BENOIT DE SAINTE-MAURE
\bɛnwˈɑː də sˈe͡ɪntmˈɔːɹə], \bɛnwˈɑː də sˈeɪntmˈɔːɹə], \b_ɛ_n_w_ˈɑː d_ə s_ˈeɪ_n_t_m_ˈɔː_ɹ_ə]\
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A French trouvere and chronicler of the 12th century; born in Touraine. He wrote in about 42,000 octosyllabic verses a "Chronicle of the Dukes of Normandy" to the year 1135. To him is usually ascribed the "Romance of Troy", founded on the story of the siege of Troy as written by Dictys Cretensis and Dares; it was translated into the languages of western Europe. Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Shakespeare would seem to be indebted to Benoit for the story of the loves of Troilus and Briseis (Cryseyde or Cressida being originally called Briseida).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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