Chapter Areopagitica to Ariconium of A by Brewer's Readers Handbook

Argenk (The halls of). Here are portrayed all the various creatures that inhabited this earth before the creation of Adam.—Beckford: Vathek (1784).

Argentile, daughter of king Adelbright, and ward of Edel. Curan, a Danish prince, in order to woo her, became a drudge in her house, but, being obliged to quit her service, became a shepherd. Edel, the guardian, forcing his suit on Argentile, compelled her to flight, and she became a neatherd’s maid. In this capacity Curan wooed and won her. Edel was forced to restore the possessions of his ward, and Curan became king of Northumberland. As for Edel, he was put to death.—Warner: Albion’s England (1536).

Argentin (Le sieur d), one of the officers of the duke of Burgundy.—Sir W. Scott: Anne of Geierstein (time, Edward IV.).

Argeo, baron of Servia and husband of Gabrina.—Ariosto: Orlando Furioso (1516).

Argestes, the west wind.

Wingèd Argestes, faire Aurora’s sonne, Licensed that day to leave his dungeon, Meekly attended.
   —W. Brown: Britannia’s Pastorals, ii. 5 (1613).

Argestes, the north-east wind; Cæcias, the north-west; Boreas, the full north.

Boreas and Cæcias and Argestes loud …rend the woods, and seas upturn.
   —Milton: Paradise Lost, x. 699, etc. (1665).

N.B.—The exact direction of the winds in Greek and Latin it is not possible to determine. The west wind is generally called “Zephyrus,” and the Romans called the north-east wind “Vulturnus.” Perhaps we may reckon Boreas as full north; Auster as south; Eurus as east; and Zephyrus as west.

Argillan, a haughty, turbulent knight, born on the banks of the Trent. He induced the Latians to revolt, was arrested, made his escape, but was ultimately slain in battle by Solyman.—Tasso: Jerusalem Delivered, viii., ix. (1575).

Argon and Raro, the two sons of Anni r king of Inis-thona, an island of Scandinavia. Cormalo, a neighbouring chief, came to the island, and asked for the honour of a tournament. Argon granted the request and overthrew him, which so vexed Cormalo, that during a hunt he shot both the brothers with his bow. Their dog Runo, running to the hall, howled so as to attract attention, and Annir, following the hound, found his two sons both dead. On his return he discovered that Cormalo had run off with his daughter; but Oscar, son of Ossian, slew Cormalo in fight, and restored the young lady to her father.—Ossian: The War of Inis-thona.

Argonautic Expedition (The) or Argonautica, about a generation before the Trojan War. A narration in Greek hexameters and in four books of the expedition of Jason and some fifty Greek heroes from Iolcus in Thessaly to Colchis, in the Argo, a ship of fifty oars, to fetch thence the Golden Fleece, which was hung on an oak and guarded by a sleepless dragon. After many strange adventures the crew reached Colchis, and the king promised to give Jason the fleece if he would yoke to a plough the two fire-breathing bulls, and sow the dragons’ teeth left by Cadmus in Thebes. Jason, by the help of Medea, a sorceress, fulfilled these conditions, became master of the fleece, and, with Medea who had fallen in love with him, secretly quitted Colchis. The return voyage was as full of adventures as the outward one, but ultimately the ship arrived at Iolcus, and was dedicated to Neptune in Corinth.

Arguri (in Russian Armenia). Here, according to tradition, Noah first planted the vine. (Argh urri, “he planted the vine.”)

Argus, the turf-writer, was Irwin Willes, who died in 1871.