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(kät r ´nä k rnä´r ) (KEY) , 1454–1510, queen of Cyprus. A celebrated Venetian beauty, she was married in 1472 to James II of Cyprus, who was e...
(Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator) (k sh d ´r s) (KEY) , c.485–c.585, Roman statesman and author. He held high office under Theodoric th...
(Constantine Copronymus), 718–75, Byzantine emperor (741–75), son and successor of Leo III. An able general and administrator, he fought successfu...
1904–81, American anthropologist, archaeologist, and educator, b. Wakefield, Mass., grad. Harvard 1925, Ph.D. 1928. From 1925 to 1939 he was engaged...
(k k´ r l) (KEY) , 1788–1863, English architect, archaeologist, and writer. While excavating at Bassae, Aegina, and other sites in Italy, Greece, a...
(kûr´s fr n) (KEY) , fl. 6th cent. B.C., Cretan architect. According to tradition he was the builder of the original archaic Ionic temple of Artemis...