Nisus

[4] In the Aeneid, Nisus is a follower of Aeneas and famed for his loyalty to his friend

Letter 76 1793

I've been studying the culture here on Nisus, which is unique in our galaxy—there's even more ethnic diversity than in nineteenth- and twentieth-century America, with far more interdependence.

The Idic Epidemic Jean Lorrah 2000

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MacMegasite 2009

After that, they ferried a bevy of scientists to the science colony on Nisus.

The Beast That Resembles A Poem(A Handy Resource for Architects,Engineers, and Students) 2010

But he the while was pacing to and fro in his house; and, rushing into the men's chamber, he thought he had reached the city of Nisus, albeit he had gone into his own halls.

Heracles 2008

But he the while was pacing to and fro in his house; and, rushing into the men's chamber, he thought he had reached the city of Nisus, albeit he had gone into his own halls.

Heracles 2008

Orestes out of countenance, and want nothing but a catastrophe like Nisus and

'Put to the Blush': Romantic Irregularities and Sapphic Tropes 2006

Even so, with the episodes of Dido and of Nisus and

Voltaire 2007

Scylla, the daughter of Nisus, became madly in love with him; and although in point of fact, her father did not possess a lock of gold, he had one of purple, and it is known that on this lock depended equally his life and the fate of the Megarian

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

Now, Bochart being of opinion that a sparrow-hawk is called “neis” in Hebrew, I thence conclude, that the history of Terelas, Amphitryon, Nisus, and Minos is copied from the history of Samson.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007