And Picus, long to Clusium vassal in peace and war. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886] Reference
The Picus is still common, Myophorus now extends up to Bharawul. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
"Hereabouts, Picus is a kind of Picentine Mars," said Fabricius. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
Story of the transformation of Picus to a woodpecker; and of the nymph Canens to air. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II] Reference
An ancient myth relates that Picus was a beautiful youth, united to a nymph called Canens. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
Picus, the son of Saturn and father of Faunus, was a woodland divinity, gifted with prophetic powers. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
Faunus 'father was Picus; and he boasts himself, Saturn, thy son; thou art the first source of their blood. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
Picus and Faunus, which Numa entrapped in the wood of the Aventine, have gone back to their native skies with Jupiter; and Mammon and. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood] Reference
It is remarkable that no Picus has been found in Australia. From Wordnik.com. [Expedition into Central Australia] Reference
Odden and Picus are dreamers and designers, not bill payers. From Wordnik.com. Reference
White, A. Note on a white Picus martius shot in Norfolk. xvii. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the Linnean Society] Reference
Hesperia, and hoped to meet Picus in his woods before the evening. From Wordnik.com. [Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents] Reference
Among his works are a Life of Picus, Earl of Mirandula (1510), and a. From Wordnik.com. [A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature] Reference
Picus erythrocephalus (red-headed woodpecker), heard and saw; and good to eat. From Wordnik.com. [The Maine Woods] Reference
But Faunus came from Picus, Picus drew His birth from Saturn, if records be true. From Wordnik.com. [The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical] Reference
It is the exuberant fancy of Ovid alone which connects Picus with the story of Circe. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations] Reference
Picus of Mirandula, edition of his works has the longest list of errata on record, 78. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Blunders] Reference
Ipie ille Picus in Tenariffa» qui montium altisfimus credicur» triduotamcn adfcenditur. From Wordnik.com. [Pomponii Melae De situ orbis libri tres: cum Petri Joannis Olivarii Valentini, viri in ...] Reference
He was called Giovanni at baptism; Pico, like all his ancestors, from Picus, nephew of the Emperor. From Wordnik.com. [The Renaissance Studies in Art and Poetry] Reference
And today is a local festival in honor of Picus. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
But Faunus came from Picus: Picus drew. From Wordnik.com. [The AEneid] Reference
The palace built by Picus, vast and proud. From Wordnik.com. [The AEneid] Reference
The works of Picus of. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac] Reference
Picus (pi´-cus), 182. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
And Picus, long to Clusium. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario High School Reader] Reference
“There is Picus,” said Maryx. From Wordnik.com. [Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3] Reference
Was Picus plac'd, a buckler in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid English] Reference
After this manner, the son of Picus, King of the. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3] Reference
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