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3 days ago · Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-04. ^ a b "Aiden and Amelia are the most popular names" – via PressReader. ^ a b "Top 10 de los nombres más populares entre los mexicanos para sus hijos; "Sofi" y "Santi" a la cabeza". 17 October 2021.
2 days ago · Macaria (Μακαρία), daughter of Hades and goddess of blessed death (not to be confused with the daughter of Heracles) Melinoe (Μελινόη), daughter of Persephone and Zeus who presided over the propitiations offered to the ghosts of the dead. Menoetes (Μενοίτης), an Underworld spirit who herded the cattle of Hades.
19 hours ago · Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones.
May 17, 2024 · According to a Hellenistic astral myth, the Cyclopes were the builders of the first altar. The myth was a catasterism, which explained how the constellation the Altar (Ara) came to be in the heavens. According to the myth, the Cyclopes built an altar upon which Zeus and the other gods swore alliance before their war with the Titans.
2 days ago · The standard Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh was composed by a scribe named Sîn-lēqi-unninni, probably during the Middle Babylonian Period ( c. 1600 – c. 1155 BC ), based on much older source material. In the epic, Gilgamesh is a demigod of superhuman strength who befriends the wild man Enkidu.
4 days ago · 1. The Vietnamese Creation Myth – the Legend of Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ. 2. The Fight Against Natural Disasters – the Legend of the Mountain God and the Water God. 3. The legend of An Dương Vương – The Betrayed Emperor. 4. Hoan Kiem Lake – the Legend of Le Loi and the Magical Sword. 5.
19 hours ago · Troy VI–VII. Troy VI–VII was a major Late Bronze Age city consisting of a steep fortified citadel and a sprawling lower town below it. It was a thriving coastal city with a considerable population, equal in size to second-tier Hittite settlements.
