Damascenus

American  

[dam-uh-see-nuhs] / ˌdæm əˈsi nəs /

noun

1. Johannes John of Damascus, Saint.

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Damascenus

Visually, Stephen's: The traditional figure of hypostasis, depicted by Johannes Damascenus, Lentulus Romanus and Epiphanius Monachus as leucodermic, sesquipedalian with winedark hair.

From Ulysses by James Joyce

It is moreover much to be regretted that in making the extract from John Damascenus those who employ it as evidence of primitive belief, have not presented it to their readers whole and entire.

From Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary by James Endell Tyler

He had just written the following words: "The Anacreontic hymns of John Damascenus form a marked contrast to—" when the sentence was interrupted by a knock at the door.

From Cord and Creese by James De Mille

The story first appeared in Greek in the works of Joannes Damascenus in the eighth century.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

See also the story in Nicolaus Damascenus, p.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller