Chapter Annir to Antiope of A by Brewer's Readers Handbook

The Modern Antigonê, Mariè Thérèse Charlotte duchesse d’Angouleme, daughter of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette (1778–1851).

Antigonus, a Sicilian lord, commanded by king Leontês to take his infant daughter to a desert shore and leave her to perish. Antigonus was driven by a storm to the coast of Bohemia, where he left the babe; but on his way back to the ship, he was torn to pieces by a bear.—Shakespeare: The Winter’s Tale (1604).

N.B.—“The coast of Bohemia.” Bohemia is quite inland, and has no “coast.” It is in the middle of what was once called Germany, but is now a part of the Austrian empire.

Antigonus (King), an old man with a young man’s amorous passions. He is one of the four kings who succeeded to the divided empire of Alexander the Great.—Beaumont and Fletcher: The Humorous Lieutenant (printed 1647).

Antinous , a page of Hadrian the Roman emperor, noted for his beauty.

Antinous , son of Cassilane general of Candy, and brother of Annophel, in The Laws of Candy, Beaumont and Fletcher (printed 1647).

Antiochus, emperor of Greece, who sought the life of Periclês prince of Tyre, but died without effecting his design.—Shakespeare: Pericles Prince of Tyre (1608).

Antiope , daughter of Idomeneus , for whom Telemachus had a tendre. Mentor approved his choice, and assured Telemachus that the lady was designed for him by the gods. Her charms were ‘the glowing modesty of her countenance, her silent diffidence, and her sweet reserve; her constant attention to tapestry or to some other useful and elegant employment; her diligence in household affairs, her contempt of finery in dress, and her ignorance of her own beauty.” Telemachus says, “She encourages to industry by her example, sweetens labour by the melody of her voice, and excels the best of painters in the elegance of her embroidery.”—Fénelon: Télémaque, xxii. (1700).

He [Paul] fancied he had found in Virginia the wisdom of Antiope with the misfortunes and the tenderness of Euchairs.—Bernardin de St. Pierre: Paul and Virginia (1788).