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Hieronymus, in English pronounced / h aɪ ˈ r ɒ n ɪ m ə s / or / h ə ˈ r ɒ n ɪ m ə s /, is the Latin form of the Ancient Greek name Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnymos), meaning "with a sacred name".
Hieronymus of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: Ἱερώνυμος ὁ Ῥόδιος, romanized: Hierṓnymos ho Rhódios, Latin: Hieronymus Rhodius; c. 290 – c. 230 BC [1]) was a Peripatetic philosopher, and an opponent of Arcesilaus and Lyco of Troas. Only a few fragments of his works survive, preserved in the quotations of later writers.
Hieronymus now became a mere tool in the hands of his two uncles, both of whom were favourable to the Carthaginian alliance. Thrason, the only one of his counsellors who retained any influence over his mind, and who was a staunch friend of the Romans, was soon got rid of by a charge of conspiracy. [1] [2]
Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus was born at Stridon around 342–347 AD. [4] He was of Illyrian ancestry. [6] He was not baptized until about 360–369 in Rome, where he had gone with his friend Bonosus of Sardica to pursue rhetorical and philosophical studies. (This Bonosus may or may not have been the same Bonosus whom Jerome identifies as his ...
The ship of fools, 1549 German woodcut illustration for Brant's book. Benjamin Jowett's 1871 translation recounts the story as follows: . Imagine then a fleet or a ship in which there is a captain who is taller and stronger than any of the crew, but he is a little deaf and has a similar infirmity in sight, and his knowledge of navigation is not much better.
Hieronymus of Cardia (Greek: Ἱερώνυμος ὁ Καρδιανός, c. 354 – c. 250 BC [citation needed]) was a Greek general and historian from Cardia in Thrace, and a contemporary of Alexander the Great (356–323 BC). After the death of Alexander III, he followed the fortunes of his friend and fellow-countryman Eumenes.
Hieronymus Bosch's The Last Judgement depicts a religious hellscape. ... In literature. Dante Alighieri's Inferno is one of the best-known examples of a hellscape.
Hieronymus Bosch, General Resources, ColourLex; Bosch, the Fifth Centenary Exhibition: At the Prado; Works at Open Library; K. Katelyn Hobbs, "Ecce Homo by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch (cat. 352)" [permanent dead link ] in The John G. Johnson Collection: A History and Selected Works, a Philadelphia Museum of Art free digital publication.