bachelor who was about to become a Master of Arts. This singular oath has been taken by some men who are still living, for it was not abolished until the year of grace 1827.* [*Ward's "Oxford University Statutes," vol. ii, p. 139. Bryan Twyne states that Symeon was a Regent in Arts at Oxford who feigned himself a Bachelor in order to obtain admi ion to a foreign monastery in which regency in secular arts was not allowed. ("Anti quit at is Oxon. Apologia," p. 376.) He does not, however, cite any authority for this plausible explanation.] Lyte , Oxford, p. 214. Symeon of Durham. See Simeon of Durham. Symi (sē'mē). A small island off the southwest coast of Asia Minor, 15 miles north of Rhodes: the ancient Syme. It belongs to Turkey. Symi, Gulf of. An arm of the sea, on the coast of Asia Minor, near the island of Symi. Symmachus (sim'a-kus). Lived at the end of the 2d century A. D. The author of a Greek version of the Old Testament, included in Origen's "Hexapla." "Palmary Symmachus. Pope 498-514. The " Synod," was held in his reign (501). Symmachus, Quintus Aurelius. Lived about 400 A. D. A Roman pagan orator, writer, and politician. He was prefect of Rome, and consul 391. He wrote epistles and orations, fragments of which are extant. Symonds (sim'ondz or si'mondz), John Adding ton. Born at Bristol, Oct. 5, 1840: died at Rome. April 19, 1893. An English man of letters. He graduated at Oxford (Balliol College), winning the Newdigate prize in 1860. He published "An Introduction to Symonds the Study of Dante" (1872), "Studies of the Greek Poets" (1873-76), and "Sketches in Italy and Greece" (1874). His best-known work, "The Renai ance in Italy," consists of five parts: "The Age of the Despots" (1875), "The Revival of Learning" (1877), "The Fine Arts" (1877), "Ital ian Literature" (1881), and "The Catholic Reaction" (1886). He also wrote a "Life of Shelley" (1878), "Sketches and Study in Italy" (1879), "Italian Byways" (1883), "Shakspere's Predece ors in the English Drama” (1884), “ Wine, Woman, and Song, etc." (1884: an e ay on the Latin songs of the 12th-century students), "Life of Sir Philip Sidney" (1886), "Life of Ben Jonson" (1886), "Life of Michelangelo" (1892), and several volumes of verse. He translated the sonnets of Michelangelo and Camp an ell a (1878), and the autobiography of Benvenuto Cell in i (1887). Symplegades (sim-plegʻa-dēz). In the legend of the Argonauts, two movable rocky islets at the entrance of the Bosporus into the Black Sea. Symposium (sim-pō'si-um), The. [Also sometimes Symposion ; from L. symposium , from Gr. συμπόσιον, a drinking-party, drinking after a dinner, from συμπίνειν , drink with or together, from σύν , together, and πίνειν , drink.] 1. A celebrated work by Plato, an account given by Aristo dem us of a banquet at the house of the tragic poet Agathon after one of his victories, at which, together with other le famous persons, Soc rates, the physician Eryximachus, Aris toph anes, and by and by Alcibiades, discu the nature and praise of Eros (love).-2. A work by Xenophon, describing the character of So crates. Syn. See Sin . Syndesmos (sin-dez'mos). [Gr. σύνδεσμος, α knot.] The fourth-magnitude double star a Piscium, situated at the bend or knot in the ribbon by which the two fishes are represented as joined. Syndics of the Arquebusiers. A painting by Van der Helst (1657), in the Rijks Museum, Amsterdam, Holland. The four syndics, richly dre ed, are seated about a table examining the plate of the gild. Behind is a maid bringing in a large drinking-horn, and to the right in the distance are seen soldiers with longbows. Syndics of the Gild of the Cloth makers, or De Staalmeesters. A masterpiece by Rembrandt (1661), in the Rijks Museum at Amsterdam, Holland. The five syndics, robed in black, are a embled about a table, attended by a servant. It is a striking example of the powerful effects attained by the master with the simplest means. Synesius (si-nē'shi-us). Born at Cyrene, 378: died about 430 A. D. A Neo plat on ist philosopher and writer. He was at Constantinople 397-400, and was bishop of Ptolemais, in the Pentapolis of Libya, about 410-414. His works include letters, hymns, "Encomium Calvitii," "De Provident i a," the oration "De Regno," etc.