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23 hours ago · t. e. Jupiter ( Latin: Iūpiter or Iuppiter, [14] from Proto-Italic *djous "day, sky" + *patēr "father", thus "sky father" Greek: Δίας or Ζεύς ), [15] also known as Jove ( gen. Iovis [ˈjɔwɪs] ), is the god of the sky and thunder, and king of the gods in ancient Roman religion and mythology. Jupiter was the chief deity of Roman state ...
3 days ago · Pandion I, a king of Athens. Pandion II, a king of Athens. Peleus, king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles; he sailed with the Argonauts and participated in the Calydonian boar hunt. Pelias, a king of Iolcus and usurper of Aeson's rightful throne. Pelops, a king of Pisa and founder of the House of Atreus.
5 days ago · Neptune, third most massive planet in the solar system and the eighth and outermost planet from the Sun. Neptune has 14 moons, only two of which were discovered before Voyager 2’s visit in 1989, and a system of rings, which were unconfirmed before Voyager.
- Neptune was discovered on September 23, 1846. It is the second planet to be found using a telescope. Although Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich L...
- Neptune has 14 moons (natural satellites). Before Voyager 2's flyby of the planet, Neptune's only known moons were Triton and Nereid. Neptune's moo...
- Neptune’s outer atmosphere is composed predominantly of hydrogen and helium, contributing to 98 percent of the atmospheric molecules. Most of the r...
- Neptune is the only giant planet that is not visible without a telescope. It has an apparent magnitude of 7.8 and is approximately one-fifth as bri...
- Neptune’s color is a very vivid, bright blue, presumably an effect of the presence of methane and an unidentified atmospheric gas. With a small tel...
23 hours ago · There the staff represents the three flames of the sacrificial fire, part of the image of the vajra wheel. (Japanese mythology) Trident of Poseidon, associated with Poseidon, the god of the sea in Greek mythology and the Roman god Neptune. When struck the earth in anger, it caused mighty earthquakes and his trident could stir up tidal waves ...
5 days ago · Ge. Gaea. Gaea, terra-cotta statuette from Tanagra, Greece; in the Musée Borély, Marseille. Gaea, Greek personification of the Earth as a goddess. Mother and wife of Uranus (Heaven), from whom the Titan Cronus, her last-born child by him, separated her, she was also mother of the other Titans, the Gigantes, the Erinyes, and the Cyclopes ( see ...
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23 hours ago · Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Norse Mythology Volume 1 [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Neil Gaiman, P Craig Russell, with art by P Craig Russell, Mike Mignola, Jerry Ordway, David Rubín, Piotr Kowalski, Jill Thompson, Dave Stewart, Lovern Kindzierski, and Galen Showman; part of the Norse Mythology series. I was honestly disappointed when […]
