martyr one who suffers death rather than compromise principles; one who sacrifices greatly.
philanthropist one who attempts to benefit mankind through charitable aid.
ennui French, "boredom."
misanthrope a person who scorns or hates mankind.
Gautier Théophile Gautier (1811–72), French poet and critic.
la consolation des arts French, "the consolation of the arts."
pallid ashen, or pale.
Paris in Greek mythology, the son of King Priam of Troy and his wife, Hecuba; his choice of Helen as the winner of a beauty contest, and his refusal to return her, caused the Trojan War; later, he shot the arrow that caused the death of Achilles.
Adonis in Greek mythology, a youth of astonishing beauty, favored by the goddess of love, Aphrodite.
Adrian Publius Aelius Hadrianus (76–138 A.D.), popularly known as Hadrian, or Adrian, Roman emperor (117–38 A.D.); had strong ties to Egypt and lost a close friend to drowning in the Nile.
panegyrics praise.
