List Of People Known As The Beautiful
The Beautiful is an epithet given to: People: *Helen II of Croatia (died c. 1091), Queen of Croatia *John II Komnenos (1087–1143), Byzantine Emperor Fictional or mythological characters: *Ara the Beautiful, legendary Armenian hero *Vasilisa the Beautiful, heroine of a Russian folk tale See also * List of people known as the Handsome *List of people known as the Fair The Fair is an epithet that may refer to: People: *Charles IV of France (1294–1328), King of France and of Navarre, Count of Champagne *Demetrius the Fair (around 285 BC-249 BC or 250 BC), Hellenistic King of Cyrene *Eadwig (941?–959), King o ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Beautiful Lists of people by epithet ...
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Epithet
An epithet (, ), also byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) known for accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, divinities, objects, and binomial nomenclature. It can also be a descriptive title: for example, Pallas Athena, Phoebus Apollo, Alfred the Great, Suleiman the Magnificent, and Władysław I the Elbow-high. Many English monarchs have traditional epithets: some of the best known are Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror, Richard the Lionheart, Æthelred the Unready, John Lackland and Bloody Mary. The word ''epithet'' can also refer to an abusive, defamatory, or derogatory phrase. This use as a euphemism is criticized by Martin Manser and other proponents of linguistic prescription. H. W. Fowler complained that "epithet is suffering a vulgarization that is giving it an abusive imputation." Linguistics Epithets are sometimes at ...
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