The Athenian Mercury, or The Athenian Gazette, or The Question Project, or The Casuistical Mercury, was a periodical written by The Athenian Society and...
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Restoration literature (category The Restoration)
Restoration period, but The Athenian Mercury was the first regularly published periodical in England. John Dunton and the "Athenian Society" (actually a...
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effect a brand name; the accompanying picture may bear little resemblance to the actual author. The Athenian Mercury contained the first known advice column...
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The Ladies' Mercury (27 February 1693 — 17 March 1693) was a periodical published in London by the Athenian Society notable for being the first periodical...
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Pigeonhole principle (section The birthday problem)
Supplement to the Athenian Oracle: Being a Collection of the Remaining Questions and Answers in the Old Athenian Mercuries. ... To which is Prefix'd the History...
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publication of his weekly periodical The Athenian Mercury. Though represented as a large panel of experts, the society reached its peak at four members:...
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John Dunton (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
English bookseller and author. In 1691 he founded The Athenian Society to publish The Athenian Mercury, the first major popular periodical and first miscellaneous...
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Jonathan Swift (redirect from Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift)
to the Athenian Society", Swift's first publication, printed in The Athenian Mercury in the supplement of Feb 14, 1691. Archived 13 May 2023 at the Wayback...
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Augustan prose (section The precondition of literacy)
dramatically after the success of The Athenian Mercury (flourished in the 1690s but published in book form in 1709). In the early years of the 18th century...
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List of 18th-century British periodicals for women (category Defunct literary magazines published in the United Kingdom)
Late-Stuart England: The Cultural World of the Athenian Mercury. Taylor & Francis, 2017. ISBN 9781351934398, ISBN 1351934392 Clery, E. The Feminization Debate...
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Gandolfi (c. 1770–1775) Mercury About to Behead Argus by Ubaldo Gandolfi (c. 1770–1775) Mercury and Argus Alejandro de la Cruz(1773) Mercury and Argus by Petr...
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1691 in literature (category Years of the 17th century in literature)
article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1691. March 17 – The Athenian Mercury begins twice-weekly publication in London...
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John Dunton, who used Gildon for The Athenian Mercury and to write The History of the Athenian Society in 1692. In the same year, Gildon wrote a biography...
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Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons. March 14 – The Public Security Police Force of Macau is founded. March 17 – The Athenian Mercury begins twice-weekly...
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Hermes (category Pages using sidebar with the child parameter)
the Athenian fleet was about to set sail for Syracuse during the Peloponnesian War, all of the Athenian hermai were vandalized. The Athenians at the time...
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John Conyers (apothecary) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
from the Athenian Mercury and there was talk of opening it to the public, although this does not seem to have happened. Conyers was present at the excavation...
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1690s (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons. March 14 – The Public Security Police Force of Macau is founded. March 17 – The Athenian Mercury begins twice-weekly...
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The list of early-modern periodicals gives an overview of periodicals (newspapers are excluded) for the period from the first printed books to 1800. The...
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Petasos (redirect from Hat of Mercury)
Etruscans, the Byzantine Empire and the Roman Empire, in slightly modified forms. A type of metal helmet worn by Athenian cavalry was made in the shape of...
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Rowe entitled "The Double Courtship." Between 1693 and 1696 she was the principal contributor of poetry to Dunton's The Athenian Mercury, but later regretted...
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The Athenian Mercury occurred to Dunton, he sought Sault's aid as joint editor and contributor. The first number came out on 17 March 1691, and the second...
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against the Persians. 487 BC: Aegina and Athens go to war. 487 BC: Athenian Archonship becomes elective by lot, an important milestone in the move towards...
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Herse of Athens (redirect from Herse (Athenian princess))
Greek mythology, the Athenian princess as the daughter of King Cecrops of Athens and Aglaurus, daughter of King Actaeus. Herse was the sister to Aglauros...
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contemporary John Dunton who issued the Ladies' Mercury as a companion to his successful Athenian Mercury. Though The Ladies' Mercury was a self-proclaimed women's...
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Giles Firmin (category English Presbyterian ministers of the Interregnum (England))
Remarks upon the Anabaptist's Answer to the Athenian Mercuries, &c. (1694), (apparently his last piece). He wrote also in defence of some of the above, and...
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Grub Street (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
The Night Walker: or, Evening Rambles in search after lewd Women (1696–1697). Dunton pioneered the advice column in Athenian Mercury (1690–1697). The...
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Virgo (astrology) (redirect from Virgo the virgin)
Apollo’s daughter, and the constellation commemorates her early death. In another Greek myth, Virgo is associated with Erigone, the Athenian maiden and daughter...
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Odeon of Herodes Atticus (category Buildings and structures completed in the 2nd century)
readings and music performances (for example, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus on the southern slope of the Athenian Acropolis). For more see: PhD. Christoph Höcker...
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Chronia Tragoudi (Booklet), Marinella, Mercury – PolyGram Greece: 534828, 1997 Liner notes, Marinella & Athenians (CD re-release), Marinella, Philips –...
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for the astronomical symbol for planet Mercury. Thus, through its use in astrology, alchemy, and astronomy it has come to denote the planet Mercury and...
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