Protus

"Protus" sets in contrast the representations by artist and annalist of the two busts and the two lives of Protus, the baby emperor of Byzantium, born in the purple, gently nurtured and cherished, yet fated to obscurity, and of John, the blacksmith's bastard, predestined to usurp his throne and save the empire with his harder hand.

Dramatic Romances Robert Browning 1850

Which gives rise to Protus (who mirrors Plato) and Thelenes (who seems to be Socrates).

Designing a Hermetically Sealed, Self-Pleasing Ideology darkerblogistan 2009

These days, Protus, based in Ottawa, has 140 employees, and turnover is about 15% annually, one-quarter what it was three years ago.

Tech Company Stems Departures by Listening to Employees' Needs 2007

And it's through this process that Protus learned the main reasons for its dismal retention track record.

Tech Company Stems Departures by Listening to Employees' Needs 2007

So Protus relies on its employee-retention and satisfaction-survey data to show how those efforts are paying off.

Tech Company Stems Departures by Listening to Employees' Needs 2007

Employees were asked in the survey if they understood the company's direction and what Protus could be doing better.

Tech Company Stems Departures by Listening to Employees' Needs 2007

Tradition tells us that the brothers Protus and Hyacinth were chamberlains to the holy virgin Eugenia listed as a martyr on December 25 in the Roman Martyrology and were baptized along with their patron by Bishop Helenus.

Sts. Protus and Hyacinth Argent 2006

There Protus, the chief pilot, advised them to land at once and without delay, for if they were forced again from the shore, and did not take advantage of the headland, they might ride out at sea many nights and days, waiting for a southerly wind in the summer season.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Mary and on the Feast day of the holy martyrs Protus and Hyacinthus, at noon died Gerard Hombolt of Utrecht, a Donate of our House, who was fifty - nine years old.

The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes �� Kempis Thomas

This is particularly so in the case of slaves who were martyrs: the ashes of two slaves, Protus and Hyacinthus, burned alive in the Valerian persecution. had been wrapped in a winding-sheet of gold tissue

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913