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* '''Strongbow:''' Richard de Clare, the Earl of Pembroke, leader of the Anglo-Norman Invasion of ireland in 1169
 
* '''Strongbow:''' Richard de Clare, the Earl of Pembroke, leader of the Anglo-Norman Invasion of ireland in 1169
 
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160361&q1=Strongbow Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
 
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160361&q1=Strongbow Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
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* '''Apollo:''' Greek god of archery (also of music, poetry, prophecy and healing), often identified with Helios the Sun god → [[helio]]

Revision as of 08:32, 27 June 2006

  • Her stringed argent: heraldic term → probably a reference to the official heraldic description of the coat of arms of the Republic of Ireland – namely, the Brian Ború harp, which is "stringed argent" (i.e. has argent/silver-colored strings) "on a field azure." → argent in the preceding line
  • arches → rainbows
  • archers strung → archers stringing their bows → cf. Odysseus → Ulysses
  • Apollo: Greek god of archery (also of music, poetry, prophecy and healing), often identified with Helios the Sun god → helio