LEDA  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, daughter of Thestius, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• AETOLIA

Aetolia, and Eurythemis (her parentage is variously given) . She was the wife of Tyndareus and See also:

• MOTHER

mother of See also:

• CASTOR

Castor and See also:

• POLLUX, JULIUS
• POLLUX, or POLLUCITE

Pollux, Clytaemnestra and See also:

• HELEN

Helen (see CASTOR AND POLLUX) . In another See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account See also:

• NEMESIS

Nemesis was the mother of Helen (q.v.) whom Leda adopted as her daughter . This led to the See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification of Leda and Nemesis . In the usual later See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, Leda herself, having been visited by See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus in the form of a See also:

• SWAN (A. S. swan and swan, Icel. svanr, Du. zwaart, Ger. Schwan)
• SWAN, J
• SWAN, JOHN MACALLAN (1847-1910)
• SWAN, SIR JOSEPH WILSON (1828– )

swan, produced two eggs, from one of which came Helen, from the other Castor and Pollux . See See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus iii . 10; See also:

• HYGINUS
• HYGINUS (surnamed GROMATICUS, from gruma, a surveyor's measuring-rod)
• HYGINUS, GAIUS JULIUS

Hyginus, Fab . 77; See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer, Iliad, iii . 426, Od. xi . 298; See also:

• EURIPIDES (48o–4o6 B.C.)

Euripides, See also:

• HELENA
• HELENA, ST (c. 247-c. 327)

Helena, 17; Isocrates, Helena, 59; See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid, Heroides, xvii . 55; See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace, Ars poetica, 147; See also:

• STASINUS

Stasinus in See also:

• ATHENAEUS

Athenaeus viii . 334 c.; for the representations of Leda and the swan in See also:

• ART

art, J .

A . See also:

• OVERBECK, JOHANN FRIEDRICH (1789-1869)

Overbeck, Kunstmythologie, i., and See also:

• ATLAS

Atlas to the same; also See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article in See also:

• ROSCHER, WILHELM GEORG FRIEDRICH (1817–1894)

Roscher's Lexikon der Mythologie . LE DAIM (or LE DAIN), See also:

• OLIVIER, JUSTE DANIEL (1807-1876)

OLIVIER (d . 1484), favourite of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XI. of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of humble parentage at Thielt near Courtrai in See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders . Seeking his See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, he became See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court See also:

• BARBER (from Lat. barba, beard)

barber and See also:

• VALET (Fr. valet; O. Fr. vaslet)

valet to Louis XI., and so ingratiated himself with the king that in 1474 he was ennobled under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Le Daim and in 1477 made See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

comte de Meulant . In the latter See also:

• YEAR

year he was sent to See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy to See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young heiress of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles the Bold, but he was ridiculed and compelled to leave See also:

• GHENT (Flem. Gent, Fr. Gand)

Ghent . He thereupon seized and held See also:

• TOURNAI (Flemish Doornik)

Tournai for the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French . Le Daim had considerable See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent for intrigue, and, according to his enemies, could always be depended upon to execute the baser designs of the king . He amassed a large fortune, ls.rgely by oppression and violence, and was named See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman-in-waiting, See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of See also:

• LOCHES

Loches, and See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint-Quentin . He remained in favour until the See also:

• DEATH

death of Louis XI., when the rebellious lords were able to avenge the slights and insults they had suffered 'at the hands of the royal barber . He was arrested on charges, 1858 he represented the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See in See also:

• COLUMBIA

Columbia, but on the the nature of which is uncertain, tried before the See also:

• PARLEMENT (see PARLIAMENT)

parlement of Paris, and on the 21st of May 1484 hanged at See also:

• MONTFAUCON, BERNARD DE (1655-1741)

Montfaucon without the knowledge of Charles VIII., who might have heeded his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request and spared the favourite . Le Daim's See also:

• PROPERTY

property was given to the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans .

See the See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs of the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, especially those of Ph. de See also:

• COMMINES, PHILIPPE DE (c. 1445-c. 1511)

Commines (ed . Mandrot, 1901-1903, Eng. trans. in See also:

• BOHN, HENRY GEORGE (1796-1884)

Bohn Library); Robt . Gaguin, Compendium de origine et gestis Francorum (Paris, 1586)—it was Gaguin who made the celebrated See also:

• EPIGRAM

epigram concerning Le Daim: " Eras judex, See also:

• LECTOR, or READER

lector, et exitium "; De Reiffenberg, Olivier le Dain (See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels, 1829); Delanone, Le See also:

• BARBIER, ANTOINE ALEXANDRE (1765–1825)
• BARBIER, HENRI AUGUSTE (1805-1882)
• BARBIER, LOUIS

Barbier de Louis XI . (Paris, 1832) : G . Picot, " Proces d'Olivier le Dain," in the Comptes rendus de l'Academie See also:

• DES

des sciences morales et politiques, viii . (1877), 485-537 . The memoirs of the time are uniformly hostile to Le Daim .