He became jealous of the talents of his nephew, Talos, whom Ovid here calls Perdix; and, envying his inventions of the saw, the compasses, and the art of turning, he killed him privately. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations] Reference
The European (or gray) partridge (Perdix Perdix). From Wordnik.com. [5 Chicken] Reference
Perdix a push that sent him headlong toward the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Classic Myths] Reference
Perdix, the partridge, builds his nest low on the ground and stays in low branches. From Wordnik.com. [Classic Myths] Reference
Birds include chukar (Alectoris chukar), partridge (Perdix Perdix) and eagles (Aquila spp.). From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Anatolian deciduous forests] Reference
Perdix also a wizard, and a learned astrologian florished and writ his prophesies, and Herene also. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (2 of 8)] Reference
"Take my irons, if you will not be angry with me," said Perdix, and he handed him a pair of compasses. From Wordnik.com. [Classic Myths] Reference
He was willing, though, to teach others all he knew, and sister, living near, sent her son, Perdix, to him to learn what he could. From Wordnik.com. [Classic Myths] Reference
The Bartavelle or Greek partridge, Perdix rufa, or Tetrao rufus fabled to subsist upon moon-beams, and to eat fire at the full moon. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: CHUKAR.] Reference
"I brought home yesterday the backbone of a great fish cast up by the sea, and I made this like it, but of iron; that is all," said Perdix. From Wordnik.com. [Classic Myths] Reference
Athenians transferred Cretan Daedalus as Athenian-born, the grandson of the ancient king Erechtheus, who fled to Crete, having killed his nephew, Perdix. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Daedalus | ultraorange.net] Reference
Our common partridge, Perdix cinerea, does not occur in. From Wordnik.com. [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference
Perdix all those memory-dancers, but that's neither here nor there. From Wordnik.com. [Long story; short pier] Reference
Dædalus commits her son Perdix to his care, for the purpose of being educated. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations] Reference
His sister had placed her son Perdix under his charge to be taught the mechanical arts. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of Fable] Reference
Perdix was a very apt learner and soon surpassed his master in the knowledge of many things. From Wordnik.com. [Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year] Reference
Daedalus had a nephew named Perdix whom he had taken when a boy to teach the trade of builder. From Wordnik.com. [Old Greek Stories] Reference
Dædalus had a nephew named Perdix, whom he had taken when a boy to teach the trade of builder. From Wordnik.com. [Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year] Reference
But Perdix was a very apt learner, and soon surpassed his master in the knowledge of many things. From Wordnik.com. [Old Greek Stories] Reference
March 2 closed both lanes of Route 11 / 15 in Perdix, Penn Township, Perry County, until about 8: 10 a.m. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Temminck, in his Histoire des Gallinaces, carried the number of genera to seven, but after - wards reunited Coturnix to Perdix. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference
Day after day, while at his work, Daedalus pondered over this matter, and soon his heart was filled with hatred towards young Perdix. From Wordnik.com. [Old Greek Stories] Reference
Day after day, while at his work, Dædalus pondered over 10 this matter, and soon his heart was filled with hatred towards young Perdix. From Wordnik.com. [Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year] Reference
Poor Perdix fell headlong through the air, and he would have been dashed in pieces upon the stones at the foot of the cliff had not kind. From Wordnik.com. [Old Greek Stories] Reference
But having slain, through jealousy, his nephew Perdix, who promised to excel him in skill, he was forced to flee from Athens, and so came to the Court of Minos. From Wordnik.com. [The Sea-Kings of Crete] Reference
Poor Perdix fell headlong through the air, and he would have been dashed in pieces upon the stones at the foot of 20 the cliff had not kind Athena seen him and taken pity upon him. From Wordnik.com. [Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year] Reference
The partridge beholds the father celebrating his funeral rites, and testifies his joy: Perdix, or Talus, who had been envied by Minos for his ingenuity, and had been thrown by him from the temple of. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations] Reference
Blankley's, "and other of that writer's serials, made their mark at once, supported as they were by the" socials, "signed now with his cipher, now with his quaint" Perdix fecit. ". From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
Perdix to a partridge. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II] Reference
Perdix slain by Dædalus, 14. From Wordnik.com. [The Sea-Kings of Crete] Reference
"I have only tried to help you," answered Perdix. From Wordnik.com. [Classic Myths] Reference
Perdix said. From Wordnik.com. [EXCLUSIVE: Tories Appoint Andy Coulson New Director of Communications] Reference
Perdix dauuricae suschkini. From Wordnik.com. [Ussuri-Wusuli meadow and forest meadow] Reference
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