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- Isis (20790 bytes)
7: ...elieved to come from the [[Nile Delta]]; however unlike other [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] deities she d...
12: The most commonly used name for this deity, Isis, is a [[Greek lan...
14: ...ronunciation is unknown, as Egyptian hieroglyphs only recorded [[consonant]]s and [[semi-vowel]]s, and...
16: The Egyptian hieroglyphs for her name are commonly [[transliteration|transliterated]] as ''js.t''. ...
20: ...edicated specifically to Isis become wide-spread only in the Roman times. - Lydia (2194 bytes)
8: ...n capital Sardis is taken by Hyde (Ii. xx. 385), unless this was the name of the district in which Sar...
10: ...mer) in which the cult of Attis, the consort of [[Cybele]], the Great Goddess of [[Anatolia]], was introdu... - Anacharsis (4399 bytes)
6: ...enians took to him as a natural philosopher, not unlike the way the French took to [[Benjamin Franklin...
20: ...ious attempt to sacrifice to the Mother Goddess [[Cybele]], whose role was unwelcome among the patriarchal... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
145: ...god]] [[Uranus (mythology)|Ouranos]], and is the only planet in the [[solar system]] named after a Gre...
149: ...omposed primarily of rock and various ices, with only about 15% [[hydrogen]] and a little [[helium]] (...
172: ...of [[Uppsala]], proposed the names ''Astraea'', ''Cybele'', and ''Neptune'' (now borne by two [[asteroid]]...
176: [[NASA]]'s [[Voyager 2]] is the only spacecraft to have visited the planet. Launched... - Artemis (11271 bytes)
11: Artemis was not worshipped heavily in much of mainland [[Greece]]. In [[Asia Minor]], however, she w...
19: ...ped in a temple on the [[Aventine Hill]] where mainly lower-class citizens and slaves worshipped her. ...
33: ...rtility goddess, akin to [[Cybele]], unlike in mainland Greece. Statues in Greece depict her with her...
41: ...loating island of [[Delos]], which was neither mainland nor a real island and gave birth there. The i...
78: ...acle]] named [[Calchis]] told Agamemnon that the only way to appease Artemis was to sacrifice [[Iphige... - Mother's Day (4660 bytes)
3: ...ce]]. Mother worship - which kept a festival to [[Cybele]], a great mother of gods, and [[Rhea (mythology)...
16: ''Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means<br>
42: ...anada]], [[China]], [[Denmark]], [[Estonia]], [[Finland]], [[Germany]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Italy]], [[Ja...
72: * [http://www.chennaionline.com/specials/summer2002/mothersday/origin.asp ... - Dionysus (15630 bytes)
3: ...the [[Thracian]] god of [[wine]], represents not only the [[intoxicating]] power of wine, but also its...
20: ...pine cone that tipped his thyrsus linked him to [[Cybele]], and the pomegranate linked him to Demeter.
26: ...analia were held in secret and attended by women only, on three days in the year in the grove of [[Sim...
42: ...drove the Titans away with his thunderbolts, but only after the Titans ate everything but the heart, w...
67: ...ostility to his worship. [[Homer]] mentions him only briefly and with much hostility. [[Euripides]] ... - Roman clothing (10346 bytes)
11: ...he most pure of all the source fibers) contained only 6% impurities.
13: Wool, the most commonly used fiber, was most likely the first material t...
15: .... Silk was rare and expensive; a luxury afforded only to the richest and worn by women. Another type o...
30: ...ica ''Latin'')were made for troops, and more commonly, the gladiators. Many of the items were increase...
64: ...saffron robe worn by women during ceremonies to [[Cybele]] - Virgo (3620 bytes)
38: ...s often mentioned as well, Virgo being visible mainly in the spring months when she was believed to ha...
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