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

Argyle (Mac Callum More, duke of), in the reign of George I.—Sir W. Scott: Rob Roy (1818).

Mac Callum More, marquis of Argyle, in the reign of Charles I., was commander of the parliamentary forces, and is called “Gillespie Grumach;” he disguises himself, and assumes the name of Murdoch Campbell.—Sir W. Scott: Legend of Montrose (1819).

(Duke and duchess of Argyle are introduced also in The Heart of Midlothian, by sir W. Scott, 1818.)

Ariadne , daughter of Minos king of Crete. She gave Theseus a clew of thread to guide him out of the Cretan labyrinth. Theseus married his deliverer, but when he arrived at Naxos (Dia) forsook her, and she hanged herself.

Surely it is an Ariadnê.… There is dawning womanhood in every line; but she knows nothing of Naxos.—Ouida: Ariadné, i. 1.

Ariana, an ancient name of Khorassan, in Persia.

Aribert, king of the Lombards (653–661), left “no male pledge behind,” but only a daughter named Rhodalind, whom he wished duke Gondibert to marry, but the duke fell in love with Bertha, daughter of Astragon, the sage. The tale being unfinished, the sequel is not known.—Davenant: Gondibert (died 1668).

Ariconium, Kenchester, in Hereford, on the Ine. Here Offa had a palace. In poetry, Ariconium means Herefordshire, noted for its wool.

I [Hermé] conduct
The English merchant, with the buxom fleece
Of fertile Ariconium, while I clothe
Sarmatian kings [Poland and Russia].
   —Akenside: Hymn to the Naiads.