soothsaying
31Soothsay — Sooth say , v. i. [Sooth + say; properly to say truth, tell the truth.] To foretell; to predict. You can not soothsay. Shak. Old soothsaying Glaucus spell. Milton. [1913 Webster] …
32Soothsayer — Sooth say er, n. 1. One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A mantis. [1913 Webster] …
33soothsay — intransitive verb see soothsaying …
34Chiron — This article is about the Greek mythological character. For other uses, see Chiron (disambiguation). Chiron and Achilles in a fresco from Herculaneum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples). In Greek mythology, Chiron ( …
35Orpheus — For other uses, see Orpheus (disambiguation). Roman mosaic depicting Orpheus, wearing a Phrygian cap and surrounded by the beasts charmed by the music of his lyre. Orpheus ( …
36Calchas — In Greek mythology, Calchas ( bronze man ), son of Thestor, was a Argive seer, with a gift for interpreting the flight of birds that he received of Apollo: as an augur, Calchas had no rival in the camp ( Iliad i, E.V. Rieu translation). It was… …
37Mily Balakirev — Portrait of Balakirev Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (Russian …
38Witch of Endor — The Medium of Endor: from the frontispiece to Saducismus Triumphatus by Joseph Glanvill The Witch of Endor, sometimes called the Medium of Endor, was a woman who called up the ghost of the recently deceased prophet Samuel, at the demand of King… …
39The Birth of Tragedy — Out of the Spirit of Music   …
40Haruspex — Etruscan inscriptions on the bronze sheep s liver of Piacenza In Roman and Etruscan religious practice, a haruspex (plural haruspices; Latin auspex, plural auspices) was a man trained to practice a form of divination called haruspicy, hepatoscopy …
