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  1. Ionic order (6526 bytes)
    4: ...fore an earthquake levelled it, was the Temple of Hera on [[Samos]], built about [[570 BC]] - [[560 BC]]...
    6: Unlike the Greek Doric order, Ionic [[column]]s norma...
    10: ...tect [[John Russell Pope]] wanted to convey the manly stamina combined with intellect of [[Theodore Ro...
    14: ...k his hints, to interpret the Ionic Order as matronly in comparison to the Doric Order, though not as ...
    16: The [[Parthenon]], although it conforms mainly to the Doric order, also has some Ionic elements...
  2. Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
    126: ...[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]]'', ''[[Cosmos]]'', ''[[Hera]]'', ''[[Hercules]]'', ''[[Icarus (mythology)|Ica...
    134: Pluto is not only much smaller and less massive than every other p...
    136: ...n for many decades after its discovery and could only be estimated. The discovery of its satellite [[...
    142: ... may in fact be a member of the [[Kuiper belt]], only one of a large number of distant icy bodies. A s...
    153: ...]. Pluto and Charon are noteworthy for being the only planet/moon pair in the solar system whose [[bar...
  3. 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: ...eto from going into labor. The other gods forced Hera to let her go. Either way, Artemis was born firs...
    78: ...acle]] named [[Calchis]] told Agamemnon that the only way to appease Artemis was to sacrifice [[Iphige...
  4. St. Valentine's Day (9989 bytes)
    1: ...ltures let each other know about their love, commonly by sending [[greeting card|Valentine's cards]], ...
    10: ...ated to the sacred [[marriage]] of [[Zeus]] and [[Hera]].
    54: ...ates on Valentine's Day. Many men, however, give only to their girlfriends. The return gift should be ...
    59: ...ls in order to find a good husband (or, more modernly at least a boyfriend).
  5. Zeus (17267 bytes)
    37: ...an flesh was said to turn into a wolf, and could only regain human form if he did not eat again of hum...
    50: Zeus' wife at Dodona was not [[Hera]], but the goddess [[Dione (mythology)|Dione]] &m...
    65: ...ea (mythology)|Rhea]]: [[Hestia]], [[Demeter]], [[Hera]], [[Hades]], [[Poseidon]], but swallowed them al...
    83: ...era discovered the deception, she cursed Echo to only speak the words of others (hence our modern word...
    107: | [[Hera]]
  6. Troy (22846 bytes)
    14: ...an rule in Asia Minor is replaced by the "sons of Herakles" dynasty in [[Sardis]] that ruled for 505 yea...
    20: ...eek gods watched the [[Trojan War]] from, where [[Hera]] distracted [[Zeus]] with her seductions long en...
    24: ...e 3000 years ago, were some 5 kilometers further inland, pouring into a bay that has since been filled...
    54: ...d around [[1300 BC]], probably by an earthquake. Only a single arrowhead was found in this layer, and ...
    60: ...d, two in the fort and one in the city. However, only small portions of the city have been excavated, ...
  7. Aphrodite (14648 bytes)
    4: ... and [[Cythera]], respectively. The island of Cythera was a center of her cult. She was associated wit...
    18: ...f Aphrodite's original cult from the Levant to mainland Greece.
    20: ...reflecting both stories, Aphrodite Ourania ("heavenly" Aphrodite), and Aphrodite Pandemos ("Common" Ap...
    25: ...original cause of the [[Trojan War]] itself: not only did she start the whole affair by offering [[Hel...
    31: ...ight in the cave and they made love; he demanded only that she never light any lamps because he did no...
  8. Dionysus (15630 bytes)
    3: ...the [[Thracian]] god of [[wine]], represents not only the [[intoxicating]] power of wine, but also its...
    26: ...analia were held in secret and attended by women only, on three days in the year in the grove of [[Sim...
    40: ...fided in her that her husband was actually Zeus. Hera pretended not to believe her, and planted seeds o...
    42: ...drove the Titans away with his thunderbolts, but only after the Titans ate everything but the heart, w...
    48: ...nd the mode of extracting its precious juice; but Hera struck him with madness, and drove him forth a wa...
  9. Hermes (10248 bytes)
    13: Hermēs or Mercury was commonly identified by Roman observers with the Germanic ...
    31: ...ndals ([[talaria]]) and carrying his Near Eastern herald's staff, entwined by copulating [[serpent]]s, c...
    38: ... [[Io (mythology)|Io]] in the sanctuary of Lady [[Hera]] herself in Argos. Putting Argos to sleep, Herme...
    43: ...epherds and woodsmen particularly. Pan was mistakenly reported to have died by a sailor, but, even aft...
    48: ...s]]. He had gone to the Mares with his friend, [[Herakles]].
  10. Storks (8536 bytes)
    28: ... were once thought to be monogamous, but this is only true to a limited extent. They may change mates ...
    90: ...! -->during the Afterlife. [http://www.egyptologyonline.com/the_afterlife.htm]
    92: ...at were robbing his fields of grain. The stork vainly pleaded to be spared, being no crane.
    94: ...era]], who changed her into a stork, a punishment Hera also inflicted on [[Antigone]], daughter of Laome...
  11. Virgo (3620 bytes)
    38: ...s often mentioned as well, Virgo being visible mainly in the spring months when she was believed to ha...
  12. Scorpius (3888 bytes)
    14: ...his was a divine precaution to forestall the heavenly continuation of the feud.
    20: ..., a powerful but benevolent creature whose rising heralded spring.
  13. Pomegranate (4637 bytes)
    26: The only other species in the genus, '''Socotra Pomegrana...
    43: ...an [[Triple Goddess]] who evolved into Olympian [[Hera]], who is represented offering the pomegranate. S...

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