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121Plutus — [plo͞ot′əs] n. 〚L < Gr Ploutos < ploutos, wealth: see PLUTOCRACY〛 Gr. Myth. the blind god of wealth * * * ▪ Greek mythology in Greek religion, god of abundance or wealth, a personification of ploutos (Greek: “riches”). According to Hesiod,… …
122To Autumn — a poem (1819) by Keats that celebrates the autumn season. It is sometimes referred to as Ode to Autumn. It is one of Keats’s best known poems, enjoyed by many people for the musical sounds of lines such as the famous opening: Season of mists and… …
123analogy — /euh nal euh jee/, n., pl. analogies. 1. a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump. 2. similarity or comparability: I see no analogy between your problem and… …
124cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …
125Demeter — /di mee teuhr/, n. the ancient Greek chthonian goddess of agriculture and the protector of marriage and the social order, identified by the Romans with Ceres. She presided over the Eleusinian mysteries. * * * In Greek religion, a consort of Zeus… …
126education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …
127Faunus — /faw neuhs/, n. an ancient Italian woodland deity, later identified with Pan. * * * Ancient Italian rural deity, the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Pan. The grandson of Saturn, he was depicted as half man, half goat, like a satyr. He was… …
128Fortuna — /fawr tooh neuh, tyooh /, n. the ancient Roman goddess of fortune, identified with the Greek goddess Tyche. * * * ▪ Roman goddess in Roman religion, goddess of chance or lot who became identified with the Greek Tyche; the original Italian… …
