(n.) The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is Aeneas.
Example Sentences:
(1) Dido In Virgil's Aeneid, the queen of Carthage, an exile from Tyre after the murder of her husband, was doing very nicely thank you very much, founding a new city in what is now Tunisia.
(2) Her most recent publications include the poetry collection Incredible Good Fortune and the novel Lavinia, set in the world of Virgil's Aeneid and narrated by the wife-to-be of Aeneas.
(3) For instance, when Enoch Powell made his “rivers of blood” speech in Birmingham in 1968, he didn’t actually use the words “rivers of blood”, but instead quoted Virgil’s Aeneid.
(4) Her last novel, Lavinia , in which she adopts the voice of a minor character in the Aeneid , appeared in 2008, and since then she has published stories, essays and poetry.
Troy
Definition:
(n.) Troy weight.
Example Sentences:
(1) Lord of the Rings made him the doomed anti-hero , he was easily the best thing in the disastrous Troy, giving Odysseus guile, wit and that familiar, rough-edged charm, and he terrified TV viewers as property developer John Dawson in the dark and brilliant Red Riding .
(2) In such destructive form Ighalo needs only the slightest sniff at goal and typically his trusty sidekick, Troy Deeney, was the provider, heading down a crossfield pass from Almen Abdi.
(3) Troy Carter, the force behind Lady Gaga , isn't just a talent manager.
(4) The new barbiturate has been used in states such as Oklahoma and Texas, and in Georgia where it was used last week as part of the lethal injection that killed Troy Davis .
(5) The American anti-abortion campaigner Troy Newman has been denied a visa to travel to Australia, just days after the government indicated it might block the American singer Chris Brown from touring the country.
(6) But it’s a huge honour to be back in the Premier League and our supporters deserve it.” Watford were put on their way to victory with a first-half goal from their captain, Troy Deeney, who then set up the Czech international Vydra, who was on loan at West Bromwich Albion last season, for the second in stoppage-time.
(7) Rubinstein said the decision to close the embassy, as well as honorary consulates in Troy, Michigan, and Houston, Texas, was “in consideration of the atrocities the Assad regime has committed against the Syrian people”.
(8) While they spurned several opportunities here, allowing tension to creep in before Tadic scored the second 17 minutes from time, their three centre-halves did not allow the Watford strikeforce of Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney a sniff.
(9) I can confirm that my department has cancelled the visa for Mr Troy Newman under Section 128 of the Migration Act,” the minister said.
(10) The only racing certainty is that for all the experienced pros brought in, Troy Deeney will be the beating heart and leader of the side.
(11) He already knows that he will be without Troy Deeney, who was sent off for two bookings, while Manuel Almunia injured his left hamstring in the warm-up and had to be replaced by Jonathan Bond, who was taken to hospital after suffering a sickening injury in the first half.
(12) The tone was set by Ighalo and Troy Deeney up front, both muscular, harrying presences, and it was clear Martin Skrtel and Mamadou Sakho would have an uncomfortable afternoon.
(13) Bolognesi, D. P. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.), and D. E. Wilson.
(14) He did Bright Young Things (2003), directed by Stephen Fry; he played President Paul von Hindenburg in Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003); he was an incredulous Priam in Troy (2004) and Casanova as an old man in the 2005 mini-series starring David Tennant.
(15) Another witness, reporter Troy Hayden, told the same paper that it had been "very disturbing to watch ... like a fish on shore gulping for air."
(16) "It's been another frustrating night," said Pearson, after Harry Kane's header proved an insufficient response to a close-range Troy Deeney volley and a 30-yard screamer by Nathaniel Chalobah.
(17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Troy Newman stopped at Denver airport.
(18) After briefly anchoring its historical credentials in the siege of Troy, the poem quickly delivers us into Arthurian Britain, at Christmas time, with the knights of the Round Table in good humour and full voice.
(19) 23 August 1989 – Troy Davis is arrested and charged with the murder of MacPhail, based largely on the word of another man present at the shooting, Sylvester 'Redd' Coles.
(20) It was the West Ham captain who scored twice from the penalty spot before Sebastian Prödl pulled one back for Watford with a fine finish, Troy Deeney missed a late penalty and Nordin Amrabat was sent off.