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In Greek mythology, the Argonauts were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest for the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, the Argo which in turn was named after its builder Argus. They were sometimes called Minyans, after a prehistoric tribe of the area. Argonauts - Story. Pelias, king of Iolcus in Thessaly (near the modern city of Volos), had been warned to be on his guard against a man with one shoe and, one day, upon ...

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The following automobile manufacturers produce or have produced automobiles. Note that these are automobile makers rather than individual types. Some of these have never been independent companies but are sub-brands established by a parent company. See also Automobile_Manufacturer_Logos List of automobile manufacturers - Argentina. Andino Lists of companies List of automobile manufacturers - Armenia.

The following automobile manufacturers produce or have produced automobiles. Note that these are automobile makers rather than individual types. Some of these have never been independent companies but are sub-brands established by a parent company. See also Automobile_Manufacturer_Logos List of automobile manufacturers - Argentina. Andino Lists of companies List of automobile manufacturers - Armenia.

Danaus, or Danaos ("sleeper") was a Greek mythological character, twin brother of Aegyptus and son of Belus, a mythical king of Egypt. The myth of Danaus is a foundation legend (or re-foundation legend) of Argos, one of the foremost Mycenaean cities of the Peloponnesus. In Homer's Iliad, "Danaans" ("tribe of Danaus") and "Argives" commonly designate the Greek forces opposed to the Trojans. Danaus had fifty daughters, the Danaides, and his twin brother, Aegyptus, had fifty sons. Aegyptus commanded that his s ...

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Cybele - Overview: Anatolia Greece and Rome. At Pessinos in Phrygia, an archaic version of Cybele had been venerated as Agdistis since archaic times. In 203 BC, the aniconic cult object that embodied the Great Mother at Pessinos was ceremoniously and reverently removed to Rome. Her cult had already been adopted in 5th century BC Greece, where she is often referred to euphemistically as Meter Theon Idaia ("Mother of the Gods, from Mount Ida") rather than by name. Mentions of Cybele's worship are foun ...

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Cybele, Cybele - Cult history, Cybele - Overview: Anatolia Greece and Rome, Cybele - Anatolian Cybele, Cybele - Cybele and Attis, Cybele - Aegean Cybele, Cybele - Roman Cybele, Cybele - Notes

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Pelias, king of Iolcus in Thessaly (near the modern city of Volos), had been warned to be on his guard against a man with one shoe and, one day, upon seeing his nephew Jason with only one sandal (the other having been lost in crossing a stream), bade him to go and fetch the Golden Fleece, hoping that he would be killed in the attempt. Jason was accompanied by some of the principal heroes of ancient Greece. The number of Argonauts varies but usually totals between 40 and 55 – traditional versions of ...

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Argonauts, Argonauts - Story, Argonauts - Spoken-word myths — audio files, Argonauts - The Argonauts on film, Argonauts - Sources

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Aphrodite, in many of the myths involving her, is characterized as vain, ill-tempered and easily offended. Though she is one of the few gods of the Greek Pantheon to be actually married, she is frequently unfaithful to her husband. Hephaestus, of course, is one of the most even-tempered of the Hellenic deities; Aphrodite seems to prefer Ares, the volatile god of war. In Homer's Iliad she surges into battle to save her son, but abandons him (in fact, drops him as she flies through the air) when she herself is hurt (Ares does much the same thi ...

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Aphrodite, Aphrodite - Worship, Aphrodite - Birth, Aphrodite - Adulthood, Aphrodite - Marriage with Hephaestus, Aphrodite - Aphrodite and Psyche, Aphrodite - Adonis, Aphrodite - The Judgement of Paris, Aphrodite - Pygmalion and Galatea, Aphrodite - Other Stories, Aphrodite - Aphrodite in Neopaganism, Aphrodite - Consorts and children, Aphrodite - Other names

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The scope of Greek mythology is enormous. It extends from the horrific crimes of the early gods and the bloody wars of Troy and Thebes, to the childhood pranks of Hermes and the touching grief of Demeter for Persephone. The legions of gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines, monsters, daemons, nymphs, satyrs, and centaurs that one encounters in traversing this vast landscape are beyond count. Greek mythology has an approximate internal chronology. While contradictions in the material make an absolute timeline impossible, it breaks down roug ...

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Greek mythology, Greek mythology - Nature and sources of Greek mythology, Greek mythology - An overview, Greek mythology - The age of gods, Greek mythology - The age of gods and men, Greek mythology - The age of heroes, Greek mythology - Theories of origin, Greek mythology - Did the Greeks believe their myths?, Greek mythology - Hellenistic rationalism, Greek mythology - Syncretizing trends, Greek mythology - Belles and Beaus of Greek Mythology, Greek mythology - Modern interpreters, Greek mythology - Greek cosmology, Greek mythology - Related subjects, Greek mythology - Sources

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Lockheed designed the P-38 in response to a 1937 United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) request for a high-altitude interceptor, capable of 360 mph at altitude of 20,000 ft, (580 km/h at 6100 m). The Bell P-39 Airacobra and the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk were designed to meet the same request. At that time, US piston engines could not push fighter performance to ideal limits so the Lockheed design team, under the direction of Clarence "Kelly" Johnson decided to use two turbo-supercharged 12 cylinder Allison V-1710 engines which had ...

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P-38 Lightning, P-38 Lightning - Origin, P-38 Lightning - Lightnings go to war, P-38 Lightning - The Lightning in maturity: P-38J P-38L, P-38 Lightning - Lightning variants: Pathfinders Night Fighter XP-49 XP-58, P-38 Lightning - Lightning in twilight, P-38 Lightning - Unusual Lightning variants

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There were over 1800 automobile manufacturers in the United States from 1896 to 1930. Very few survived and only a few new ones were started after that period. List of automobile manufacturers - Major current US automakers. With their various brand-names, many of which earlier had been independent companies: AM General (not sold to private individuals; similar vehicles are sold to ordinary consumers as Hummers) DaimlerChrysler (Though heaquatered in Stuttgart, Germany, C ...

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List of automobile manufacturers, List of automobile manufacturers - Argentina, List of automobile manufacturers - Armenia, List of automobile manufacturers - Australia, List of automobile manufacturers - Austria, List of automobile manufacturers - Belarus, List of automobile manufacturers - Belgium, List of automobile manufacturers - Brazil, List of automobile manufacturers - Bulgaria, List of automobile manufacturers - Canada, List of automobile manufacturers - A-E, List of automobile manufacturers - F-I, List of automobile manufacturers - L-R, List of automobile manufacturers - S-Z, List of automobile manufacturers - China, List of automobile manufacturers - Czech Republic, List of automobile manufacturers - Denmark, List of automobile manufacturers - Estonia, List of automobile manufacturers - Finland, List of automobile manufacturers - France, List of automobile manufacturers - A-H, List of automobile manufacturers - J-V, List of automobile manufacturers - Germany, List of automobile manufacturers - Major Current German Automobile Manufacturers, List of automobile manufacturers - Other German Manufacturers, List of automobile manufacturers - Hungary, List of automobile manufacturers - India, List of automobile manufacturers - Iran, List of automobile manufacturers - Ireland, List of automobile manufacturers - Israel, List of automobile manufacturers - Italy, List of automobile manufacturers - A-H, List of automobile manufacturers - I-Z, List of automobile manufacturers - Japan, List of automobile manufacturers - Latvia, List of automobile manufacturers - Liechtenstein, List of automobile manufacturers - Lithuania, List of automobile manufacturers - Malaysia, List of automobile manufacturers - Namibia, List of automobile manufacturers - Netherlands, List of automobile manufacturers - North Korea, List of automobile manufacturers - Norway, List of automobile manufacturers - Philippines, List of automobile manufacturers - Poland, List of automobile manufacturers - Portugal, List of automobile manufacturers - Romania, List of automobile manufacturers - Russia, List of automobile manufacturers - Serbia, List of automobile manufacturers - Slovenia, List of automobile manufacturers - South Korea, List of automobile manufacturers - Spain, List of automobile manufacturers - Sweden, List of automobile manufacturers - Switzerland, List of automobile manufacturers - Taiwan, List of automobile manufacturers - Thailand, List of automobile manufacturers - Turkey, List of automobile manufacturers - Ukraine, List of automobile manufacturers - United Arab Emirates, List of automobile manufacturers - United Kingdom, List of automobile manufacturers - A-E, List of automobile manufacturers - F-L, List of automobile manufacturers - M-R, List of automobile manufacturers - S-W, List of automobile manufacturers - United States, List of automobile manufacturers - Major current US automakers, List of automobile manufacturers - Defunct US automakers, List of automobile manufacturers - Vietnam

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Aside from simple wagers--betting a friend that one's favorite baseball team will win its division, for instance, or buying a football "square" for the Super Bowl--sports betting is commonly done through a bookmaker. Legal sports bookmakers exist throughout the world (perhaps most notably in Las Vegas). In areas where sports betting is illegal, bettors usually make their sports wagers with illicit bookmakers (known colloquially as "bookies") and on the Internet, where thousands of online bookmakers accept wagers on sporting events around the ...

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Sports betting, Sports betting - Types of bets, Sports betting - Bookmaking, Sports betting - Betting scandals

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(Most of the gods and goddesses had Roman equivalents.) See also family tree of the Greek gods and the list of Greek mythological creatures. ...

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List of Greek mythological characters, List of Greek mythological characters - Greek mythological characters, List of Greek mythological characters - Immortals, List of Greek mythological characters - The twelve gods of Olympus, List of Greek mythological characters - Other deities, List of Greek mythological characters - Primeval gods, List of Greek mythological characters - Titans, List of Greek mythological characters - The Hundred-Handed, List of Greek mythological characters - Cyclopes, List of Greek mythological characters - River gods, List of Greek mythological characters - Nymphs, List of Greek mythological characters - Giants, List of Greek mythological characters - Mortals, List of Greek mythological characters - A-B, List of Greek mythological characters - C-G, List of Greek mythological characters - H-L, List of Greek mythological characters - M-P, List of Greek mythological characters - R-Z

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Apple - Apple breeding. Like most perennial fruits, apples are ordinarily propagated asexually by grafting. Seedling apples are different from their parents, sometimes radically. Most new apple cultivars originate as seedlings, which either arise by chance or are bred by deliberately crossing cultivars with promising characteristics. The words seedling, pippin, and kernel in the name of an apple cultivar suggest that it originated as a seedling. Apples can also form bud sports (mutations on a ...

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Apple, Apple - Botanical origins, Apple - Apple cultivars, Apple - Growing apples, Apple - Apple breeding, Apple - Starting an orchard, Apple - Location, Apple - Pollination, Apple - Thinning, Apple - Pests and diseases, Apple - Harvest, Apple - Commerce and uses, Apple - Health benefits, Apple - Cultural aspects, Apple - Apples as symbols, Apple - Traditions

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Apple - Apple breeding. Like most perennial fruits, apples are ordinarily propagated asexually by grafting. Seedling apples are different from their parents, sometimes radically. Most new apple cultivars originate as seedlings, which either arise by chance or are bred by deliberately crossing cultivars with promising characteristics. The words seedling, pippin, and kernel in the name of an apple cultivar suggest that it originated as a seedling. Apples can also form bud sports (mutations on a ...

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Apple, Apple - Botanical origins, Apple - Apple cultivars, Apple - Growing apples, Apple - Apple breeding, Apple - Starting an orchard, Apple - Location, Apple - Pollination, Apple - Thinning, Apple - Pests and diseases, Apple - Harvest, Apple - Commerce and uses, Apple - Health benefits, Apple - Cultural aspects

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The best known Antigone was the daughter of Oedipus and Iocaste (Jocasta), or, according to the older story, of Euryganeia. When Oedipus, on discovering that Iocaste, the mother of his children, was also his own mother, put his eyes out and stepped down as King of Thebes, Antigone accompanied him into exile at Colonus. After his death she returned to Thebes, where Haemon, the son of Creon, king of Thebes, became enamoured of her. Oedipus had given the kingdom to his two sons, Eteocles and Polynices, who both agreed to alternate the throne every year. However, the sons showed no concern for the ...

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Antigone, Antigone - Daughter of Oedipus, Antigone - Daughter of Eurytion

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Many modern Neopagans maintain a somewhat traditional view of Ares. Far from the glory that the Romans attributed to him however, most modern Neopagan sects, particularly Hellenistic sects in the United States, discourage worship of Ares altogether. Many sects even forbid Ares worship. Ares is often seen as a cruel, malevolent god who relishes in mortal suffering and feeds on strife. Many modern neopagans believe that ancient civilizations believed much the same, but worshipped Ares out of necessity rather than out of devotion. It is ...

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Ares, Ares - Consorts/Children, Ares - Ares in Neopaganism, Ares - Cultural References, Ares - External link

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Bergamo occupies the site of the ancient town of Bergomum, which was a Roman municipality. It was destroyed by Attila in the 5th century. Between 1264 and 1428 the town was ruled by Milan, but passed to Venetian control until 1797; the Venetians fortified the higher portion of the town. Bergamo has a prominent place in music history. The large Romanesque church of S Maria Maggiore, begun in 1137, had a continuous and well-documented tradition of music teaching and singing for more than eight hundred years. Since the town was under Ven ...

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Bergamo, Bergamo - History, Bergamo - Miscellaneous

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The campaign starts off with the Atlantean hero, Arkantos, discussing with the Theocrat how they are losing Poseidon's favor. Pirates then start attacking Atlantis, whom Arkantos successfully drives off. However, as the pirates were fleeing Kamos the minotaur, who was the leader of the pirates, stole the trident from a Poseidon staue. Arkantos follows Kamos, gets the trident back, and unsuccessfully tries to kill Kamos, who flees on a Leviathan. He then proceeds to Greece where he fights in the Trojan War alongside the Greek heroes Ajax, Ody ...

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Age of Mythology, Age of Mythology - Campaign, Age of Mythology - Gods, Age of Mythology - Greek, Age of Mythology - Egyptian, Age of Mythology - Norse, Age of Mythology - Myth Units, Age of Mythology - Greek, Age of Mythology - Egyptian, Age of Mythology - Norse, Age of Mythology - Special, Age of Mythology - Heroes, Age of Mythology - Human Units, Age of Mythology - Economic, Age of Mythology - Infantry, Age of Mythology - Archers, Age of Mythology - Cavalry, Age of Mythology - Ships, Age of Mythology - Siege weapons, Age of Mythology - Buildings, Age of Mythology - Greek, Age of Mythology - Egyptian, Age of Mythology - Norse, Age of Mythology - Campaign Heroes, Age of Mythology - God powers, Age of Mythology - Greek, Age of Mythology - Egyptian, Age of Mythology - Norse, Age of Mythology - Relics, Age of Mythology - Expansion pack

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Zeus is the continuation of Dyeus, the supreme god in Indo-European religion, also continued as Vedic Dyaus Pitar (cf. Jupiter), and as Tyr (Ziu, Tiw, Tiwaz) in Germanic and Norse mythology. Tyr was however supplanted by Odin as the supreme god among the Germanic tribes and they did not identify Zeus/Jupiter with either Tyr or Odin, but with Thor. In addition to his Indo-European inheritance, the classical Zeus also derives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the ancient Near East, such as the scepter. < ...

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Zeus, Zeus - Prehistory, Zeus - Role and epithets, Zeus - Panhellenic cults of Zeus, Zeus - Some local Zeus-cults, Zeus - Oracles of Zeus, Zeus - Zeus and foreign gods, Zeus - Zeus in myth, Zeus - Consorts and children, Zeus - Zeus miscellany, Zeus - Zeus in Neopaganism, Zeus - Spoken-word myths - audio files

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Luigi Cherubini composed the opera Médée in 1797 and it is Cherubini's best known work, but better known by its Italian title, Medea. Darius Milhaud composed the opera Médée in 1939, text by Madeleine Milhaud (his wife and cousin). ...

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Medea, Medea - Medea in music, Medea - Medea in literature, Medea - Medea on film

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Pelias (Aeson's half-brother) was power-hungry and he wished to gain dominion over all of Thessaly. Pelias was the product of a union between their shared mother Tyro ("high born Tyro") daughter of Salmoneus, and the sea god Poseidon. In a bitter feud, he overthrew Aeson (the rightful king), killing him and hopefully his descendants, who might take revenge on him. Alcimede (wife of Aeson) already had an infant son by Aeson, Jason who she sent to the centaur (half man, half horse) Chiron for education, for fear that Pelias would kill him - sh ...

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Jason, Jason - The early years, Jason - The quest for the Golden Fleece, Jason - The Isle of Lemnos, Jason - The arrival in Colchis, Jason - The return, Jason - Circe, Jason - Sirens, Jason - Talos, Jason - Jason returns, Jason - Jason on film

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Players can choose from one of three gods of a civilization as they begin, and two Minor Gods each time they advance in age. Each Minor God provides you with new God Powers, Myth Units and technologies. Age of Mythology - Greek. Archaic Age Zeus Poseidon Hades Classical Age Athena Ares Hermes Heroic Age Aphrodite Apollo Dionysus Mythic Age Hera Hepha ...

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Age of Mythology, Age of Mythology - Campaign, Age of Mythology - Gods, Age of Mythology - Greek, Age of Mythology - Egyptian, Age of Mythology - Norse, Age of Mythology - Myth Units, Age of Mythology - Greek, Age of Mythology - Egyptian, Age of Mythology - Norse, Age of Mythology - Special, Age of Mythology - Heroes, Age of Mythology - Human Units, Age of Mythology - Economic, Age of Mythology - Infantry, Age of Mythology - Archers, Age of Mythology - Cavalry, Age of Mythology - Ships, Age of Mythology - Siege weapons, Age of Mythology - Buildings, Age of Mythology - Greek, Age of Mythology - Egyptian, Age of Mythology - Norse, Age of Mythology - Campaign Heroes, Age of Mythology - God powers, Age of Mythology - Greek, Age of Mythology - Egyptian, Age of Mythology - Norse, Age of Mythology - Relics, Age of Mythology - Expansion pack

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