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Entombment, The. A painting by Raphael (1507), in the Palazzo Borghese, Rome. The body of Christ is borne by two men, attended by St. John, St. Joseph of A rima the a, and the holy women. The composition is remarkably skilful, and the expre ion of emo tion dramatic. losophy. He published "Der Magnetism us" (1819), etc. Ennis (en'is). The capital of County Clare, Ireland, situated on the river Fergus 20 miles northwest of Limerick. 6,500. Population (1891), on an killen in 1689. Ennius (en'i-us), Quintus. Born at Rudiæ in Calabria, 239 в. с.: died at Rome (1), 169 в. с. A famous Roman epic poet, one of the founders of Latin literature. He served in the Roman army in Sardinia (204 B. C.), and there met M. Porcius Cato, who IMG:content-0397.png:[blocks in formation] Bruni d'. Born at Aix, France, sea, July 20, 1793. A French navigator. He entered the naval service in 1754, became commander of the French fleet in the East Indies in 1785, and was appointed governor of Mauritius and the Isle of Bourbon in 1787. In 1791 he was sent, with the rank of rear-admiral, in search of the lost navigator La Pérouse. He failed in the main object of his expedition, but made important explorations along the east coast of New Caledonia, the west and southwest coast of New Holland, and the coast of Tasmania, accounts of which have been published by De la Billardière (1800), De Ro el (1808), and De Frémenville (1838). Entre-Minho-e-Douro (en'tre-men yö-o-dorộ). A province in the northern part of Portugal, noted for'its fruitfulne . It contains 3 districts: Vianna do Castello, Braga, and Porto. Area, 2,807 square miles. Entre Rios (en'trā rē'ōs). [Sp., 'between rivers.'] A province in the Argentine Republic, lying between the Paraná on the west and south and the Uruguay (separating it from Uruguay) on the east, and bounded by Corrientes on the north. Its chief industry is the rearing of live stock. Capital, Paraná. Area, estimated, 30,000 square miles. Population, estimated (1887), 300,000. Born at Tonnerre, Yonne, France, Oct. 5, 1728: died at London, May 21, 1810. A French diplomatist, a secret agent of Louis XV. He served the king at the court of the empre Elizabeth of Ru ia 1755-60, and later in London. He was particularly noted Eos (ē'os). [Gr. 'Ηώς.] In Greek mythology, the godde of the dawn, daughter of Hyper i on, and sister of Helios and Selene: called by the Romans Aurora. for his succe in a uming a female disguise. Eostra (eōs'trä). [AS. Eóstr a (Beda), for Eás tre. Cf. AS. eáster , OHG. ōstar a , Easter.] The godde of spring (the dawn of the year). Her cult was probably common to the West-Germanic tribes, although no specific mention is made of her except among the Anglo-Saxons. The name has been perpetuated in Easter, which is supposed to have been originally applied to the spring festival held in her honor. Eothen (e-o'then). [Gr. ἠῶθεν , from the dawn.] A book of travels in the East, by Alexander William King lake, published 1844. Eötvös (ét-vėsh), Baron József. Born at Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 3, 1813: died at Budapest, Feb. 2, 1871. A Hungarian novelist, publicist, statesman, and orator, minister of worship and public instruction 1867-71.1 He novels "Karthausi" ("The Car thus i an," 1838), "A' falu' jegyzője" ("The Village Notary," 1844), "Magyarország 1514-ben" ("Hungary in 1514," 1847). Epa min on das (e-pam-i-non'das). [Gr. Ἐπαμεινώνδας, Επαμινώνδας.] Born about 418 B. c.: died at Mantinea, Arcadia, Greece, 362 в. с. A famous Theban general and statesman. He defeated the Spartans at Leuctra in 371; invaded the Peloponnesus; founded Megalopolis (in Arcadia); and was victorious and was mortally wounded at Mantinea in 362. Epa no meri a (ā-pä-nō-mā-re'ä). A town on the island of Sant or in i (Thera), in the Grecian Archipelago. It is remarkable for its position on precipitous rocks. Epeiros. See Epirus . Eperies (a-par yes), Hung. Eperjes (e'peryesh). The capital of the county of Sáros, Hungary, situated on the Tarcza in lat. 48° 59' N., long. 21° 17′ E. It was founded by a Ger man colony, and was the scene of the execution of Protestants by the Imperialist Caraffa in 1687. Population (1890), 10,371. Épernay (a-per-nā'). A town in the department of Marne, France, situated on the Marne 19 miles northwest of Châlons-sur-Marne. It is the chief center of the trade in champagne, the wine being stored here in vaults in the chalk rock. Population (1891), commune, 18,361. Ephesiaca. See Habrocomas and Anthia . Ephesus (ef'e-sus). [Gr. ' Έφεσος .] In ancient geography, Led on i an cit Asia Minor, in situated the Caÿster, near its mouth, in lat. 37° 57′ N., long. 27° 21′ E. It was conquered by Lydia, Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Romans. It was celebrated for its temple of Artemis, and as a great commercial city, but was unimportant in the middle ages. It was a place of residence of Paul, and the seat of the third general council in 431, and of the Robber Synod in 449. On its site are Ayasaluk and other small villages. Among its ruins are: ( a ) The great theater mentioned in Acts xix. 23. It is Greek in plan, with Roman modifications. The cave a, 495 feet in diameter, has two precinct ions, with 11 cunei in the two lower ranges, and 22 in the highest, which is skirted by a colonnaded gallery. The orchestra is 110 feet in diam Ephesus eter, and the proscenium 22 feet wide. (b) The odeum, ascribed to the 2d century A. D. In plan it is a half circle 153 feet in diameter. There is one precinct i on, with 5 cunei below and 10 above it, and a rich Corinthian gallery around the top. The orchestra is 30 feet in diameter; the stage has 5 doors and Corinthian columns. (c) A stadium, ascribed to the time of August us. It is 850 feet long and about 200 wide. The north side and semicircular east end are supported on vaulted substructions, the south side on the rock of the hillside. A double colonnade was carried along its entire length, and communicated with the upper gallery of the stadium by a series of stairways. (d) A temple of Artemis (Diana of the Ephesians), a famous sanctuary founded in the 6th century B. C., and rebuilt in the 4th. The temple was Ionic, dip. teral, octastyle, with 21 columns on the flanks, and measured 164 by 342 feet. The base-diameter of the columns was 6 feet, their height 55. The base-drums of 36 columns of the front and rear were beautifully sculptured with figures in relief: there are examples in the British Museum the The cella had interior ranges of columns, Ephesus, Council of. 1. The third ecumenical council, called by Theodosius II. in connection with Val ent in i an III., held at Ephesus under the direction of Cyril of Alexandria in 431 A. D. It opened with 160 bishops (increased to 198), and included for the first time papal delegates from Rome, who were instructed not to mix in the debates, but to sit as judges over the opinions of the rest. It condemned the heresy of Nestor i us without stating clearly the correct doctrine. 2. The so-called Robber Council, convoked by Theodosius, held at Ephesus under the presidency of Dioscurus of Alexandria in 449. It in cluded 135 bishops. It reinstated Eutyches in the office of priest and archimandrite, from which he had been expelled by the Synod of Constantinople (448), and deposed Flavian, patriarch of Constantinople, who was so roughly handled that he died of his injuries shortly after. in lower tier, Corinthian above. Ephialtes (ef-i-al'tez). [Gr. ' Ἐφιάλτης .] In clas the Thebian and Trojan wars, down to the conclusion of the heroic age. Mahaffy, Hist. of Cla ical Greek Lit., I. 86. Epic harm us (ep-i-kär'mus). [Gr. Επίχαρμος .] Born in the island of Cos about 540 B. c.: died at Syracuse at an advanced age (ninety or ninety-seven). A Greek comic poet. At an early age he was carried to Megara, in Sicily, and thence, when Megara was sacked by Gelon, to Syracuse. Thirty-five titles of his comedies are extant, and he is said to have written 52 plays. The notice that he [Epic harm us) added letters to the alphabet arises either from some later letters being first adopted in his works, or from his intimacy with Simon ides at Syracuse. It is not impo ible, as Simon ides did adopt some additions, that he persuaded Epic harm us to spread their use in copies of his very popular plays.