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Irene

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Irene [aɪˈriːnɪ]
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1. (Biographies / Irene (?752-803) F, Byzantine, POLITICS: hereditary ruler, RELIGION: saint) ?752-803 ad, Byzantine ruler (780-90, 792-97, joint ruler with her son Constantine VI; 797-802). She is venerated as a saint in the Greek Orthodox Church
2. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the goddess of peace


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The tragedy called Irene which Johnson had brought with him to London was at length after twelve years produced by Garrick, who had by that time become a famous actor.
1928, and it was in the same year that he formed the disastrous love attachment for Irene Tackley.
It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.
 
 
 
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