Definition of Achitophel. Meaning of Achitophel. Synonyms of Achitophel

- Absalom and Achitophel is a celebrated satirical poem by John Dryden, written in heroic couplets and first published in 1681. The poem tells the Biblical...
- Ahitophel, Achitofel, or Ahithophel (Hebrew: אֲחִיתֹפֶל‎ ʾĂḥīṯōp̄el) was a counselor of King David and a man greatly renowned for his wisdom. During Absalom's...
- John Dryden to complete the second half of his epic poem Absalom and Achitophel. Tate wrote the libretto for Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas; its...
- capital and consulted with the renowned Ahithophel (sometimes spelled Achitophel). David took refuge from Absalom's forces beyond the Jordan River. However...
- Lucan, and Statius" in the work. 1681–82 Dryden's long poem Absalom and Achitophel is an allegory that uses the story of the rebellion of Absalom against...
- under the character of Zimri in celebrated lines in the poem Absalom and Achitophel (to which Buckingham replied in Poetical Reflections on a late Poem ....
- the basis for several works of fiction. John Dryden's work Absalom and Achitophel is a satire partially concerned with equating biblical events with the...
- converted to Catholicism, joined the court party and produced Absalom and Achitophel and The Medal, Shadwell became the champion of the Protestants and made...
- ridiculous into poetry. This line of satire continued with Absalom and Achitophel (1681) and The Medal (1682). His other major works from this period are...
- by his Azaria and Hushai (1682), a reply to John Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel. Samuel was the eldest son of John Pordage, a clergyman from Bradfield...