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Athos
Athos may refer to: Fictional or mythical characters * Athos (character), one of the title characters in the novel ''The Three Musketeers'' (1844) by Alexandre Dumas père * Athos (mythology), one of the Gigantes in Greek mythology * Athos Fadigati, the protagonist of the novel ''The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles'' (1954) by Giorgio Bassani and of its film adaptation ''The Gold Rimmed Glasses'' (1987) * Athos Magnani, father and son protagonists of Bertolucci's film '' The Spider's Stratagem'' (1970) * Athos Roussos, in the novel '' Fugitive Pieces'' (1996) by Anne Michaels * Athos, in the video game ''Fire Emblem'' (2003) People * Armand d'Athos (1615–1643), Gascon black musketeer of the Maison du Roi in 17th century France * Athos Bulcão (1918–2008), Brazilian painter and sculptor * Athos Careghi (born 1939), Italian cartoonist * Athos Chrysostomou (born 1981), Cypriot football goalkeeper * Athos de Oliveira (born 1943), Brazilian swimmer * Athos Dimoulas (1921–1985), Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Athos
Mount Athos (; el, Ἄθως, ) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and site of an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the peninsula have been governed as the monastic community of Mount Athos, an autonomous region within the Hellenic Republic, ecclesiastically under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, while the remainder of the peninsula forms part of the Aristotelis municipality. Mount Athos has been inhabited since ancient times and is known for its long Christian presence and historical monastic traditions, which date back to at least AD 800 and the Byzantine era. Because of its long history of religious importance, the well-preserved agrarian architecture within the monasteries, and the preservation of the flora and fauna around the mountain, Mount Athos was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1988. In modern Greek, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethan Of Athos
''Ethan of Athos'' is a 1986 science fiction novel by American author Lois McMaster Bujold. The title character is Dr. Ethan Urquhart, Chief of Biology at the Sevarin District Reproduction Centre on the planet Athos, who is sent to find out what happened to a shipment of vital ovarian tissue cultures. Set in the fictional universe of Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga, the novel mentions but does not feature her usual protagonist Miles Vorkosigan. To date, Bujold has never revisited the settings of Athos or Kline Station in her many subsequent novels, but the events of ''Ethan of Athos'' are later referred to indirectly in the novels '' Borders of Infinity'' (1989) and ''Cetaganda'' (1995). Bujold had written her first novel ''Shards of Honor'' and its sequel ''The Warrior's Apprentice'' — both unpublished — when she wrote ''Ethan of Athos'', a standalone work that was purposely short "because the current cargo-cult rumor amongst the wanna-be-published back then was that editors would b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athos-Aspis
Athos-Aspis is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. Geography Athos-Aspis is located immediately to the north-west of Sauveterre-de-Béarn and just east of Abitain. Access to the commune is by the D27 road from Sauveterre-de-Béarn passing through the east of the commune and going north to Oraas. Access to the village can be by several country roads from the D27 including Arriouteque going to Lespitaou and also the Village road. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Aspis in the south of the commune. There are significant forests in the east of the commune with the rest farmland. The Gave d'Oloron forms the whole southern and eastern borders of the commune as it flows north to join the Gave de Pau at Peyrehorade. The ''Arriouyeque'' flows from the east of the commune through the centre to join the Gave d'Oloron on the western border. The ''Ruisseau de Rance'' rises just east of the commune and flows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athos Faccincani
Athos may refer to: Fictional or mythical characters * Athos (character), one of the title characters in the novel ''The Three Musketeers'' (1844) by Alexandre Dumas père * Athos (mythology), one of the Gigantes in Greek mythology * Athos Fadigati, the protagonist of the novel ''The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles'' (1954) by Giorgio Bassani and of its film adaptation '' The Gold Rimmed Glasses'' (1987) * Athos Magnani, father and son protagonists of Bertolucci's film ''The Spider's Stratagem'' (1970) * Athos Roussos, in the novel ''Fugitive Pieces'' (1996) by Anne Michaels * Athos, in the video game '' Fire Emblem'' (2003) People * Armand d'Athos (1615–1643), Gascon black musketeer of the Maison du Roi in 17th century France * Athos Bulcão (1918–2008), Brazilian painter and sculptor * Athos Careghi (born 1939), Italian cartoonist * Athos Chrysostomou (born 1981), Cypriot football goalkeeper * Athos de Oliveira (born 1943), Brazilian swimmer * Athos Dimoulas (1921–1985), Greek po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athos (Stargate)
The characters from the Canadian military science fiction television series ''Stargate Atlantis'' were created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper. The series follows the adventures of a human expedition to the lost city of Atlantis in the Pegasus Galaxy. The Stargate has brought humanity into contact with other cultures, including new and powerful enemies: the Wraith, the Genii, and later the Asurans and a lost tribe of Asgard, all while trying to uncover the secrets the Ancients left behind. ''Stargate Atlantis'' has a small cast, amounting to ten main cast actors over its five-season run. Most characters are introduced in outgoing expeditions outside the city of Atlantis. Main characters ;Note John Sheppard John Sheppard played by Joe Flanigan is a USAF Lieutenant Colonel (ranked major in season 1). He is an experienced and a talented US Air Force Officer in Afghanistan, though his reputation is somewhat tarnished when he disobeyed a direct order in an unsuccessful a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athos (character)
Athos, Count de la Fère, is a fictional character in the novels ''The Three Musketeers'' (1844), ''Twenty Years After'' (1845) and ''The Vicomte de Bragelonne'' (1847–1850) by Alexandre Dumas, père. He is a highly fictionalised version of the historical musketeer Armand d'Athos (1615–1644). In the novels In ''The Three Musketeers'', Athos and the other two musketeers, Porthos and Aramis, are friends of the novel's protagonist, d'Artagnan. Athos has a mysterious past connecting him with the villain of the novel, Milady de Winter. The oldest of the group by some years, Athos is described as noble and handsome but also taciturn and melancholy, drowning his secret sorrows in drink. He is very protective of d'Artagnan, the youngest, whom he eventually treats as his brother. By the end of the novel, it is revealed that he is the Count de la Fère. He was once married to Milady de Winter and attempted to kill her after discovering that she was a criminal on the run, an event which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand D'Athos
Armand, Seigneur de Sillègue, d'Athos, et d'Autevielle ("Lord of Sillègue, Athos, and Autevielle"), better known as Armand d'Athos (c. 1615 – December 21, 1643), was a Gascon Black Musketeer of the Maison du Roi in 17th-century France. He took his name from the small market town of Athos-Aspis on the Gave d'Oloron, close to Sauveterre-de-Béarn and Autevielle. Athos was the first cousin once removed to the Comte de Troisville and first cousin of Isaac de Porthau. According to the semi-fictional '' Mémoires de M. d'Artagnan'', he formed a close friendship with Henri d'Aramitz and the aforementioned de Porthau, and they were called the "three brothers". He served as the inspiration for Alexandre Dumas's character Athos in ''The d'Artagnan Romances''. Life Perhaps a nobleman, Athos was born in Béarn, France around 1615 to Seigneur Adrien de Sillègue d'Athos d'Autevielle de Cassaber and the sister of the Comte de Troisville. According to the ''Mémoires'' of the Comte d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athos (mythology)
Athos ( æθɒsGreek: , ), in Greek mythology, was one of the Gigantes. He is best known for the creation of Mount Athos, a mountain and peninsula in northern Greece which is an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism, and thus called , 'Holy Mountain'. There are two versions of the creation myth of the mountain. In one version, Athos throws a mountain at Poseidon Poseidon (; grc-gre, Ποσειδῶν) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth, god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.Burkert 1985pp. 136–139 In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, he was venerated as a ch ... but misses. It is said that "Athos got away and the rock he was about to throw at the god slipped through his fingers". Poseidon then threw it back at him, thus creating Mount Athos. In the other version, Poseidon throws a rock at Athos, creating the mountain. Sources * “Gigantes.” Accessed September 14, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151001095553/http:/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Athos
SS ''Athos'' was a French cargo-passenger ship of the Messageries Maritimes, launched in 1914, that was sunk in the Mediterranean by the German submarine during World War I. Ship history Construction of the ship started on 25 July 1914 in Dunkirk, but was halted when the city was bombed during the First Battle of Ypres. The ship was towed to Saint Nazaire, where it was completed as a troopship and not, as intended, as a passenger ship. Measuring 12,644 gross register tons, the ship was long, with a beam of . Her speed was . Her first voyage was to China, leaving on 28 November 1915. Her second was between 29 October and 26 December 1916 from Marseille to Yokohama and back. At 12:27 on 17 February 1917, during her third voyage, ''Athos'' was torpedoed by the German submarine commanded by Hermann von Fischel, while east by south of Malta. Aboard ''Athos'' were 1,950 people, including the crew, Chinese Labour Corps, a large continent of Senegalese Tirailleurs The Senegal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athos Bulcão
Athos Bulcão (July 2, 1918 – July 31, 2008) was a Brazilian painter and sculptor. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. Biography Athos Bulcão was born in Rio de Janeiro on July 2, 1918. In the 1940s he assisted Cândido Portinari with the "São Francisco de Assis" painting at the Pampulha Church, in Belo Horizonte. Later he moved to Paris, where he lived until 1949. Returning to Brazil, he became one of the collaborators of the construction of Brasília, taking part in several of Oscar Niemeyer's projects. In 1958 he moved to Brasília, where he lived until his death in 2008. Athos Bulcão died in Brasília on July 31, 2008, due to complications from Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease worsens, non-motor symptoms becom .... References External links Athos Bulcão Foundation( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athos Range
Athos Range () is the northernmost range in the Prince Charles Mountains of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. The range consists of many individual mountains and nunataks that trend east–west for along the north side of Scylla Glacier. These mountains were first observed from aircraft of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. The western part of the range was first visited by an ANARE Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) party led by John Béchervaise in November 1955. The range was again visited in December 1956 by the ANARE southern party, 1956–57, led by W.G. Bewsher, and a depot was established at the eastern extremity. It was named after a character in ''The Three Musketeers'', a novel by Alexandre Dumas, ''père'' which was the most popular book read on the southern journey. Key mountains * Mount Albion () is a mountain south-southeast of Mount O'Shea in the south part of the Athos Range. Discovered by an ANARE southern party led by W.G. Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athos De Oliveira
Athos Procópio de Oliveira Filho (born 3 January 1943) is a former international freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Brazil. At the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, he finished 7th in the 100 metre backstroke. He also swam the 4 × 100-metre medley. At the 1960 Summer Olympics, in Rome, he swam the 100-metre backstroke and the 4×100-metre medley, not reaching the finals. At the 1963 Pan American Games, in São Paulo, he won two bronze medals in the 100-metre backstroke, and in the 4×200-metre freestyle. At the 1964 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ..., he swam the 100-metre freestyle and the 4×100-metre medley, not reaching the finals. Among other achievements, he was part of the Brazilian team champion of the 4×100-metre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
