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Artemis

Artemis is the Greek goddess of the Moon, hunting, archery, virginity and midwifery. She is one of the members of the Twelve Olympians who ruled the world on top of Mount Olympus. She is the daughter of Zeus and Leto, older twin sister of Apollo. Her Roman equivalent is Diana.  

Artemis is generally depicted as a beautiful huntress wearing a sleeveless tunic and carrying a bow and arrow. She is accompanied by a group of nymphs huntresses. Bow, arrow, quiver and knives serves as her symbols. While deer and stags is her sacred animal.

Ancient Greek myths involving Artemis

Birth

Hera, who was Zeus's wife, discovered that Leto was pregnant and became very angry. She banned Leto from giving birth on any mainland or island known.

Leto found the island of Delos, which floated and so was not an island or mainland, and gave birth there. Hera then locked up the goddess of childbirth, Eilethyia, so she could not give birth to the twins. Then, all the other goddesses convinced her to let her free so she could finally give birth. Leto gave birth to Artemis without any problem. However she was in labor with Apollo for nine days. Artemis helped Leto to give birth to Apollo.

Acteon

A mortal hunter named Acteon stumbled upon Artemis while she was bathing in one of his hunting session with his friends. Artemis discovered him and she was enraged. So she inflicted a punishment upon him for spying on her whilst she was bathing by transforming him into a stag. She sent his own hunting dogs to tear him apart.

Hippolytos 

Hippolytos, a companion and devotee of Artemis, was slain through the machinations of Aphrodite, as punishment for his scorning of love and neglecting her worship. Artemis avenged the death of Hippolytos by killing Aphrodite's favourite lover, Adonis. She later petitioned Asclepius to bring the boy back to life, and spirited him away to her sacred shrine in Aricia.

Related pages
 Artume - Etruscan mythology version of Artemis. 
 Diana - Roman mythology version of Artemis.
 Temple of Artemis

Other websites 

 Theoi Project, Artemis, information on Artemis from original Greek and Roman sources, images from classical art.
 Hymn To Artemis - The Virgin Goddess of the Hunt
 A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) (eds. G. E. Marindin, William Smith, LLD, William Wayte)

Twelve Olympians
Gods and goddesses of the moon
Virgin goddesses
Nike (mythology)

Nike (Greek: Νίκη) is the goddess of victory in Greek mythology.  She was the daughter of Styx and Pallas and the sister of Cratos, Bia, and Zelus. Nike and her brothers and sister were all friends of Zeus.  

Nike could run very fast, had wings and brings good luck.  She is usually worshipped at the same time as Athena. Nike is often linked with sport, with companies named for her like Nike Inc. A picture of Nike also appears in all the medals for the Summer Olympics. Her Roman name is Victoria.

The most famous statue of Nike is the Winged Victory of Samothrace.  This is now in the Louvre, which is a museum in Paris, France. She is a symbol of victory displayed outside Olympic stadiums in Olympia and in other places where there are Olympics. She is believed to always be watching over sport stadiums ready to  choose the victor of the game.

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Montagu Island

Montagu Island is the largest island of the South Sandwich Islands.

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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Styx

Styx is the goddess of the river Styx in Greek mythology, and was the only female river goddess. She was the daughter of Okeanos and Tethys, and with Pallas was also the mother of Zelus, Nike, Kratos, and Bia (and sometimes Eos). During the Titanomachy she sent the children to help Zeus. To reward her for helping the Olympians, Zeus did not throw her in Tartarus, but let her be the guardian of the river Styx. She is the wife of the ferryman, Charon, and the guardian of the river Coctylus, Archeon.

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Gods and goddesses of the underworld
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Groucho Marx

Julius Henry Marx or Groucho Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American actor and comedian . He was best known for work with his siblings in The Marx Brothers and then later on his own. He was also best known for portraying a fast-talking "wise guy" with bushy eyebrows, glasses, rectangle moustache and a cigar.

1890 births
1977 deaths
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Gaia

Gaia can mean:
 Gaia (mythology): the earth and mother of the gods in Greek mythology
 Gaia (spacecraft): European space mission to collect data on Milky Way stars and other objects
 Gaia hypothesis: the idea that living things and the Earth are closely connected, and form a complex self-regulating system, making sure there can be life on the planet. James Lovelock promoted this idea.
 Gaia (Abrahamic religion): the Deity of the medieval faith Deanism from Celtic England (Europe)
Nyx

Nyx was the goddess of the night in Greek mythology. She came out of Chaos.

Her Roman equivalent was Nox.

Hesiod's Theogony 
In his theogony (How the gods came to be), Hesiod tells: Night is born of Chaos; her offspring are many, and telling. With Erebus, Night gives birth to the following deities:
 Aether ("atmosphere") and Hemera ("day").
Later, on her own, Night gives birth to 
 Momus "blame"
 Ponos "toil"
 Moros "fate"
 Thanatos "death"
 Hypnos "sleep", 
 the Oneiroi "the tribe of dreams"
 the Hesperides
 the Keres and Fates
 Nemesis "retribution"
 Apate "deception"
 Philotes "friendship"
 Geras "age", 
 and Eris "strife". 

In his description of Tartarus, Hesiod says further that Hemera "day", who is now Night's sister rather than daughter, left Tartarus just as Nyx entered it; when Hemera returned, Nyx left. This mirrors the portrayal of Ratri "night" in the Rig-Veda, where she works in close cooperation but also tension with her sister Ushas "dawn".

Children 
 Only hers:
Hypnos, the god of sleep.
 Thanatos, the god of death.
 Apate, the god of deception.
 Eris, the god of strife.
 Geras, the god of age.
 Momus, the god of blame.
 Moros, the god of fate.
 Philotes, the god of friendship.
 Ponus, the god of toil.

Related pages
 Nox - Etruscan mythology version of Nyx.

Greek gods and goddesses
Gods and goddesses of the underworld
Hemera

Hemera was the goddess of daylight in Greek mythology.  She was the daughter of Erebus and Nyx, and the sister of Moros, Charon, Keres and Nemesis.  

Hyginus lists their children as Uranus, Gaia, and Thalassa (the primordial sea goddess), while Hesiod only lists Thalassa as their child.

Aether was her brother and consort. Hyginus listed Gaia, Thalassa and Ouranos as their children. In Hesiod's "Theogony", Hemera was only mother of Thalassa.

Hemera's mother was the goddess of the night and her father was the god of darkness. they were brother and sister and married and had kids Hemera was one of them.
Her grandmother was the goddess of air.

Greek gods and goddesses
Aether

Aether was the God of light in Greek mythology. He was the son of Erebus and Nyx. Aether is one of the primordial deities, the first-born elementals.

Damascius says that Aether, Erebus and Chaos were siblings, and the offspring of Chronos (Father Time). According to Epiphanius, the world began as a cosmic egg, encircled by Time and Inevitability (most likely Chronos and Ananke) in serpent fashion. Together they constricted the egg, squeezing its matter with great force, until the world divided into two hemispheres. After that, the atoms sorted themselves out. The lighter and finer ones floated above and became the Bright Air (Aether and/or Ouranos) and the rarefied Wind (Chaos), while the heavier and dirtier atoms sank and became the Earth (Gaia) and the Ocean (Pontos and/or Oceanus). See also Plato's Myth of Er.

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Keres (spirits)

The Keres are female death spirits in Greek mythology, and were the daughters of Erebus and Nyx.  They look very dark and have sharp teeth, claws and like the taste of blood.  The Keres look around battlefields for hurt people and people who are dying.

Greek legendary creatures
Eris (goddess)

Eris (, "Strife") is the goddess of strife and discord in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of Nyx, but has no father. She is the opposite of Harmonia, who is the goddess of harmony.

The Romans called her Discordia. In Roman statues of Discordia, and in other Roman art of her, she looks scary and ugly, and she is holding a knife. There are a few myths about this goddess, such as the one involving the golden apple.

Discordians 
Nowadays, there are some people who call themselves Discordians. This idea comes from a book called Principia Discordia, which was written by Greg Hill and Kerry Thornley in San Francisco in the year 1958 or 1959. The book says that Eris might not have been scary and ugly after all, but that she was just misunderstood.

The Principia Discordia describes the Discordian Society and its Goddess Eris, as well as the basics of Discordianism.

Greek gods and goddesses
Geras

Geras is the god of age in Greek mythology.  His mother is Nyx, but he has no father.

Greek gods and goddesses
Hypnos

Hypnos is the god of sleep in Greek mythology. He is the son of Nyx and the twin brother of Thanatos, the god of death.

His sons are the Oneroi: Morpheus, Phobetor and Phantasos.

His Roman equivalent was Somnus. Hypnos was represented as a gentle young man, usually with wings attached to his temples or shoulders.

Greek gods and goddesses
Momus

Momus is the god of blame in Greek mythology.  His mother is Nyx, but he has no father. He was kicked out of Olympus after criticizing Zeus and Aphrodite.

Greek gods and goddesses
Moros

Moros is the personification of doom in Greek mythology. He was the child of Nyx and brother to Thanatos. It is believed that he decided the destiny of each mortal.

Greek gods and goddesses
Metis

Metis is the goddess of wisdom in Greek mythology. She is one of the Titans and is the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. She was the mother of Athena.

There is also a moon named after Metis.

When she was inside Zeus, Metis made a helmet and a robe for her baby. The hammering noise caused Zeus to have a headache. To try and help Zeus with the pain, Prometheus, Hephaestus, Hermes, or Palaemon (depending on the myth) cut his head open with a Minoan axe.  Athena then came out of Zeus's head. She was fully grown and had her armour on.

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9 Metis
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Eos

Eos (Ionic and Homeric Greek: Ἠώς, Ēōs; Attic: Ἕως, Éōs; Aeolic: Αὔως, Aúōs; Doric: Ἀώς, Āṓs) is the goddess of the dawn in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. She is the sister of Helios, god of the sun, and Selene, goddess of the moon.

Myth 
Eos leaves her home, which was at the edge of ocean, every morning to wake her brother, Helios. She opens the gates of heaven so that Helios can ride his chariot across the sky each day.

Related pages
 Aurora - Roman mythology version of Eos.
 Thesan - Etruscan mythology version of Eos.

Titans
Leto

Leto is a goddess in Greek mythology.  She was the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe, who were Titans. Leto was the mother of the twins Artemis and Apollo, whose father was Zeus.

After the twins were born, Leto played very little part in Greek mythology. She is the goddess of motherhood and one of Zeus' many wives.

Birth of Artemis and Apollo
Hera, who was Zeus's wife, discovered that Leto was pregnant and became very angry.  She banned Leto from giving birth on any mainland or island known.

Leto found the island of Delos, which floated and so was not an island nor mainland, and gave birth there. Leto gave birth to Artemis without any problem.  However she was in labour with Apollo for nine days and nine nights.  Artemis helped Leto to give birth to Apollo.

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Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls (pronounced "sue falls", ) is a city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is the largest city in the state; 153,888 people lived there at the 2010 census. The city is in the eastern part of South Dakota. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County, where most of the city is located. The southern part of the city is in Lincoln County. Sioux Falls became a city in 1876. The city is built around the Big Sioux River, and it gets its name from a set of waterfalls along the river that are located in a park in the city.

Sports 
Sioux Falls is home to four major sports teams. The Sioux Falls Skyforce play basketball in the NBA Development League, the Sioux Falls Canaries play baseball in the American Association, the Sioux Falls Stampede play ice hockey in the United States Hockey League, and the Sioux Falls Storm play American football in the Indoor Football League.

Transport 
Two major Interstate highways go through Sioux Falls. Interstate 90 goes from east to west, and Interstate 29 goes from north to south. Sioux Falls also has a shorter route, Interstate 229, that serves the eastern part of the city and connects Interstate 90 to Interstate 29. The city is also home to the Sioux Falls Regional Airport, which has flights to many big cities across the country.

References

Other websites 
 City of Sioux Falls government website

County seats in South Dakota
 
1876 establishments in the United States
1870s establishments in Dakota Territory
30s

The 30s decade ran from 1 January 30 to 31 December 39.

Events
circa 33 – Jesus is crucified, and according to Christianity, resurrects from the dead.
Christopher Eccleston

Christopher Eccleston (born 16 February 1964) is an English actor. He played the Ninth Doctor on Doctor Who in 2005. Before playing the doctor, he played the Son of God in The Second Coming. He has acted in movies, such as Let Him Have It, Shallow Grave, and Gone in 60 Seconds.

Eccleston is an atheist.

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Deliverance

Deliverance is a 1972 American crime drama movie made by Warner Bros.. It was directed by John Boorman and stars Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty, and Jon Voight. It was based on a book written in 1970 by James Dickey, who also wrote the screenplay and had a small part in the movie. It is set in rural northern Georgia. Four men from Atlanta take a trip in a canoe. Two of them are raped by sadistic local men; the victims take revenge on their attackers.

Deliverance got good reviews from critics and is widely considered one of the best films of 1972.

Awards and nominations
Nominated for:

Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Directing – John Boorman
Academy Award for Film Editing – Tom Priestley
New York Film Critics Circle for Best Film and Best Director
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
Golden Globe Award for Best Director – Motion Picture – John Boorman
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama – Jon Voight
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song – Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay – James Dickey

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood is a 1938 swashbuckler movie. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley. It was shot in Technicolor.  The movie stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, and Claude Rains. The story is based on the traditional tales of Robin Hood. It is the third of eight movies Flynn and De Havilland made together. The movie won three minor Academy Awards. In 1995, the movie was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

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Speed (1994 movie)

Speed is a 1994 American action-thriller movie set in Los Angeles, California. It stars Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Daniels, Alan Ruck, and Dennis Hopper with Joe Morton. It is about a police officer (Reeves) who has to stop a extortionist (Hopper), who has put a bomb on a city bus. The movie was a box office success in many countries.

It was followed by a 1997 sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control.

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Ares

Ares is a god in Greek mythology. He is the god of savage war and bloodlust, and represents the untamed, wild aspects of conflict. He is one of the Twelve Olympians. His parents are Zeus and Hera. He had a twin sister called Eris. Neither parent liked him. He is considered murderous and bloody. In the Trojan War, he fought on the side of the Trojans. He had six children with Aphrodite. His homeland is Thrace.

Etymology
Ares' name is believed to be derived from the Greek word ἀρή (arē), the Ionic form of the Doric ἀρά (ara), which translates to "bane" or "ruin".

Related pages
 Maris - Etruscan mythology version of Ares
 Tyr - Norse mythology version of Ares
 Mars - Roman mythology version of Ares

References

Other websites 

 Theoi Project, Ares information on Ares from classical literature, images from Greek and Roman art.
 Greek Mythology Link, Ares  summary of Ares in myth

Twelve Olympians
Anna Kavan

Anna Kavan (born Helen Emily Woods; 10 April 1901 – 5 December 1968) was an English writer.

Kavan wrote stories before using the name Anna Kavan. During this time, she wrote six novels. They are very different from her other novels. When she changed her pen name, she started writing experimental novels. This change focused on dreams and addiction.

I Am Lazarus is a collection of short stories. The stories are about mental illness and war-related post traumatic stress disorder.

Kavan travelled a lot during the Second World War. She was in New Zealand for 22 months. Because New Zealand is close to Antarctica, she was inspired to write Ice.

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1901 births
1968 deaths
English novelists
Mercury (mythology)

Mercury (Latin: Mercurius) is the god of trade, commerce, financial gain, messages/communication, travellers and boundaries, trickery, merchants and thieves in Ancient Roman religion and myth. Son of Jupiter and Maia, Mercury was a major god in Roman state religion, being a member of the Dii Consentes, the principal group of ancient Roman deities. The Roman counterpart to Hermes, the god is depicted as holding a caduceus in his left hand. The planet Mercury and the element Mercury are named after him.

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Turms - Etruscan mythology version of Mercury.
 Hermes - Greek mythology version of Mercury.

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Medusa

Medusa is a character in Greek mythology. Her story has been told and retold by ancient and modern storytellers, writers, and artists.  

The Latin poet Ovid writes in Book IV of  his Metamorphoses that Poseidon had raped Medusa in the temple of Athena. The goddess was angry, and changed Medusa into a monster with snakes for hair.  To people in Ovid's time, Medusa, not Poseidon, was the one who had done something wrong.

Artists have made statues and paintings of Medusa for thousands of years.  Ancient Greeks and other ancient people painted Medusa's face on pots and doors and other things.  In Greek art from this time, artists usually painted or carved people looking out to the side.  Medusa was almost always carved looking out of the picture toward the viewer. This was so Medusa could scare evil things away.  These pictures of Medusa are called Gorgoneions. They are an example of using one evil thing to make other evil things leave, the same way Perseus used Medusa against his other enemies.

Myth 

Medusa was one of three sisters, the Gorgons. Medusa's sisters were Stheno and Euryale. Medusa was mortal, but her sisters were immortal. They were all children of the sea gods, Phorkys and his sister Keto. Before they were monsters, all three sisters were beautiful young women, Medusa the most; however, she was a priestess in the temple of Athena and was bound by a vow of celibacy.

Any man or animal who looked directly upon her was turned to stone.

 

The hero Perseus cut off Medusa's head.  He snuck up on her by using his shiny shield as a mirror. He put Medusa's head in a special bag and then showed it to his enemies.  They turned to stone.  Then he gave Medusa's head to the gods.  Either Zeus or Athena put her head on the shield called aegis.

Medusa was pregnant by Poseidon at the time of her death. Pegasus, a winged horse, and Chrysaor, a golden giant, sprang from her blood.

Medusa in art 

Medusa was a subject for ancient vase painters, mosaicists, and sculptors. She appears on the breastplate of Alexander the Great in the Alexander Mosaic at the House of the Faun in Pompeii, Italy (about 200 BC). 

A Roman copy of Phidias' Medusa (left) is held in the Glyptothek in Munich, Germany.  

Among the Renaissance depictions are the sculpture Perseus with the Head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini (1554) and the oil painting Medusa by Caravaggio (1597).

 

Baroque depictions include Head of Medusa by Peter Paul Rubens (1618); the marble bust Medusa by Bernini (1630s); and Perseus Turning Phineus and his Followers to Stone, an oil painting by Luca Giordano from the (early 1680s).

Romantic and modern depictions include Perseus with the Head of Medusa by Antonio Canova (1801) and Perseus, a sculpture by Salvador Dalí. Twentieth century artists whno tackled the Medusa theme include Paul Klee, John Singer Sargent, Pablo Picasso, Pierre et Gilles, and Auguste Rodin.  The twenty-first century sculpture Medusa with the Head of Perseus by Luciano Garbati became part of the #MeToo Movement.

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Lilo & Stitch: The Series

Lilo & Stitch: The Series is a Disney Channel animated television series based on the 2002 movie, Lilo & Stitch. It follows Stitch! The Movie, which was a pilot to the series. As with the first movie, it stars Daveigh Chase as Lilo Pelekai and Chris Sanders as her alien friend Stitch. In the show, they try to find Stitch's alien cousins and the job each cousin is perfect for.

Characters 
 626/Stitch (voiced by Chris Sanders)
 Lilo Pelekai (voiced by Daveigh Chase)
 Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voiced by David Ogden Stiers)
 Agent Wendy Pleakley (voiced by Kevin McDonald)
 Nani Pelekai (voiced by Tia Carrere) Lilo's older sister.
 Captain Gantu (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson)
 625/Reuben (voiced by Rob Paulsen)
 Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (voiced by Jeff Bennett)
 Mertle Edmonds (voiced by Liliana Mumy)
 624/Angel (voiced by Tara Strong)

Episodes 
Main article: List of Lilo & Stitch: The Series episodes

Other websites 
 Disney Channel site 
 
 TV.com entry 

Animated television series
2003 television series debuts
Lilo & Stitch
Television series by Buena Vista Television
2006 television series endings
Olga Bondarenko

Olga Bondarenko (maiden name Krentser, born 2 June 1960 in Slavgorod, Altai Krai, Russia) is a long-distance runner. Running for the U.S.S.R., she won the 10,000 metre race at the 1988 Summer Olympics, and the 3,000 metre race at the 1986 European Championships. Earlier she had set a world record for the 10,000 m event, at 31 minutes, 13.78 seconds, in Kiev in 1984. Her first world-class gold medal was a first-place finish in the 5,000 m race at the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow. She competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

References

Olga Bondarenko at sporting-heroes.net
Olga Bondarenko-Krentser 

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Tyche (planet)

Tyche is the nickname given to a possible gas giant planet in the  Solar System's Oort cloud. It is one of several proposed planets beyond Neptune. Tyche was first proposed in 1999 by astronomer John Matese of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 

Matese and Daniel Whitmire say that the points of origin for long-period comets gives a pattern that suggests Tyche's existence. They noted that Tyche, if it exists, should be seen in the archive of data that was collected by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Infrared telescope. However, several astronomers disagree that Tyche exists. In 2014 NASA announced that WISE had not found such a planet. 

Tyche is in the Nickelodeon TV show The Fairly OddParents. It is also called "Yugopotamia" and is where the character Mark Chang is from.

References

Planets
Solar System
Fortuna (mythology)

Fortuna was the goddess of fortune, luck and fate in Roman mythology. Fortuna could bestow good or bad luck onto people. She was sometimes represented veiled and blind. She was a daughter of Jupiter and like him, she could also be bountiful and generous to everybody.

Related pages
 Tyche - Greek mythology version of Fortuna
 The Wheel of Fortune

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Demeter

Demeter (Attic Greek: Δημήτηρ, Dēmḗtēr; Doric: Δαμάτηρ, Dāmā́tēr) is the goddess of the harvest and agriculture in ancient Greek religion and myth, one of the Twelve Olympians. The elder sister of Zeus, Demeter presided over grains and the fertility of the earth. She served as the patron goddess of farmers, and was believed to have taught men how to reap and cultivate the harvest. By Zeus, she is the mother of Persephone, the wife of Hades and queen of the underworld. Both she and Persephone were central figures of the Eleusinian Mysteries, a series of festivals held in honor of the two goddesses in the region of Attica. Her symbols were the scythe, cornucopia, wheat, bread and harvest grains, and the pig and snake were her sacred animals. Her Roman equivalent is Ceres.

In Greek Mythology, Demeter's daughter Persephone was kidnapped by Hades, and made her bride. Demeter grieved the loss of her daughter, bringing on a long famine. Eventually an accord was met by which Persephone would spend part of the year underground, and the rest above ground with her mother. This cycle is the Mythological explanation for the seasons.

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 Ceres - Roman version of Demeter

Twelve Olympians
Gods and goddesses of agriculture
Ceres

In Roman religion and myth, Ceres (Latin: Cerēs) is the goddess of agriculture, especially the growing of grains and cereals, fertility and motherly relationships. The Roman equivalent of Demeter. Ceres was an important deity of the Plebeian or Aventine Triad. She was the mother of Proserpine. Her daughter was married to Pluto, the god of the underworld. At Roman weddings, a boy carried the torch of Ceres to light the way to happiness of the couple. The dwarf planet Ceres is named after her.

Ceres found out the spelt wheat (Latin far), the yoking of oxen and ploughing, the sowing, protection and the young seed, the gift of agriculture to human beings. Before this, man were going here and there without houses or rules. She had the power to fertilize, multiply and make plants bear fruit and animals produce seed. Her rules protected all the activities of the agricultural cycle. In January, Ceres (alongside the earth-goddess Tellus) was offered spelt wheat and a pregnant sow. It was done at the movable Feriae Sementivae. This was almost done before the annual sowing of grain. The divine part of sacrifice was the entrails (exta) put in a clay pot (olla). In villages, Cato the Elder describes the offer to Ceres of a porca praecidanea (a pig, offered before harvesting). Before the harvest, she was offered some grains (praemetium). Ovid tells that Ceres "is content with little, provided that her offerings are casta" (pure).

Ceres' main festival is Cerealia. It was celebrated from middle to late April. It was organised by her plebeian aediles. It included circus games (ludi circenses). It opened with a horse-race in the Circus Maximus. Its starting point was below and opposite to her Aventine Temple. Its turning post was at the far end of the Circus. It was holy to Consus, a god of grain-storage. After the race, foxes were released into the Circus. Their tails were burned with torches. It was done to clean the growing crop plants and protect them from disease. It is also to add warmness and strength to their growth.

Rules 
Ceres protected plebeian laws, rights and rules. Her Aventine Temple was the plebeian worship place, law place, treasure place and also law-court. Its foundation was almost at the same time with the passage of the Lex Sacrata. During that time, Lex Sacrata made the office and representatives of the Roman people. Tribunes were legally unable to do anything to capture or threaten the lives and wealth of those who broke the rules of Ceres.

Related pages
 Demeter - Greek mythology version of Ceres

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Roman gods and goddesses
Gods and goddesses of agriculture
Roman mythology

Roman mythology is a huge collection of stories, started in Ancient Rome, about the beginning of the world, and the lives and adventures the many Roman gods, goddesses, and heroes. Each god, each goddess had a cult to take care of their temples or other holy places.

The myths of the Ancient Romans are often called "Greco-Roman". Originally they were similar to the Greek mythology of the Ancient Greeks, and later the Romans added Greek stories for their Roman gods, so they became even more similar.

The gods and goddesses in these stories have lots of magic powers. They can make themselves invisible to humans and move to any place in a very short time. They can change people into animals or animals into people. They have no disease and can only be hurt by very unusual causes. This is called being immortal; they can never die.

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List of Roman gods and goddesses
Mythology
Metamorphoses
List of Roman gods and goddesses

This is a list of Roman gods and goddesses that are in Roman mythology.

 Phoebus- the god of music, oracles, archery, medicine and the sun.
 Arcus- the goddess of rainbows
 Aurora- The goddess of dawn
 Bacchus- The god of agriculture and wine
 Bellona- The goddess of war and death
 Caelus- The primal god of the sky and theology, iconography, and literature
 Ceres- The goddess of agriculture and grain
 Concordia- The goddess of harmony
 Cupid- The god of love
 Cybele- The goddess of the Earth, nature, mountains, and wild animals
 Diana -The goddess of wild animals and the hunt and the moon
 Faunus- The god of the forest, fields, and plains
 Febris- The goddess of fevers
 Flora- The goddess of flowers and of the season of spring
 Fortuna - The goddess of luck
 Janus - The god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, and endings
 Juno - The goddess of love, marriage, and fertility
 Jupiter- The god of thunder and the sky
 Juventus- the goddess of youth
 Mars - The god of war and fighting
 Mercury - The god of shopkeepers, merchants, travellers, transporters of goods, thieves, and tricksters. Messenger of the gods.
 Minerva- The goddess of wisdom, medicine, commerce, handicrafts, poetry, the arts, and war
 Mutunus Tutunus- A phallic god of marriage
 Nemesis- The goddess of revenge, hatred, and jealousy
 Neptune - The god of the sea and earthquakes
 Nyx - The primordial goddess of the night
 Pluto - The god of the underworld. God of death and the riches under the Earth
 Proserpina- The goddess of fertility, wine, and agriculture
 Pomona - The goddess of fruitful abundance
 Saturn- The god of generation, dissolution, plenty, wealth, periodic renewal, liberation, and time
 Senectus- The god of old age
 Somnus- The god of sleep
 Spes- The goddess of hope
 Terra- The goddess of the Earth
 Trivia- The goddess of sorcery and witchcraft
 Venus- The goddess of love and beauty
 Veritas- The goddess of truth
 Vesta- The goddess of the hearth, the home, and domestic life
 Victoria- The goddess of victory
 Vis- The goddess of force, power, and might
 Vulcan- The god of fire and blacksmith

Related pages
List of names of mythological gods, a comparison of names of Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Norse and Meitei gods and goddesses

Lists of gods and goddesses
Lists of deities

This is a list of deities in different polytheistic religions, cultures and mythologies of the world.

Lists 

 Ancient Egyptian deities
 Mesopotamian deities
 Ancient Greek deities
 Ancient Meitei deities
 Ancient Roman deities
 Norse deities
 Hindu deities 
 Hindu gods
 Devi
 Japanese deities

Comparison 
This list includes Etruscan, Greek, Roman, Norse and Meitei versions of similar gods and goddesses. The table is ordered by the Greek god's name.

Related pages 
 Demigod
 Divinity
Andrzej Sapkowski

Andrzej Sapkowski (born June 21, 1948 in Łódź) is a Polish fantasy writer. His best known work is The Witcher (Wiedźmin) Saga (takes place in a fictional universe). Before starting his career in the late 1980s, he worked in foreign trade.

Polish writers
1948 births
Living people
Staten Island

Staten Island is a borough of New York City. Fewer than half a million people live there, the smallest population of any of the five boroughs. Three bridges connect Staten Island to New Jersey, and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge connects to Brooklyn. A passenger railroad runs along the south shore to the northeast end of the island, which is called Saint George. The borough has the same boundaries as the county Richmond County.

The free Staten Island Ferry carries 21 million passengers each year the five miles (eight km) across New York Harbor between Saint George and Manhattan. Nine ferry boats provide the service which began in 1817.

When England took control of New Netherland in the Second Anglo-Dutch War in the 17th century and split it into New York and New Jersey, Staten Island became part of New York.

References

Other websites 

 Staten Island Live
 Staten Island -Citizendium

Islands of New York (state)
County seats in New York (state)
 
1661 establishments
1660s establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
17th-century establishments in New York
Borough

A borough is an administrative division in many countries.  It is a kind of local government. 

The term borough can means a self-governing township. 

In medieval times, boroughs were settlements with some self-government. Boroughs were particularly common in England, Germany and Scotland. In medieval England, boroughs had also the right to elect members of parliament. (The Borough in Southwark, London is thought to have been the original 'borough' of which all others come from.)

Usually a borough is a single town with its own local government. 
But in some cities it is a sub-division of the city (e.g. London, New York City, Toronto, Montreal). In such cases the borough will normally have either limited powers delegated to it by the city's local government or no powers at all. At certain times London has had no overall city government and London boroughs were the main unit of local government for Londoners. 

In other places, such as Alaska, a borough does not mean a single township, but a whole region - in other words, it is similar to a county.  In Australia borough can mean a town and its surrounding area, e.g. the Borough of Queenscliffe.  Boroughs exist in United Kingdom, more specifically in England and Northern Ireland, in the Canadian province of Quebec, in several U.S. states, in Israel, and formerly they also existed in New Zealand. 

At the end of a word, -borough (or -brough) is found in the name of many towns and cities in England; in southern England it is usually spelt -bury.  The suffix -bury is also used in the New England region of the United States, while -burg (or -burgh) is more common in Scotland and the American South and West.

 
Types of settlements
Echo (mythology)

Echo was a nymph in Greek mythology, and an Oread (a mountain nymph).  She was very beautiful, but loved her own voice.

Hera
According to Ovid, Echo once had the job of distracting Hera from Zeus having relationships with other women. She did this by leading Hera away and flattering her. When Hera found out she was very angry with Echo. She put a curse on her that meant that she could only speak the last words of other people after she had heard them. It is due to this story that we get the meaning behind the word echo.

Narcissus
After she was cursed, Echo fell in love with Narcissus.  Narcissus was very handsome and anybody who saw him always fell in love with him.  However, Narcissus had no heart and could not fall in love with anybody.  Echo could not speak to Narcissus but wanted to be able to see him.  She therefore followed him everywhere, but made sure that he could not see her.

Narcissus got lost and called out "Is anyone here?".  Echo said back "Here, here, here."  Narcissus then asked Echo to come out of her hiding place.  Echo did so and then told Narcissus that she loved him by hand movements. Narcissus, who was angry that so many people loved him, told Echo that he did not love her.

Echo was very upset and prayed to Aphrodite for death.  Aphrodite granted Echo's wish, but she liked Echo's voice so much she kept it alive.

Narcissus also rejected Echo and broke her heart. She then went and haunted valleys and mountainous areas where echoes are able to be heard in all hollow places of the earth.

Pan
This is a different story about Echo's death.  Echo was a talented dancer and singer, but did not like the love of any man.  This caused another god, called Pan, to become angry.  He had Echo killed and split into pieces.  These pieces were spread about the world, but were collected up by Gaia.  Echo's voice was not collected, so it remains all over the world and still says the last words that other people have said.  In some versions of the story, Echo and Pan have a child who was called Iambe.

Nymphs
Helios

Helios (, Hēlios; Ἠέλιος in Homeric Greek) is the god of the Sun in Greek mythology. He is often thought to be the personification of the Sun itself. He is the son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. He is the brother of Selene, goddess of the Moon, and Eos, goddess of the dawn. During the Hellenistic period, particularly the 3rd Century BCE, he became more and more identified with Apollo, the god of light, music and prophecy. Helios' equivalent in Roman mythology was Sol. 

Titans
Bia

Bia is the goddess of force in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of Styx and Pallas, and also the sister of Nike, Cratos, and Zelus.  She and her brothers and sister were the friends of Zeus and were always with him.

References 

Greek gods and goddesses
Zelus

Zelus (, zeal) is the god of dedication and emulation in Greek mythology. He is the son of Styx and Pallas, and also the brother of Nike, Cratos, and Bia. He and his brothers and sister were the friends of Zeus and were always with him. He was a constant companion of Zeus and personified zeal.

Other websites
 Theoi Project, a site exploring Greek mythology and the gods in classical literature and art

Greek gods and goddesses
Mnemosyne

Mnemosyne is the Titan of memory in Greek mythology. Her parents are Gaia and Uranos. With Zeus her children are the nine Muses. Her patron symbol is a mask and she is often seen wearing one. Her patron animal is the partridge.

Titans
Harmonia

Harmonia (; ) is the goddess of peace and agreement in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. She is the opposite of Eris, goddess of disagreement. Her Roman equivalent is Concordia.

Origins 
Harmonia is the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. Her children are Ino, Polydorus, Autonoe, Agaue and Semele with Kadmos. As goddess of peace, she is the opposite of Eris, the goddess of disagreement.

About 
Harmonia met Cadmus on a journey to Samothrace. He took her away with the help of Athena. When Cadmus wanted to leave Thebes, Harmonia followed him. When they came to the Enchelii, they helped them in their war against the Illyrians. They won over the enemy. Cadmus then became king of the Illyrians. But unfortunately, later he was turned into a snake. Harmonia was sad. She coloured herself with stripes. She asked Cadmus to come to her. As she was hugged by the snake Cadmus in wine, the gods then turned her into a snake. She was unable to stand in her snake form.

Story
Harmonia is known for a dangerous necklace she had on her wedding day. When Athena made Cadmus the king of Thebes, Zeus gave him Harmonia. All the gods attended the wedding. Cadmus gave the bride with a cloth and the necklace. The necklace was made by Hephaestus. This necklace is commonly known as the necklace of Harmonia. It brought misfortune to all who had it. Other stories said that Harmonia took this necklace (ὅρμος) from some of the gods. It might be either from Aphrodite or Athena.

Polynices took the necklace. They gave it to Eriphyle. She asked her husband, Amphiaraus, to attack against Thebes. Through Alcmaeon, the son of Eriphyle, the necklace came into the hands of Arsinoe (named Alphesiboea in some stories). Then, the sons of Phegeus, Pronous and Agenor, took it. Lastly, the sons of Alcmaeon, Amphoterus and Acarnan, kept it in the temple of Athena Pronoea at Delphi. The necklace had brought bad luck to all who had took it. It continued to do so even after it was kept at Delphi. Phayllus stole it from the temple to make his lover happy. His lover was the wife of Ariston. She wore it for a time. Then, her youngest son became mad. He set fire to the house. In the fire, she died and all her treasures were burned.

Hyginus has another story. According to him, the thing which brought bad luck to the children of Harmonia is not a necklace. But it is a cloth given to Harmonia by Hepheastus and Hera. The necklace gave peace and had Harmonia's powers in it.

Related pages
 Eris - the goddess of disagreement and the opposite god of Harmonia in Greek mythology

References 

Greek gods and goddesses
President pro tempore of the United States Senate

The president pro tempore ( or ), or president pro tem, of the United States Senate is the longest serving senator from the majority political party in the United States Senate.  According to the Constitution, this is the fourth highest office in the United States. It is the third in the U.S. presidential line of succession (behind the vice president and the speaker of the House). Many state senates also use the office of President pro tem.

Officially the vice president is the person in charge of the Senate, but they are not a Senator.  Patty Murray (D-WA) is the president pro tempore, the first woman to hold this position. When the vice president cannot be in charge, the president pro tempore is in charge of the Senate. Many people still think of the president pro tempore as de facto president of the Senate. Benjamin Wade was only one vote away from becoming the president of the United States due to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. No president pro tempore has taken over the presidency as of March 2020.

Probably the most famous presidents pro tempore were John Langdon (first in this office), David Rice Atchison (D-MO), Benjamin Wade (R-OH), Arthur Vandenberg (R-MI), Carl Hayden (D-AZ) Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA), Strom Thurmond (R-SC), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT).

When Senator Hubert Humphrey, a former vice president, was seriously ill, the Senate showed its respect for him by creating the office of Deputy President Pro tempore for any former president or vice president who is elected to the Senate.  No vice president since Humphrey has done this.

President pro tempore emeritus 
Since 2001, the honorary title of president pro tempore emeritus has been given to a Senator of the minority party who has previously served as president pro tempore. The position has been held by:

 Strom Thurmond (R-South Carolina) (2001-2003)
 Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) (2003-2007)
 Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) (2007-2009) 
 Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) (2015-2021)
 Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) (since 2021)

References
David Tennant

David John Tennant (né McDonald; 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. He is known for portraying the Tenth Doctor on Doctor Who from 2005 to 2010 and as Giacomo Casanova in the television series Casanova.

In 2011, Tennant had a daughter with Georgia Moffett. Later that year, he adopted Moffett's son. The couple married in December 2011. In May 2013, the couple had a son. In November 2015, the couple had a daughter.

Programmes he has been in 
1994: Takin' Over the Asylum — Campbell McBain
1998: Duck Patrol — Darwin
2001: People Like Us — Rob Harker (1 episode)
2002: Foyle's War — Theo Howard (1 episode)
2004: He Knew He Was Right — Rev Gibson
2004: Blackpool — DI Carlisle
2005: Casanova — Young Giacomo Casanova
2005: The Quatermass Experiment — Dr Gordon Briscoe
2005–2010: Doctor Who — The Doctor
2005: Secret Smile — Brendan Block
2005: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — Barty Crouch Junior
2007: Recovery — Alan Hamilton
2008: Einstein & Eddington — Arthur Eddington
2009: Hamlet — Hamlet
2010: Single Father — Dave
2011: United'' — Jimmy Murphy

Other websites 

1971 births
Living people
Doctor Who
Scottish movie actors
Scottish stage actors
Scottish television actors
Scottish voice actors
People from West Lothian
American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. Along with CBS, NBC and Fox, it is one of the country's four major television networks. The network is owned by The Walt Disney Company following the acquisition of Disney Channel's consumer business.

ABC Television Shows
The Goldbergs
The Rookie
American Idol
Dancing with the Stars
The Bachelor
Grey's Anatomy
The Good Doctor
Big Sky

References

Other website 

Official site
ABC  at the Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Television

1943 establishments in the United States
American Broadcasting Company
Companies based in New York City
Disney companies
Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox (styled as FOX) is an American television network. It is owned by Fox Corporation.

Fox Television shows
The Simpsons
Family Guy
Bob's Burgers
Bless the Harts
Duncanville
Last Man Standing
The Resident
9-1-1
9-1-1 Lonestar
The Masked Singer
American Idol

Programming Blocks 

 Animation Domination - (2005 - 2014) (2021 - Present)
 Animation Domination High-Def - (2013 - 2014)

Children’s programming blocks 

 Fox Kids - ( September 8, 1990 - September 7, 2002 )

 Xploration Station - (September 13, 2014 - Present)

References

Fox Broadcasting Company
1986 establishments in the United States
ABC

ABC are the first three letters in the Latin alphabet.

Media 
 American Broadcasting Company, a television network in the United States
 Associated Broadcasting Company, a television network in the Philippines
 Australian Broadcasting Corporation, a television network in Australia
 ABC Family, a cable and satellite television network in the United States
 ABC Me a television channel in Australia focusing on tweens and teens.
 ABC Kids a television channel in Australia focusing on shows meant for children.

Music 
 "ABC" (The Jackson 5 song), a 1970 hit song
 ABC (The Jackson 5 album), a 1970
 "ABC-DEF-GHI", a 1969 song sung by Big Bird of Sesame Street

Other 
 Abc notation, a musical notation language