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Tristan and Isolde
star-crossed lovers from Arthurian myth
Lancelot and what's-her-name
Guinevere
Agamemnon and Helen
Steeply has this one wrong.
Dante and Beatrice
Beatrice is Dante's guide through heaven in the third part of the Divine Comedy, Paradiso
Narcissus and Echo
The story of these doomed lovers from Greek mythology is here.
Kierkegaard and Regina
Regina Olsen was the short-term fiancée of Kierkegaard.
Kafka and that poor girl afraid to go the postbox for the mail
The story being referred to can be read here.
Menelaus was husband, him of Sparta
Menelaus, King of Sparta, was the husband of Helen. Agamemnon was the King of Argos and Menelaus's brother.
Helen and Paris. He of Troy.
Paris, a Trojan prince, kidnapped Helen from Menelaus, precipitating the Trojan War.
The horse: the gift which was not a gift
a reference to the Trojan horse
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electrolysistic
resulting from electrolysis, the removal of hair using electric shocks
sangfroid
From French for "cold blood," this word means "coolness."
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creosote
There are several types of creosote, described here.
Crepuscular
active in the twilight, as bats
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Endnote 304
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gibbous
the shape of the moon when it is neither full, nor crescent, nor half, i.e., when it is more than half full
Quonsets
short form for Quonset huts
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