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Edmund Shakespeare (1580 in Stratford-upon-Avon – buried 31 December 1607 in London) was a 16th- and 17th-century English actor, and the brother of William...

Perdix (Ancient Greek: Πέρδιξ means "partridge") was a nephew and student of Daedalus in Greek mythology. In other sources, Perdix was the mother of Talos...

A pharmakós (Greek: φαρμακός, plural pharmakoi) in Ancient Greek religion was the ritualistic sacrifice or exile of a human scapegoat or victim. A slave...

In Greek mythology, Theophane (Ancient Greek: Θεοφάνη) was a daughter of Bisaltes. In consequence of Theophane's extraordinary beauty, she was beleaguered...

In Greek mythology, Agron[pronunciation?](Ancient Greek: Ἄγρων, lit. 'wild' or 'rustic') was a son of Eumelus and brother of Byssa and Meropis. The family...

In Greek mythology, Ctesylla (Ancient Greek: Κτήσυλλα) was a maiden of Ioulis in Ceos, daughter of Alcidamas. During the Pythian festival, an Athenian...

In Greek mythology, Cragaleus (/krəˈɡaɪliːəs/; Ancient Greek: Κραγαλεύς) was a son of Dryops who dwelt in the land Dryopis next to a spring which was believed...

In Greek mythology, Clinis or Kleinis (Ancient Greek: Κλεῖνις, romanized: Kleínis) was a native of Babylon and father, by Harpe, of three sons, Harpasus...

David Ian Roberts (born 8 May 1970) is a British children's illustrator. He has illustrated a large number of books in both black and white and colour...

Sydney 'Syd' Wentworth Nicholls (20 December 1896 – 3 June 1977) was an Australian cartoonist and commercial artist, best known for the long-running comic...

Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found is a narrative nonfiction book by Suketu Mehta, published in 2004, about the Indian city of Mumbai (also known as Bombay)...

The Ancient Future Trilogy is a set of fantasy novels by Traci Harding. The story follows a 20th-century Australian woman who is transported to 6th century...

Kathryn Deans is an Australian children's fantasy author. She was raised in the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne in Australia. All The Flowers of Babylon...

Constance Wiel Schram (née Nygaard; 27 September 1890, Christiania – 18 September 1955, Oslo) was a Norwegian writer and translator. She was the daughter...

Robert Wever was an English poet and dramatist of the sixteenth century (floruit c. 1550) about whom little biographical information seems to have survived...

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay (1864–1948) was the first woman to earn a doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania; she had previously attended Wellesley...

Only the Animals is a 2014 book by Ceridwen Dovey (Hamish Hamilton, ISBN 978-1-926-42858-1). It is her second book after Blood Kin (2008). It is a collection...

Stories of Darkness and Dread is a collection of stories by American writer Joseph Payne Brennan. It was released in 1973 and was the author's second collection...

The Book of Kane is a collection of fantasy short stories by Karl Edward Wagner featuring his character Kane. It was first published in 1985 by Donald...

Sanja Nikčević (born 1960) is a Croatian theatre critic and distinguished professor of theatre history in the drama department of the Arts Academy of Osijek...