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LOUIS ACHARD

Louis Amedee Eugene Achard was a French journalist, novelist, and playwright. He was born in 1814 and died in 1875. He is best known as a novelist and wrote the novels Belle Rose, La Chasse royale, Chateaux en Espagne, Robe de Nessus, Chaines de fer, etc.
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NESSUS

In Greek mythology, the Nessus was a centaur. Having attempted to carry off Deinaira, the wife of Hercules, Hercules shot Nessus with a poisoned arrow. While dying, Nessus gave Deinaira his cloak, infected by his blood, and told her it would win Hercules back should he prove unfaithful. The jealous Deinaira gave the cloak to Hercules, who was subsequently poisoned by it and died in agony.
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NESSUS

NESSUS is an abbreviation for Non-linear Evaluation of Stochastic Structures Under Stress
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