Jack (playing card) warrior) for the Jack of Hearts; Hector (mythological hero of the Iliad) for the jack of diamonds; and Lancelot or Judas Maccabeus for the jack of clubs. In some southern Italian decks, there are androgynous knaves that are sometimes referred to as maids. In the Sicilian Tarot deck, the knaves are unambiguously female and are also known as maids. As this deck also includes queens, it is the only traditional set to survive into modern times with two ranks of female face cards. This pack may have been influenced by the obsolete Portuguese deck which also had female knaves. The
Hector Berlioz as critic and author Hector Berlioz as critic and author Hector Berlioz, best known as a composer, was also a prolific writer, who supported himself, early in his career, by writing musical criticism, using a bold, vigorous style, at times imperious and sarcastic. Criticism was an activity "at which he excelled but which he abhorred". Despite his complaints, Berlioz continued writing music criticism for most of his life, long after he had any financial need to do so. Berlioz wrote for many journals, including the "Rénovateur", "Journal des débats" and "Gazette musicale". He was active in the "Débats" for over thirty years until submitting