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Arsinoë Of Cyprus
Arsinoe (), meaning "elevated mind", may refer to: People * Arsinoe of Macedon, mother of Ptolemy I Soter * Apama II or Arsinoe (c. 292 BC–after 249 BC), wife of Magas of Cyrene and mother of Berenice II * Arsinoe, probable mother of Lysimachus or his first wife Nicaea of Macedon * Arsinoe I (305 BC–247 BC) of Egypt * Arsinoe II (316 BC–270 BC) of Egypt * Arsinoe III of Egypt (c. 246 BC–204 BC) * Arsinoe IV of Egypt (died 41 BC), half-sister of Cleopatra VII * Arsinoe (mythology), name of multiple Greek mythological figures Places * Arsinoe (Cilicia) * Arsinoe (Crete) * Arsinoe (Northwest Cyprus) * Arsinoe (Southwest Cyprus) * Arsinoe (Gulf of Suez), a port of Egypt * Arsinoe (Eritrea) * Conope (Greece) or Arsinoe * Ephesus, also called Arsinoe * Faiyum (Egypt), also called Arsinoe or Crocodilopolis, seat of the Roman Catholic titular bishopric Arsinoë in Arcadia * Famagusta (Cyprus) or Arsinoe * Coressia (Greece), called Arsinoe in the Hellenistic period * Methana ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsinoe Of Macedon
Arsinoe of Macedon (; lived 4th century BC) was an ancient Macedonian noblewoman and the mother of Ptolemy I Soter (323 – 283 BC), king of Ptolemaic Egypt. Arsinoe was of the Argead dynasty, and originally a concubine of Philip II, king of Macedon, and it is said she was given by Philip to Lagus, a Macedonian nobleman, while she was pregnant with Ptolemy I Soter, but it is possible that this is a later myth fabricated to glorify the Ptolemaic Dynasty. Alternately, Ptolemy's lineage to the Argead dynasty was found through his mother, Arsinoe, in this case Arsinoe is daughter of Meleager, who was a cousin of Amyntas III and son of Balacrus, son of Amyntas, son of Alexander I of Macedon. Contemporary and modern research concludes the latter claim much more valid than Philip II as Ptolemy’s father, now dismissed as a myth. Notes References * Smith, William (editor); ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', , Boston Boston is the capital and most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faiyum
Faiyum ( ; , ) is a city in Middle Egypt. Located southwest of Cairo, in the Faiyum Oasis, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate. It is one of Egypt's oldest cities due to its strategic location. Name and etymology Originally founded by the ancient Egyptians as Shedet, its current name in English is also spelled as Fayum, Faiyum or al-Faiyūm. Faiyum was also previously officially named Madīnat al-Faiyūm (Arabic language, Arabic for ''The City of Faiyum''). The name Faiyum (and its spelling variations) may also refer to the Faiyum Oasis, although it is commonly used by Egyptians today to refer to the city. The modern name of the city comes from Coptic language, Coptic / ' (whence also the personal name '), meaning ''the Sea'' or ''the Lake'', which in turn comes from late Egyptian language, Egyptian ''pꜣ-ym'' of the same meaning, a reference to the nearby Lake Moeris; the extinct elephant ancestor ''Phiomia'' was named after it. Ancient history Archaeo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsinoe (beetle)
''Arsinoe'' is a genus of carabids in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Arsinoe'', found in Africa. Species These 27 species belong to the genus ''Arsinoe'': * '' Arsinoe alluaudi'' Burgeon, 1937 (DR Congo, Malawi) * '' Arsinoe becvari'' Facchini, 2011 (Zimbabwe) * '' Arsinoe biguttata'' Chaudoir, 1877 (Gabon, DR Congo, Kenya) * '' Arsinoe caffra'' Péringuey, 1896 (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa) * '' Arsinoe camerunica'' Basilewsky, 1970 (Cameroon, Zambia) * '' Arsinoe distinguenda'' Péringuey, 1896 (South Africa) * '' Arsinoe elisabethana'' Burgeon, 1937 (DR Congo) * '' Arsinoe flavosignata'' (Gory, 1833) ( Senegal/Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast) * '' Arsinoe fraterna'' Péringuey, 1896 (DR Congo, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa) * '' Arsinoe fulvipes'' (Fairmaire, 1869) (Madagascar) * '' Arsinoe grandis'' Péringuey, 1898 (DR Congo, Zimbabwe, South Africa) * '' Arsinoe kenyensis'' Facchini, 2011 (Kenya) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsinoe, Queen Of Cyprus
''Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus'' by Thomas Clayton was the first Italian-style opera (in English) to be staged in England. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 16 January 1705. There were various historical women named Arsinoe, but from the mid seventeenth-century the name became popular for fictional characters who, like the title-role of this opera, bore no relation to any of them. Introduction of Italian opera to London Clayton visited Italy and on his return staged a number of Italian singing and dancing interludes for the public at his house in York Buildings in 1703. Encouraged by the success of these ventures he decided to stage a full Italian-style opera in English. The libretto was originally written for the theatre in Bologna by in 1667 and performed in Venice in 1668 with music by Petronio Franceschini. (Stanzani had in fact plagiarised from ''La regina Floridea'', an opera staged in Milan). It was translated into English by Peter Anthony Motteux, who made a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Dark Crowns
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic numerals, Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Cali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Etruscan
''The Etruscan'' (original title ''Turms, kuolematon'' which translates to ''Turms, Immortal'') is a novel by Mika Waltari, published in 1956, telling of the adventures of a young man, Turms, which begins approximately in 480 BC. It tells of the spiritual development of Turms, as he adventures from Greece to Sicily, then to Rome and then finally to Tuscany, where he learns of his immortality and his duties to the future. There are many actual historical events in this book, but how Turms gets involved in them is fictitious. Novels by Mika Waltari Historical novels 1956 novels Novels set in Italy Novels set in the 5th century BC 1950s Finnish novels {{1950s-hist-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Misanthrope
''The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover'' (; ) is a 17th-century comedy of manners in verse written by Molière. It was first performed on 4 June 1666 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris by the King's Players. The play satirizes the hypocrisies of French aristocratic society, but it also engages a more serious tone when pointing out the flaws that afflict all humans. The play differs from other farces of the time by employing dynamic characters like Alceste and Célimène as opposed to the flat caricatures of traditional social satire. It also differs from most of Molière's other works by focusing more on character development and nuances than on plot progression. The play, though not a commercial success in its time, survives as Molière's best-known work today. Because both '' Tartuffe'' and ''Don Juan'', two of Molière's previous plays, had already been banned by the French government, Molière may have softened his ideas to make the play more socially acceptab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsinoes Chaos
Arsinoes Chaos is a chaos terrain in the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle on Mars. It is 200 km in diameter. Its location is 7.66 °S and 27.9 °W. Arsinoes Chaos was named after Arsinoe, a queen of ancient Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy and Berenice. Some buttes and mesas in Arsinoes display layering. Many places on Mars show rocks arranged in layers. Rock can form layers in a variety of ways. Volcanoes, wind, or water can produce layers. Layers can be hardened by the action of groundwater. Martian ground water probably moved hundreds of kilometers, and in the process it dissolved many minerals from the rock it passed through. When ground water surfaces in low areas containing sediments, water evaporates in the thin atmosphere and leaves behind minerals as deposits and/or cementing agents. Consequently, layers of dust could not later easily erode away since they were cemented together. On Earth, mineral-rich waters often evaporate forming large deposits of various types of salts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taucheira
Tocra, Taucheira or Tukrah, is a town on the coast of the Marj District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya, founded by Cyrene. It lay 200 stadia west of Ptolemais. Today it is a coastal town west of Marj. History Founded by the Greeks and considered by some to be part of the Pentapolis of Cyrenaica, at a later period it became a Roman colony (Tab. Peut.), and was fortified by Justinian I. (Procop. ''de Aed.'' vi. 3.) Taucheira was particularly noted for the worship of Cybele, in honour of whom an annual festival was celebrated. (Synes. Ep. 3.) In the city fortifications from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods have been found. Name Taucheira, Teucheira, Tauchira or Teuchira (Greek: , ,). Under the Ptolemies it obtained the name of Arsinoe (Arsinoë) (Greek: ), after Arsinoe II of Egypt, named by her brother and husband, Ptolemy Philadelphus. Later it became known as Tocra or Tukrah or Tokara, and then Al Quriyah or El Agouriya in Arabic. It is the sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patara (Lycia)
Patara (, Lycian language, Lycian: 𐊓𐊗𐊗𐊀𐊕𐊀, ''Pttara''; ) was an ancient and flourishing maritime and commercial city that was for a period the capital of Lycia. The site is located on the Turkish coast near to the village of Gelemiş, Kaş, Gelemiş, in Antalya Province. Saint Nicholas was born in the town in 270, and lived most of his life in the nearby town of Myra. Only part of the site has been excavated and renovated. The protection and archaeology of the site have been subject to battles between archaeologists and illegal developers. History Hittite Period Patara was referred to as Patar in Hittite texts: "King Tudhaliya IV (1236-1210 BC), after the Lukka lands, Lukka expedition, came to this city with his army and made offerings." Iron Age The city was said to have been founded by Patarus (), a son of Apollo. It was noted during antiquity for the temple and oracle of Apollo, second only in importance to that of Delphi. The god is often given the surna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olbia (Egypt)
Olbia or Arsinoe (Greek: ) was an ancient city in the Regio Troglodytica upon the western coast of the Red Sea between Philoteras ( Quseir or Kosseir) and Myos Hormos. (Strabo xvi. p. 769; Steph. B. s. v. ). The city was renamed from Olbia to Arsinoe by Ptolemy II in honor of Arsinoe II of Egypt, who was both his sister and wife. According to Agatharchides (de Rub. Mar. p. 53), there were hot springs in its neighborhood. The city stood nearly at the point where the limestone range of the Arabian hills joins the Mons Porphyrites, and at the southern entrance of the Gulf of Suez The Gulf of Suez (; formerly , ', "Sea of Calm") is a gulf at the northern end of the Red Sea, to the west of the Sinai Peninsula. Situated to the east of the Sinai Peninsula is the smaller Gulf of Aqaba. The gulf was formed within a relative ... (the Heroopolite Gulf). References {{coord missing, Egypt Populated coastal places in Egypt Former populated places in Egypt Ancient Greek geography of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Methana
Methana (, ) is a town and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality on the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Troizinia-Methana, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 50.161 km2. Methana is situated on a volcano, volcanic (the Methana Volcano) peninsula, attached to the Peloponnese. Administratively, it belongs to the Attica (region), Attica region. The town (pop. 892 in 2011) is located north of the road connecting to the rest of the Peloponnese and Galatas. The highest point is (Helona Mountain). The municipal unit has a land area of and a population of 1,352 inhabitants at the 2021 census. Subdivisions The municipal unit Methana is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Kounoupitsa (Kounoupitsa, Agios Georgios, Agios Nikolaos, Makrylongos, Palaia Loutra) *Kypseli, Methana, Kypseli (Kypseli, Agioi Theodoroi) *Lout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
