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Hymen
Greek god of marriage. He was usually thought to be a son of Apollo by one of the Muses, perhaps Calliope. Other accounts called him the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite. In Attic legend he was a beautiful youth who rescued a group of young women, incl. his beloved, from a gang of pirates. He obtained the girl in marriage, and their happy life was invoked in many wedding songs.
Rymer
English critic. Though called to the bar in 1673, Rymer almost immediately turned to literary criticism. He is known for introducing into England the principles of French formalist Neoclassical criticism. Among his works are The Tragedies of the Last Age (1678) and A Short View of Tragedy (1693), both highly critical of modern drama and favoring classical tragedy. His views were very influential until the 19th cent. Appointed historiographer royal in 1692, he compiled most of the Foedera, a collection of treaties entered into by England that is of considerable value to the medievalist.
camel
Either of two species of large, hump-backed ruminants (family Camelidae) used as draft and saddle animals in desert regions, especially in Africa and Asia. Adaptations to windblown deserts include double rows of eyelashes, the ability to close the nostrils, and wide-spreading soft feet. Though docile when properly trained, camels can be dangerous. The Bactrian camel (C. bactrianus) is about 7 ft (2 m) tall at the top of the two humps; the Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), or dromedary, has one hump and is 7 ft (2 m) high at the shoulder. When food is available, camels store fat in their humps to be used later for sustenance and to manufacture water. They are thus able to go several days without drinking water.
cameo
Hard or precious stone, glass, ceramic, or shell carved in relief above the surface. It is the opposite of intaglio. Cameos survive from the early Sumerian period (c.3100 BC) to the decline of Roman civilization, and from the Renaissance to the Neoclassical period of the 18th cent. They were carved with mythological scenes and portraits, and many commemorated specific persons. In the 18th-19th cent., cameos adorned diadems, belts, brooches, and bracelets.
camera
Device for recording an image of an object on a light-sensitive surface (see photography). It is essentially a light-tight box with an opening (aperture) to admit light focused onto a sensitized film or plate. All cameras have included five crucial components: (1) the camera box, which holds and protects the sensitive film from all light except that entering through the lens; (2) film, on which the image is recorded; (3) the light control, consisting of an aperture or diaphragm and a shutter, both often adjustable; (4) the lens, which focuses the light rays from the subject onto the film, creating the image; and (5) the viewing system, which may be separate from the lens system (usually above it) or may operate ...
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