Icarus. Son of Daedalus, wings melted when he flew too close to the sun.

Ictinus. 5C BC. Greek artist/architect. Parthenon.

Idealism. Artistic school of thought holding the aesthetic ideal more important than the representation of the subject. vs Realism.

Illyrian Wars. 229BC~219BC. Romans defeat Illyrian pirates. Greeks recognize Romans as civilized, admit them to games.

Industrial Workers of the World. IWW. 1905-25. Radical militant US labour union of unskilled workers.

Instruction. 1767. Catherine the Great’s proposal for liberal humanitarian legal reform.

Ionian School. 6C BC. Greek philosophers. Thales. Araximanedes. Diogenes. Explained phenomena in terms of physical forces.

Iphigeneia. Greek daughter of Agamemnon, sacrificed to save the Achaean fleet.

Irenaeus, St. c125-202. French theologian. Opposed Gnostics. Against Heresies 180.

Iris. Greek personification of the rainbow.

Isaiah. 8C BC. Hebrew prophet of the Messiah.

Islam. =Muhammadism. 7C-. Monotheistic religion based on Koran. 1/6 of world’s population, especially north Africa, Middle East, SW Asia. Sunni. Shi’ite. Caliphate Empire.

Isocrates. 436-338BC. Athenian orator.

Ivan III. The Great. 1440-1505. United Russia 1478. Ended Tartar domination.

IWW. Industrial Workers of the World. 1905-. Wobblies.

Ixion. Father of Centaurs. Bound to fiery wheel by Zeus.

Jack the Ripper. Murderer of 7 London prostitutes 1887-8. Identity unknown.

Jacobins. 1789-94. Robespierre-led radical democratic French Revolutionary group. In power 1793-4. -“Holy League against the enemies of liberty”.

Jade Emperor. Taoist supreme god of the universe, lives in jade palace.

Jahn, Friedrich. 1778-1852. German “father of gymnastics”. Turnverein.

James, Henry. 1843-1916. US psychological novelist. American 1877. Washington Square 1881. Turn of the Screw 1898. Compared innocence of New World with corruption of Old.-“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature”.

James, St. -c62. Apostle. “Lord’s brother”. Wrote Epistle of James.

Jansen, Cornelis. 1585-1638. Dutch theologian whose theses created Jansenism. Augustinus 1640.

Jay’s Treaty. 1794. Brititish concessions to US to avoid another war doesn’t appease Americans.

Jeans, James. 1877-1946. English astronomer. Dynamic theory of gases.

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