In the book, an evil general named Holofernes is invading Israel. He is waiting with his army outside the town of Bethulia and will not let the people in the town get any water to drink. Judith tells the people of Bethulia not to give up. She sneaks to Holofernes' camp and pretends to make friends with him. He invites her to a meal, where he drinks much alcohol. When he falls asleep, she cuts off his head.
The Book of Judith is probably not a story about something that really happened. The book says that Holofernes was an Assyrian who worked for Nebuchadnezzar, but the real Nebuchadnezzar was a Babylonian ruler.
The book starts with, "In the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned over the Assyrians in Nineveh." Many ancient Hebrew stories started with words like these. It is like saying "once upon a time": it tells the reader to expect a fairy tale.
Many, many artists have painted paintings of Judith killing or preparing to kill Holofernes. For example, Artemisia Gentileschi and Gustav Klimt.
Quinto, Ticino
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Rovio
Rovio is a municipality of the district Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
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San Nazzaro, Switzerland
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Sant'Antonino
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Sant'Antonino is not to be confused with the municipality of Sant'Antonio in the same district.
Sant'Antonio
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This municipality is not to be confused with the municipality of Sant'Antonino of the same district.
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Sementina
Sementina is a former municipality of the district Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of Camorino, Claro, Giubiasco, Gnosca, Gorduno, Gudo, Moleno, Monte Carasso, Pianezzo, Preonzo, Sant'Antonio and Sementina merged into the municipality of Bellinzona.
Semione
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Sessa
Sessa is a municipality of the district Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Sigirino
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Sobrio
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Sonogno
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On 17 October 2020 the former municipalities of Brione (Verzasca), Corippo, Frasco, Sonogno and Vogorno merged to form the new municipality of Verzasca.
Sonvico
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Sorengo
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It used to be its own municipality, until it was put together with 2 other municipalities to form Haslen.
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It used to be its own municipality, until it was put together with 2 other municipalities to form the new municipality, Haslen.
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This former municipality was put together with two other villages to form the new municipality of Collina d'Oro.
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The former municipality was merged with two other villages to form the new municipality of Collina d'Oro.
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Munro could also mean:
Brave New World (disambiguation)
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It could also mean:
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Miranda (Shakespeare)
In Shakespeare's play "The Tempest", Miranda is the beautiful daughter of the old Duke Prospero.
Miranda is a naive 15-year-old girl. She and her father were cast away by her uncle Antonio who wanted the throne and has been on a deserted island since she was three. Her father Prospero sends Ariel, his spirit servant, to fetch Ferdinand and arranges things so that the two will come to love one another.
Homograph
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Orlande de Lassus
Orlande de Lassus (whose name is also spelt Orlandus Lassus, Orlando di Lasso, Roland de Lassus, or Roland Delattre) (born Mons, Hainaut, probably in 1532 ; died Munich, 14 June, 1594) was a Franco-Flemish composer who lived in the last part of the Renaissance. Lassus and Palestrina are the two most famous composers of that time who were writing church music in a polyphonic style.