Faustus

[ fou-stuhs, faw- ]

/ ˈfaʊ stəs, ˈfɔ- /

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Dr. Faustus By Thomas Mann How did Thomas Mann learn so much about music?
What are the Best Novels on Music?|Ted Gioia|October 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Faustus is likely derived from Hephaestus—a Faustian struggle is between good and evil.
Your Week: What the Stars Hold|Starsky + Cox|September 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But a doctor Faustus, in his cell littered with books and instruments of alchemy, would love always to have a cat for a companion.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier
He had a head of hair like one of my devils in Dr. Faustus, when the old Theatre crackt and frightened the audience.
Shakespearean Playhouses|Joseph Quincy Adams

Faustus was one day bragging among the boys and exalting the monarchy of his father, on which Cassius got up and thumped him.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume IV|Aubrey Stewart
No, Faustus, curse thyself, curse Lucifer That hath deprived thee of the joys of heaven.
The World's Greatest Books -- Volume 17 -- Poetry and Drama|Various
We have said enough about this matter against the calumnies of Faustus the Manichan.
The City of God, Volume II|Aurelius Augustine