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See Miani. Meek (mek), Fielding Bradford. Born in Iowa, Dec. 10, 1817: died at Washington, D. C., Dec. 28, 1876. An American geologist and paleontologist. Meer (mar), Jan van der, the elder. Born at Haarlem about 1632: died there, Aug., 1691. A Dutch painter. Meer, Jan van der. Born at Delft, Netherlands, 1632: died there, 1675. A Dutch painter. Meer, Jan van der, the younger. Born at Haarlem, 1656: died May 28, 1705. A Dutch painter, son of Jan van der Meer (1632-91). Meerane (mā-rä'ne). Atown in the kingdom of Saxony, 35 miles south of Leipsic. It has manufactures of woolen and half-woolen cloth. Population (1890), 22,446. Meeraugspitze (mār'oug-spit-se). A peak of the Tátra, Car path i ans, noted for its view. Height, 8,230 feet. Meer craft (mēr'kraft). In Ben Jonson's comedy "The Devil is an A ," a clever rogue, a projector or speculator who carries about with him prospectuses to suit all tastes. Mefistofele (mā-fēs-tō'fe-le). An opera by Boito first produced at Milan in 1868. See Mephis top heles . Megæra (me-je'rä). [Gr. Μέγαιρα .] In Greek mythology, one of the Eumenides (which see). Me gales i an Games (meg-a-lē'shi-angamz). [Gr. Μεγαλήσια .] In Roman antiquity, a magnificent festival, with a stately proce ion, feasting, and scenic performances in the theaters, celebrated at Rome in the month of April, and lasting for 6 days, in honor of "the great mother," Cybele. The image of this godde was brought to Rome from Pe inus in Galatia, about 203 B. C., and the games were instituted then or shortly afterward, in consequence of a sibylline oracle promising continual victory to the Romans Me gal ok a str on (meg-ä-lō-käs'tron). A seaport honors were paid to her. on the northern coast of Crete. Megalopolis (meg-a-lop'ō-lis). [Gr. Μεγαλόπολις, the great city.] In ancient geography, a city in Arcadia, Greece, situated on the Heli on in lat. 37° 25′ N., long. 22° 9′ E. It was built in 370 B. C. as an Arcadian outpost against Sparta. There are extensive ruins near the modern Sinanu. An ancient theater has been lately excavated. The cave a, 475 feet in diameter, is entirely supported by an artificial embankment with ma ive retaining-walls. The monastery, the most famous in Greece proper, was founded by Const an tine Palæologus. The great building, five stories high, is erected in a cave, 100 feet deep and high and 200 wide, in the face of a cliff: the distant view is highly picturesque. The church po e es one of the miracle-working icons of the Madonna, attributed to St. Luke. Megara (meg'a-rä). [Gr. Μέγαρα ; Semitic Me ' arah , cave.] A city in Greece, with its territory, Megaris, situated between the Haleyon Sea, the Corinthian Bay, and the Saronic Gulf. The city of Megara, with its port Niswa, was situated on the pa leading from central Greece to the Peloponnesus. Its primitive inhabitants were Carians. From it went out the colonies Byzantium, Chalcedon, Heracleia on the Pontus, and Megara Hyblæa in Sicily. It had two citadels: on the Acropolis Caria stood a celebrated temple of Demeter (the Megaron). It fell later into the hands of the Maced on i ans, and afterward of the Romans. The modern Megara, situated on the site of the ancient city, has about 6,000 inhabitants. Megara Hyblæa (mega-ri hi-ble'ä). In ancient geography, a Megarian colony in Sicily, north of