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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59659" /> == | |||
<p> A celebrated [[Athenian]] law-giver, who first gave stability to the State by committing the laws to writing, and establishing the Ephetæ, or court of appeal, 621 B.C.; only he punished every transgressor of his laws with death, so that his code became unbearable, and was superseded ere long by a milder, instituted by Solon, who affixed the penalty of death to murder alone; he is said to have justified the severity of his code by maintaining that the smallest crime deserved death, and he knew no severer punishment for greater; it is said he was smothered to death in the theatre by the hats and cloaks showered on him as a popular mark of honour; he was archon of Athens. </p> | <p> DRACO, n. [[See]] Dragon. </p> 1. [[In]] astronomy, a constellation of the northern hemisphere, containing according to Flamstead, eighty stars. 2. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds. 3. A genus of animals of two species. See Dragon. | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72220" /> == | |||
<p> A celebrated [[Athenian]] law-giver, who first gave stability to the [[State]] by committing the laws to writing, and establishing the Ephetæ, or court of appeal, 621 B.C.; only he punished every transgressor of his laws with death, so that his code became unbearable, and was superseded ere long by a milder, instituted by Solon, who affixed the penalty of death to murder alone; he is said to have justified the severity of his code by maintaining that the smallest crime deserved death, and he knew no severer punishment for greater; it is said he was smothered to death in the theatre by the hats and cloaks showered on him as a popular mark of honour; he was archon of Athens. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_59659"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/draco Draco from King James Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_72220"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/draco Draco from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_72220"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/draco Draco from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 21:06, 11 October 2021
King James Dictionary [1]
DRACO, n. See Dragon.
1. In astronomy, a constellation of the northern hemisphere, containing according to Flamstead, eighty stars. 2. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds. 3. A genus of animals of two species. See Dragon.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A celebrated Athenian law-giver, who first gave stability to the State by committing the laws to writing, and establishing the Ephetæ, or court of appeal, 621 B.C.; only he punished every transgressor of his laws with death, so that his code became unbearable, and was superseded ere long by a milder, instituted by Solon, who affixed the penalty of death to murder alone; he is said to have justified the severity of his code by maintaining that the smallest crime deserved death, and he knew no severer punishment for greater; it is said he was smothered to death in the theatre by the hats and cloaks showered on him as a popular mark of honour; he was archon of Athens.
