:MemnoninGreekmythologyisthesonofTithonus (sonofLaomedon, legendarykingofTroy) andEos (Dawn) -Homerichero, who, afterthedeathoftheTrojanwarriorHector, wenttoassisthisunclePriam, thelastkingofTroy, , GodMemnonreferstotheColossiofMemnon, twomassivestonestatuesofPharaohAmenhotepIIIacrosstheRiverNile.
:Asphinxisamythicalcreaturewithalion’, Egypt.
:ThecataractsoftheNileareshallowlengths (orwhitewaterrapids) oftheNileRiver, betweenAswanandKhartoum, wherethesurfaceofthewaterisbrokenbymanysmallbouldersandstonesprotrudingoutoftheriverbed, , thesestretchesarepunctuatedbywhitewaterandareperhapswellcharacterizedasrapids, whileatothersthewaterflowissmoother, butstillshallow.
(1872-1970):HewasaBritishphilosopher, logician, essayistandsocialcriticbestknownforhisworkinmathematicallogicandanalyticphilosophy.
(1593-1633):HewasaWelsh-bornEnglishpoet, ’spoetryisassociatedwiththewritingsofthemetaphysicalpoets, andheisrecognizedas “apivotalfigure: enormouslypopular, deeplyandbroadlyinfluential, andarguablythemostskillfulandimportantBritishdevotionallyricist”.
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:AnothertouchingfairytalebyWildeinwhichanightingalesacrificesherlifeinordertogetaredroseinachillywinterforascholarwhofellinlovewithhisprofessor’, sacrificeandtruelove.
:’’svisitandthelatter’, thebossrescuesaflyfromtheinkpotonlytotortureittodeath.
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(1998):, benevolence, love, faithandsalvationwhichcontainselementsofEgyptianhistory, cultureandarchitecture.
(2002):, aNewYorkerpreparinganawardpartyforherAIDS-strickenlong-timefriendandpoet, Richardin2001; LauraBrown, apregnant1950s’ Californiahousewifewithayoungboyandanunhappymarriage; andVirginiaWoolfherselfin1920s’ England, whoisstrugglingwithdepressionandmentalillnesswhilsttryingtowritehernovel.
