What are the seven wonders of the world? and 100 other great cultural lists, fully explicated / Peter D'Epiro and Mary Desmond Pinkowish. (Text)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-520) and index.

3 sons of Adam & Eve -- 3 gods of Hindu Trinity (the Trimurti) -- Kepler's 3 laws of planetary motion -- 3 daughters of King Lear -- 3 stages of Hegel's dialectic -- 3 Laws of Thermodynamics -- 3 persons of Christian Trinity -- 3 Musketeers -- 3 sons of Noah -- 3 ages of Vico's historical cycle -- 3 Magi -- 3 components of Freudian psyche -- What 3 beasts confront Dante in Canto 1 of the Inferno -- 3 Furies -- 3 members of 1st Triumvirate -- 3 members of 2nd Triumvirate -- Newton's 3 Laws of Motion -- 3 Temptations of Christ -- 3 Fates -- 4 elements and associated humors -- 4 voyages of Gulliver -- 4 conic sections -- 4 sections of symphony orchestra -- 4 Freedoms of Franklin D. Roosevelt -- 4 chief winds in ancient Greece -- 4 Noble Truths of Buddhism -- Which 4 U.S. Presidents were assassinated -- 4 fundamental forces -- 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse -- Big Four at Paris Peace Conference (1919) -- 4 Bronte siblings -- 4 Evangelists -- 4 properties of musical tone -- 4 parts of T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets -- 4 Last Things -- 5 Pillars of Islam -- 5 events of ancient Olympic pentathlon -- 5 basic positions of feet in classical ballet -- 5 Civilized Tribes -- 5 classical architectural orders -- Russian composers : Mighty Five -- 5 rivers of classical underworld -- 6 flavors of quarks -- 6 wives of Henry VIII -- 6 French composers : Les Six -- 6 major European invasions of Russia -- 6 trigonometric functions -- 6 Iroquois Nations -- 6 ranges of human voice -- 6 Axis Powers in WW II -- 7 Wonders of Ancient World -- Works of 7 days of Creation -- 7 Hills of Rome -- 7 Liberal Arts of medieval curriculum -- 7 days of week -- 7 kinds of plane triangles -- 7 main levels of taxonomic classification -- 7 European nations : main colonizers of Africa -- 7 sacraments -- 7 against Thebes -- 7 Heavens of the Muslims.