His name is Praisegod Piepsam, and he is rather fully described as to his clothing and physiognomy in a way which relates him to a sinister type in the author's repertory -- he is a forerunner of those enigmatic strangers in `` Death In Venice '', for example, who represent some combination of cadaver, exotic, and psychopomp.

Though it centers around the brilliant and enigmatic figure of Charles 12,, the true hero is not finally the king himself.

He is said to be the most eminent sculptor in Athens after the departure of Phidias for Olympia, but enigmatic in that none of the sculptures associated with his name in classical literature can be securely connected with existing copies.

Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating an enigmatic precept, " we must cultivate our garden ", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, " all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds ".

In the Percy Jackson & the Olympians book The Battle of the Labyrinth, Daedalus is the enigmatic Quintus ( Latin which means 5 or fifth ), and has preserved himself since antiquity by placing his animus, his life force, into an automaton, an idea pioneered by his nephew Perdix.

But the drama is understated, enigmatic and completely unWagnerian.

Magil is an enigmatic, handsome masked man skilled in magic who rarely speaks and can fade into shadow at will.

The relaunch novels ' concept, of Trip not actually dying in the final episode, is based on an enigmatic moment in which Trip is supposedly near death and is being loaded into a medical chamber.

The typographical principle, that is the creation of a complete text by reusing identical characters, was first realized in the Phaistos Disc, an enigmatic Minoan print item from Crete, Greece, which dates between 1850 and 1600 BC.

Claire discovers, after falling in love with the enigmatic fugitive, that he is the son of a scientist ( played by Max von Sydow ), and has absconded with the prototype of a secret research project.

Art is born from the inner necessity of the artist in an enigmatic, mystical way through which it acquires an autonomous life ; it becomes an independent subject, animated by a spiritual breath.

This is specifically exhibited in the fourth season finale " Restless ", an enigmatic pastiche of characters ' dream sequences.

The prison is bombed and he is rescued by the Discordians, led by the enigmatic Hagbard Celine, captain of a golden submarine.

In Agatha Christie's, " Appointment with Death " ( 1938 ), the mysterious and enigmatic Petra is the setting for a murder mystery featuring Hercule Poirot.

The Hoatzin continues to be enigmatic ; it is probably best regarded as a distinct, monotypic order, especially if the turacos are also considered one.

One of the more enigmatic forms of visual hallucination is the highly variable, possibly polymodal delirium tremens.

Known as " the Mole ", he is rumored to have the enigmatic ability to come back from the dead, and he has requested the services of Sweetscent.

This is yet an enigmatic facet of this condition.

As endometriosis can lead to anatomical distortions and adhesions ( the fibrous bands that form between tissues and organs following recovery from an injury ), the causality may be easy to understand ; however, the link between infertility and endometriosis remains enigmatic when the extent of endometriosis is limited.

* 1979 – Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.

Leon Trotsky criticised this view, stating " our rules represent ' organisational nonconfidence ' of the party toward its parts, that is, supervision over all local, district, national and other organisations ... the organisation of the party takes place of the party itself ; the Central Committee takes the place of the organisation ; and finally the dictator takes the place of the Central Committee.

It is remarkable that the composition of this league does not reflect that of the Latin people who took part in the Latiar or Feriae Latinae given by Pliny and it has not as its leader the rex Nemorensis but a dictator Latinus.

A dictator is a ruler ( e. g. absolutist or autocratic ) who assumes sole and absolute power ( sometimes, but not always, with military control or bribes ) but not officially sanctioned by heritage, as in an absolute monarch.

When other states call the head of state of a particular state a dictator, that state is called a dictatorship.

In modern usage, the term " dictator " is generally used to describe a leader who holds and / or abuses an extraordinary amount of personal power, especially the power to make laws without effective restraint by a legislative assembly.

The term " dictator " is comparable to, but not synonymous with, the ancient concept of a tyrant ; initially " tyrant ", like " dictator ", did not carry negative connotations.

The association between the dictator and the military is a common one ; many dictators take great pains to emphasize their connections with the military and often wear military uniforms.

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is Africa's longest serving dictator.

A dictatorship is defined as an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual: a dictator.

Despotism can mean tyranny ( dominance through threat of punishment and violence ), or absolutism ; or dictatorship ( a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator, not restricted by a constitution, laws or opposition, etc.

Despotism can mean tyranny ( dominance through threat of punishment and violence ), or absolutism ; or dictatorship ( a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator, not restricted by a constitution, laws or opposition, etc.

Aulus Atilius Calatinus is appointed dictator and sent to Sicily.

Big Brother is a supreme dictator who watches everyone.

* 1957 – Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.

* 1961 – The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by foes of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar was overthrown.

* 1926 – The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.

* 1961 – Long time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

* 1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis is condemned to death for attempting to assassinate Greek dictator George Papadopoulos.

* 1998 – Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a warrant from Spain requesting his extradition on murder charges.

Positive steps to correct these inequities have occurred since the 1989 ousting of the last dictator, and the country's political system is moving toward a fully functioning republic.

* 1943 – World War II: Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy, is rescued from house arrest on the Gran Sasso in Abruzzi, by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.