The succeeding period seems to have been one of considerable prosperity, though Pest was completely eclipsed by the sister town of Buda with its fortress and palace.
The fame of his predecessor was altogether eclipsed.
The falls of Fender, near the old bridge of Tilt, are eclipsed by the falls of Bruar, 4 m.
The Slavonic heroic saga of Russia centres round Vladimir of Kiev (980-1015), the first Christian ruler of that country, whose personality is eclipsed by that of Ilya (Elias) of Mourom, the son of a peasant, who was said to have saved the empire from the Tatars at the urgent request of his emperor.
But the interest of such veteran reputations is eclipsed by the more modern school.
