Rufinus

After murder of Rufinus in 395 by Gainas, in which he was probably an accomplice, he obtained control of the government. He was elevated to the rank of a patrician in 398, and was made consul in 399. At the instance of Eudoxia and Gainas he was sur rendered in 399 to the rebellious Goths in Asia Minor. Eutyches (ü'ti-kēz). [Gr. Εὐτύχης .] Lived in the 5th century A. D. A heresiarch of the Eastern Church, founder of the sect of the Eutychians. The heresy was condemned at the Council of Chalcedon in 451. Eutychians (u-tik'i-anz). The followers or those holding the doctrine of Eutyches. He taught that Christ had but one nature, the divine, so that it was proper to that God had been crucified for He was an opponent of Nestor i us, and the founder of the sect of Monophysites. Euxine (ūk's in), The. See Black Sea . Eva (ē'vä), Little. [See Eve .] In Mrs. Stowe's "Uncle" Tom's Cabin," the daughter of St. Clare: a child whose friendship for Uncle Tom and whose early death form an important part of the novel. Evagoras (e-vag'ō-ras). [Gr. Εὐαγόρας .] Killed 374 B. C. A king of Salamis, in Cyprus, from about 410-374 в. с. Evagrius (ē-vag'ri-us), surnamed Scholastic us. [Gr. Εὐάγριος .] Born at Epiphania, CœleSyria, about 536: died after 594. A Syrian church historian, author of an "Ecclesiastical History." Evald (a'väld), Johannes. Born at Copenhagen, Nov. 18, 1743: died at Copenhagen, March 17, 1781. A celebrated Danish lyric poet. He studied theology at the University of Copenhagen, but left suddenly to enter the Pru ian military service. He soon, however, deserted to the Austrians, and after a year and a half again deserted and returned to Copenhagen and resumed his studies. His first work, "Lykkens Temple" ("The Temple of Fortune"), an allegorical narrative in prose, appeared in 1764. A poem on the death of King Frederick V. (1766) established his fame as a lyric poet. A lyrical drama, "Adam og Eva" ("Adam and Eve "), appeared in 1769; a prose tragedy, "Rolf Krage," in 1770. In 1774 appeared the tragedy "Balders Död" ("Balder's Death"), the first Danish drama written in iambic pentameter. His greatest work, Fiskerne The Fishermen, written in is a dramatized description of life. It contains some of his best lyrics, among them "Kong Kristian stod ved höien Mast" ("King Christian stood by the lofty Mast"), which has become a national song. He left an uncompleted autobiography, "Johannes Ewalds Levnet og Meninger" ("Johannes Ewald's Life and Opinions"). His complete works, "Samtlige Skrifter," appeared in Copenhagen 1850-55, 6 vols. Evan (ev'an). See the extract. The story [of the King of Thule] next appears in a legal form, familiar to the student of Black stone. In this shape it recounts the oppre ions of "Evenus," or "King Evan the Third," or "Evan the Sixteenth," according to various versions, who at some time before the Christian era made a law appropriating the wives of his subjects to himself; but, after a quarrel which lasted for about 1,100 years, the barbarous tribute was, at the request of King Malcolm's queen, commuted for a money payment. It has been dis law and its repeal, are all equally mythical. But the story remained down to recent times the stock example of the horrors of the feudal system. Carolina, near the Santee about 50 miles north covered after much research that the ancient king, his west of Charleston. It was the scene of a battle, Sept. 8, 1781, between about 2,000 Americans under Greene and about 2,300 British under Stewart. The American lo was 535, the British about 630. It is described as a technical British victory. Euterpe (u-ter'pē). [Gr. Ευτέρπη , the well pleasing.) 1. In cla ical mythology, one of the Muses, a divinity of joy and pleasure, the patrone of flute-players. She invented the double flute, and favored rather the wild and simple melodies of primitive peoples than the more finished art of music, and was thus a ociated more with Bacchus than with Apollo. She is usually represented as a virgin crowned with flowers, having a flute in her hand, or with various musical instruments about her. 2. An asteroid (No. 27) discovered by Hind at London, Nov. 8, 1853. Euthydemus (u-thi-de'mus). [Gr. Εὐθύδημος .] A dialogue of Plato, the narration by So crates of a conversation which took place at the Lyceum between himself, the sophists Euthydemus and Dionysodorus, Crito, Cleinias, and Ctesippus. Its theme is virtue and instruction in virtue, and it is a satire upon the sophists and the older philosophy. Eutin (oi-ten'). The chief town in the principality of Lübeck, belonging to Oldenburg, Germany, 19 miles north of Lübeck. It was anciently the seat of a bishopric. It is a ociated with Vo and Count Stolberg, and is the birthplace of Weber. Population (1890), commune, 4,625. Eutropius (u-trō'pi-us). [LL., from Gr. Εὐτρό Elton , Origins of Eng. Hist., p. 84. Evander (ē-van'der). [Gr. Εύανδρος .] In cla ical legend, a son of Hermes, and the leader of an Arcadian colony into Latium 60 years before the Trojan war. Evangelical Alliance, The. The name of an a ociation of Christians belonging to the Evangelical denominations. It was organized by a world's convention in London in 1846, and its object is to promote Christian intercourse between the different orthodox Protestant denominations, and more effective coöper at i on in Christian work. Branches exist in all countries where there are considerable Protestant communities. Several general conferences have been held, in which reports were received concerning the religious condition of the world. Among the most important results obtained by the alliance is the establishment of a week of prayer, the week commencing with the first Sunday of January in each year, now largely observed throughout Protestant Christen dom. Evangeline (e-van'je-lin). [F. Evangeline , NL. Evangel in a , from Gr. εὐάγγελος, bringer of good news.] An idyllic poem by Long fellow, published in 1847: named from its heroine. It is founded on the removal of the Acadians by the British in 1755. Evangeline is accidentally parted from her lover, Gabriel, whom she seeks hopele ly but faithfully all her life, as he seeks her. They pa near one another many times, but never meet until he is dying in a hospital many years after. Evans, August a J. See Wilson , Mrs. Evans, Frederick William Evans (ev'anz), Frederick William. Born June 9, 1808: died March 6, 1893. An elder in the Shaker denomination, and writer on religious subjects. He emigrated to America in 1820, and In 1830 joined the community of Shakers at Mount Leba non, N. Y., of which he was presiding elder from 1855. He published "A Short Treatise on the Second Appearing of Christ in and through the Order of the Female" (1853), "Autobiography of a Shaker" (1869), "Religious Communion" (1871), etc. Evans, Sir George De Lacy. Born at Moig, County Limerick, Ireland, Oct. 7, 1787: died at London, Jan. 9, 1870. A British general. He served against the French in the Spanish peninsula 18121814, and against the Americans at Baltimore, Washington, and New Orleans in 1814-15; commanded the British legion sent to suppre the Car list rebellion in Spain 1835-37; commanded a division of the British army in the Crimea 1854-55; and was promoted general in 1861. Evans, Sir Hugh. In Shakspere's "Merry Wives of Windsor," a ludicrous, officious, and simple-minded Welsh parson.