PEREGRINUS See also:

• PROTEUS
• PROTEUS (Proteus anguinus)

PROTEUS (2nd cent. A.D.)  , Cynic philosopher, of Parium in See also:

• MYSIA

Mysia . At an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age he was suspected of See also:

• PARRICIDE (probably for Lat. patricidia, from pater, father, and caedere, to slay); strictly the murder of a parent; the term however has been extended to include the murder of any relative or of an ascendant by a descendant. The first Roman law against p

parricide, and was obliged to leave his native See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . During his wanderings he reached See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine, where he ingratiated him-self with the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian community, and became its virtual See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head . His fanatical zeal and craving for notoriety led to his imprisonment, but the 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:

• SYRIA

Syria let him go See also:

• FREE

free, to prevent his posing as a See also:

• MARTYR (Gr. pimp or µaprvs)

martyr . He then returned to Parium to claim his paternal See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance, but finding that the circumstances of his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• DEATH

death were not yet forgotten, he publicly surrendered all claims to the See also:

• PROPERTY

property in favour of the See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality . He resumed his wandering See also:

• LIFE

life, at first assisted by the Christians, but having been detected profaning the See also:

• RITES

rites of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, he was excommunicated . During a visit to See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt he made the acquaintance of the famous Cynic Agathobulus and joined the See also:

• SECT

sect . See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

Meeting with little encouragement, he made his way to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, whence he was expelled for insulting the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• ANTONINUS, SAINT ANTONIO PIEROZZI

Antoninus See also:

• PIUS

Pius . See also:

• CROSSING

Crossing to See also:

• GREECE

Greece, he finally took up his See also:

• ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

abode at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens . Here he devoted himself to the study and teaching of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, and obtained a considerable number of pupils, amongst them Aulus See also:

• GELLIUS, AULUS (c. A.D. 13o-I8o)

Gellius, who speaks of him in very favour-able terms . But, having given offence by his attacks on Herodes See also:

• ATTICUS, TITUS POMPONIUS (109–32 B.c.)

Atticus and finding his popularity diminishing, he determined to create a sensation . He announced his intention of immolating himself on a funeral pyre at the celebration of the Olympian See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games in 165, and actually carried it out .

See also:

• LUCIAN (d. 312)
• LUCIAN [Aowaavos] (c. A.D. 120-180)

Lucian, who was See also:

• PRESENT

present, has given a full description of the event . C . M . See also:

• WIELAND, CHRISTOPH MARTIN (1733-1813)

Wieland's Geheime Geschichte See also:

• DES

des Philosophen Peregrinus See also:

• PROTEUS
• PROTEUS (Proteus anguinus)

Proteus (Eng. trans., 1796) is an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to rehabilitate his See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . See also Lucian, De morte Peregrini ; Aulus Gellius xii . I 1 ; See also:

• AMMIANUS, MARCELLINUS

Ammianus See also:

• MARCELLINUS, ST

Marcellinus See also:

• XXIX

xxix.; See also:

• PHILOSTRATUS

Philostratus, Vit . So ph. ii . 1, 33; J . See also:

• BERNAYS, JAKOB (1824-1881)

Bernays, Lucian and See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Kyniker (1875); E . See also:

• ZELLER, EDUARD (1814-1908)

Zeller, " See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander and Peregrinus," in his Vortrage and Abhandlungen, ii . (1877) . -PEREIRE [PEREIRA], GIACOBBO See also:

• RODRIGUEZ (officially RODRIGUES)

RODRIGUEZ (1715-1780), one of the inventors of See also:

• DEAF

deaf-See also:

• MUTE (Lat. tnutus, dumb)

mute See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, a member of a See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish-Jewish See also:

• FAMILY

family, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ESTREMADURA, or EXTREMADURA

Estremadura, See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, on the 11th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1715 .

At the age of eighteen he entered a business at See also:

• BORDEAUX

Bordeaux . Here he See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in love with a 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 girl who had been dumb from See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth, and henceforth devoted himself to discover a method of imparting speech to deaf-mutes . His first subject was See also:

• AARON

Aaron Baumann, a co-religionist, whom he taught to enunciate the letters of the See also:

• ALPHABET (see also WRITING)

alphabet, and to articulate certain See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary phrases . He next devised a sign alphabet for the use of one See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand only, and in 1749 he brought his second See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil before the 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 See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences, the members of which were astonished at the results he had accomplished . In 1759 Pereire was made .a member of the Royal Society of See also:

• LONDON

London . He died at Paris on the 15th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1780 .