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564 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter P
   This Patricius, the son of Aspar, is to be distinguished from Patricius, magister officiorum, whom the intriguing empress Verina [VERINA], Leo's widow, after driving her son-in-law Zeno [ZENO] from his throne and capital, hoped to mairr, but who was put to death by Basiliscits, Verilat's brother [BASILISCUS]; from Pelagiius Patricius, the supposed author of the Homero-Centra [PATRICIUS, Literary, No. 5] ; and from Patricias, a distinguished general in the war carried on by Anastasius, Zeno's successor, against the Persian king Caiades. (27.64)

2. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter I
   Basiliscus, brother of the empress dowager Verina,the widow of Leo,hadexpelled Zeno from Constantinople (A. D. 475) and sent an army in pursuit of him under Illus and his brother Trocondus (whose name is variously written (24.07)

3. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter P
   Dio Chrysostom (Orat. liii.) states that following the example of Zeno, Persaeus, while commenting on Homer, did not discuss his general merits, but attempted to prove that he had written (19.55)

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2 from The Bolles Collection on the History of London

1. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter S, entry 28494
   son of Sir William Sinclair (d. 1330) [q. v.]; earldom awarded to him by Hacon VI of Norway, 1379; conquered Faroe isles (Frislanda), 1391; wrested Shetland from Malise Sperra; made voyage across Atlantic with Antonio Zeno and explored Greenland. [lii. (4.01)

2. Thomas Allen, The City and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and Parts Adjacent: Volume 4 chapter 5
   Behind Marcus Brutus is William Molyneux, holding his book of the case of Ireland; near Columbus is lord Shaftesbury, John Locke, Zeno, Aristotle, and Plato; and, in the opening between this group and the next are, Dr. William Harvey (the discoverer of the circulation of the blood) and the honourable Robert Boyle. (1.80)

7 from American Memory: California

1. The life and adventures in California of Don Agusti´n Janssens, 1834-1856. Edited by William H. Ellison and Francis Price. Translated by Francis Price page 37
   There had come with the colonists certain capable individuals engaged to undertake this duty, such as Don Ignacio Coronel, Don Mariano Bonilla, Romero, Victor Prudon, Florencio Serrano, and Don Jose´ Zeno´n Ferna´ndez. (6.57)

2. The diary of a forty-niner. Edited by Chauncey L. Canfield page 246
   Niles Searls, Tom Williams, Frank Dunn, Stanton Buckner--whose dignity was so badly ruffled by "Rattlesnake Dick"--were members of the bar, and Zeno P. Davis, the gunsmith, was a familiar character. (3.18)

3. Literary industries: a memoir. By Hubert Howe Bancroft page 209
   In our examination of maps we may if we like go back to the chart of the brothers Zeno, drawn in 1390, following with Behaim's Globe in 1492, Juan de la Cosa's map in 1500, and those by Ruysch in 1508, Peter Martyr, 1511, that in the Ptolemy's Cosmography of 1513, those in the Munich Atlas and Scho¨ner's globe, 1520, Colon's and Ribero's, drawn in 1527 and 1529 respectively, Orontius Fine in 1531, and Castillo, 1541, showing the peninsula of California, after which the number becomes numerous. (2.86)

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6 from American Memory: Upper Midwest

1. Crusader and feminist; letters of Jane Grey Swisshelm: 1858-1865 page 323
   Page, Zeno B., 73 (5.07)

2. Notable men of Wisconsin page 135
   ZENO M. HOST,
   Fire Insurance. (4.45)

3. Memoirs of Jeremiah Curtin page 889
   I went to the church of San Zeno to see the paintings and the cloister. (4.45)

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1 from American Memory: Chesapeake Bay

1. Austin Steward, Twenty-two years a slave, and forty years a freeman; embracing a correspondence of several years, while president of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West page 123
   I CONTINUED to labor in the employ of Mr. O. Comstock, whose son, Zeno, was married during the year 1816, and purchased a farm on the site of the present flourishing village of Lockport, to which he moved his family and effects; but from a mistaken supposition that the Erie Canal, which was then under contemplation, would take a more southern route, he was induced to sell his farm in Hartland, which has proved a mine of wealth to the more fortunate purchaser. (2.79)