Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025
the Second Week after Epiphany
the Second Week after Epiphany
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Pleiades, the
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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The name given to the promoters of a movement in the middle of the 16th century that aimed at the reform of the French language and literature on classical models, and led on by a group of seven men, Ronsard, Du Bellay, Belleau, Baïf, Daurat, Jodelle, and Pontus de Tyard. The name "Pleiad" was originally applied to seven contemporary poets in ancient Greece, and afterwards to seven learned men in the time of Charlemagne.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pleiades, the'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/pleiades-the.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pleiades, the'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/pleiades-the.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
