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Atosʹsa

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Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, so called by Pope, because she was the friend of Lady Mary Wortley Montague, whom he calls Sappho. Herodʹotus says that Atossa, the mother of Xerxes, was a follower of Sappho.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Atlantes
Atlantes
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantis
Atlas
Atman
Atomic Philosophy
Atomic Theory
Atomic Volume
Atomic Weight
Atossa
Atrip
Attaint
Attercop
Attic Bee (The)
Attic Bird (The)
Attic Boy (The)
Attic Faith
Attic Muse (The)
Attic Order
Attic Salt