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- Ionic order (6526 bytes)
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4: ...e goddess: it could scarcely have been in a more prominent location for its brief lifetime. A longer-l...
6: ...that when a Greek Ionic order was eventually reintroduced, in the later [[18th century]] [[Greek Reviv...
8: ...en when the height of the column was exaggerated. Roman fluting leaves a little of the column surface ...
10: ...], he left colossal Ionic columns unfluted on the Roosevelt memorial at the [[American Museum of Natur... - Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
15: ...pan="2"| [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] [[J2000]])
18: ...06,376,272 [[kilometre|km]]<br>39.481 686 77 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
82: !align="left"| Rotation period
85: !align="left"| Rotation velocity
91: ...]]<br>of North pole<!--- Pole around which direct rotation occurs ---> - Artemis (11271 bytes)
1: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom ClipArt]]]
3: ...the twin sister of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]]. In [[Roman mythology]], she was known as [[Diana (goddess...
11: ...on who was able to kill him with a bough, picked from a tree in the forest.
13: ...r of Artemis include [[Brauronia]], held in [[Brauron]] and the festival of [[Artemis Orthia]] in [[Sp...
23: Her name may come from ''diviana'' ("the shining one"). - St. Valentine's Day (9989 bytes)
1: ...High [[Middle Ages]], during which the concept of romantic love was formulated.
3: ...rt provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
4: ...association also estimates that women purchase approximately 85 percent of all valentines.
10: ...ated to the sacred [[marriage]] of [[Zeus]] and [[Hera]].
12: ...g [[wine]], they would run through the streets of Rome holding pieces of the goat skin above their hea... - Zeus (17267 bytes)
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2: '''Zeus''' (descendant of [[Cronus]]is the leader of the gods and [[god]] of the ...
6: ...nuation of [[Dyeus]], the supreme god in [[Indo-European religion]], also continued as [[Rig-Veda|Vedi...
8: ...al Zeus also derives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the [[ancient Near East]], such ...
12: ===Role and Titles=== - Troy (22846 bytes)
1: '''Troy''' is a legendary city, scene of the [[Trojan War]], part of which is described in [[Homer]]...
2: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
3: ...ogical site, the traditional location of Homeric Troy, in [[Anatolia]], close to the seacoast in what ...
5: ...y some writers as ''Troia secunda'' ("the second Troy").
7: ...ies (Troy VIIa) is often identified with Homeric Troy. While such an identity is disputed, the site ha... - Aphrodite (14648 bytes)
1: ...966;ροδίτη, "risen from sea-foam") is the [[Greek mythology|Greek]] [[go...
4: ... and [[Cythera]], respectively. The island of Cythera was a center of her cult. She was associated wit...
6: ...stesses was considered a method of worshipping Aphrodite.
8: Aphrodite was associated with, and often depicted with ...
10: ...sopotamian]] counterpart was [[Ishtar]] and her Syro-Palestinian counterpart was [[`Ashtart|‘Ash... - Dionysus (15630 bytes)
3: ... and lover of [[peace]] — as well as the patron deity of both [[agriculture]] and the [[theater]...
5: Greeks borrowed Dionysus' figure and within the [[Greek mythol...
11: ...local Greek nature deity and a more powerful god from [[Thrace]] or [[Phrygia]] such as [[Sabazios]].
13: [[Herodotus]], (in ''Histories'' 2:146) was aware that t...
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1: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...l, of the cunning of thieves, and the messenger from the gods to humans. A lucky find was a ''hermai...
6: ...h the way in which the wind may transfer objects from one place to another, and with the transition to...
11: ...e to refer to a syncretic god combining elements from Hermes and the [[Egypt]]ian god [[Thoth]].
13: ...Mercurius'' corresponds to English ''Wednesday'' from ''Wodnes d槧' 'Woden's day'. - Storks (8536 bytes)
18: ...s are [[bird migration|migratory]]. Storks eat [[frog]]s, [[fish]], [[insect]]s, [[worm]]s, and small ...
26: ... are often very large, some having been known to grow to over 2[[metre|m]] (6 [[foot|feet]]) diameter ...
30: ... an established nesting site contribute to their prominence in myth and culture (see below).
32: ...er '''Ciconiiformes''', along with several other groups of wading birds as shown below:
35: ** Ardeidae [[heron]]s and [[bittern]]s - Virgo (3620 bytes)
28: ...nstellations in the sky. It can be easily found through its bright α star, Spica.
31: ...] to [[Arcturus]] in [[Bo�tes]] and continuing from there in the same curve ("follow the arc to Arct...
38: ...pring months when she was believed to have risen from the underworld.
42: ===Astrology===
43: ... the Hindu astrological sign of the [[Sidereal astrology|sidereal zodiac]] ([[September 16]] - [[Octob... - Scorpius (3888 bytes)
2: ...the [[zodiac]]. In [[Western_Astrology|western astrology]] it is known as "'''Scorpio'''". It lies be...
14: ...thology)|Orion]], the scorpion rising out of the ground at the goddess' command to attack. Although t...
16: ...nk into the other side of the sky, still running from the attacker.
18: ...sed to strike, and the inexperienced boy lost control of the chariot, as the sun wildly went about the...
20: ..., a powerful but benevolent creature whose rising heralded spring. - Pomegranate (4637 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_subclassis_entry | taxon = [[Rosidae]]}}
13: ''P. granatum'' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]<br>
14: ''P. protopunica'' [[John Hutton Balfour|Balf.]]
17: ...s reasons. Its species name ''granatum'' derives from the [[Latin]] adjective ''granatus'', meaning 'g...
20: ...ssy, narrow oblong, entire, 3-7 cm long and 2 cm broad.
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