A king sat on the rocky brow
Which looks o’er sea-born Salamis;
And ships by thousands, lay below.
Byron, Don Juan, iii. (“The Isles of Greece,” 1820).
(“Ships by thousands” is a gross exaggeration. The original fleet was only 1,200 sail, and 400 were wrecked off the coast of Sêpias before the sea-fight of Salamis commenced, thus reducing the number to 800 at most).
Kings should Die Standing (A), Vespasian said so, and Louis XVIII. of France repeated the same conceit. Both died standing.
King’s Cave (The), opposite to Campbeltown (Argyllshire); so called because King Robert Bruce, with his retinue, lodged in it.—Statistical Account of Scotland, v. 167.
Kings. Many lines of kings have taken the name of some famous forefather or some founder of a dynasty as a titular name.—See Selden, Titles of Honor, v.
- Alban kings, called Silvius.
- Amalekite kings, Agag.
- Bithynian kings, Nicomēdés.
- Constantinopolitan kings, Constantine.
- Egyptian kings, (ancient), Pharaoh.
- ” ” (mediæval), Ptolemy.
- Indian kings, called Palibothrie (from the City of Palibothra).
- Parthian kings, Ar´săcês.
- Roman emperors, Cæsar.
- Servian kings, Lazar, i.e. Eleazar Bulk or Bulk-ogar, sons of Bulk.
- Upsala kings, called Drott.
- Royal patronymics.—Athenian, Cecrop´idæ, from Cecrops.
- Danish, Skiold-ungs, from Skiold.
- Persian, Achmen´-idæ, from Achmenês.
- Thessalian, Aleva-dæ, from Alevas; etc., etc.
Kings of Cologne (The Three), the three Magi who came from the East to offer gifts to the infant Jesus. Their names are Melchior, Gaspar, and Belthazar. The first offered gold, symbolic of kingship; the second, frankincense, symbolic of divinity; the third, myrrh, symbolic of death, myrrh being used in embalming the dead. (See Cologne).