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Axius (other)
Axius may refer to: Geography * Orontes River, also known as Axios or Axius, river in Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey * Vardar, also known as Axios or Axius, a river in Macedonia and Greece People * Members of the Axia (gens), a plebeian family of ancient Rome Other uses * ''Axius'' (crustacean), a genus of decapods, also known as mud lobsters * Axius (mythology), the god of the river Axius See also *Axis (other) An axis (plural ''axes'') is an imaginary line around which an object rotates or is symmetrical. Axis may also refer to: Mathematics * Axis of rotation: see rotation around a fixed axis *Axis (mathematics), a designator for a Cartesian-coordinate ... * Axios (other) {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orontes River
The Orontes (; from Ancient Greek , ) or Asi ( ar, العاصي, , ; tr, Asi) is a river with a length of in Western Asia that begins in Lebanon, flowing northwards through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey. As the chief river of the northern Levant, the Orontes was the site of several major battles. Among the most important cities on the river are Homs, Hama, Jisr al-Shughur, and Antakya (the ancient Antioch, which was also known as "Antioch on the Orontes"). Names In the 9th century BCE, the ancient Assyrians referred to the river as Arantu, and the nearby Egyptians called it Araunti. The etymology of the name is unknown, yet some sources indicate that it might be derived from ''Arnt'' which means "lioness" in Syriac languages; others called it ''Alimas'', a "water goddess" in Aramaic. However, ''Arantu'' gradually became "Orontes" in Greek. In the Greek epic poem '' Dionysiaca'' (circa 400 CE), the river is said to have been named after Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vardar
The Vardar (; mk, , , ) or Axios () is the longest river in North Macedonia and the second longest river in Greece, in which it reaches the Aegean Sea at Thessaloniki. It is long, out of which are in Greece, and drains an area of around . The maximum depth of the river is . Etymology The origin of the name ''Vardar'' derives from Thracian ''Vardários''. It comes from Proto-Indo-European (PIE) *''(s)wordo-wori-'' ("black water"). It can be considered a translation or similar meaning of ''Axios'', which itself is Thracian for 'not-shining' from PIE *''n.-sk(e)i'' (cf. Avestan ''axšaēna'' ("dark-coloured")). It is found in another name of the city at the mouth of the Danube, called ''Axíopa'' ("dark water") in Thracian, which was later translated into Slavic as ''Cernavodă'' (“black water”).Katičic', Radoslav. ''Ancient Languages of the Balkans''. Paris: Mouton, 1976: 149 The name ''Vardários'' (Βαρδάριος) was sometimes used by the Ancient Greeks in the 3rd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axia (gens)
The gens Axia, also spelled Axsia, was a plebeian family at Rome during the final century of the Republic and the beginning of the Empire. The gens does not appear to have been particularly large or important, although at least some of the family were reasonably wealthy.''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. I, p. 448 ("Axia Gens"). Branches and cognomina None of the Axii mentioned in history bear a surname; the only cognomen found in inscriptions is ''Naso'', originally referring to someone with a prominent nose.Eckhel, ''Doctrina Numorum Veterum'', v. 148. Members * Quintus Axius M. f., a senator in 73 BC. He was a wealthy man from Reate, and friend of both Cicero and Varro, who made him a protagonist of his ''De Re Rustica''. His grand villa at Colli sul Velino can be seen today. * Marcus Gallius Axianus, son of Cicero and Varro's friend who was adopted into the Gallia gens. * Lucius Axius L. f. Naso, ''triumvir monetalis'' in 71 BC, probably to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axius (crustacean)
''Axius'' is a genus of mud lobster, Species It containing the following species: *''Axius armatus'' S. I. Smith, 1881 *''Axius serratus ''Axius serratus'' is a species of thalassinidean crustacean found off the Atlantic coast of Canada and the United States, from Nova Scotia to Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares bo ...'' Stimpson, 1852 *''Axius stirynchus'' Leach, 1815 *''Axius werribee'' (Poore & Griffin, 1979) References Thalassinidea {{decapod-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axius (mythology)
Axius (Ancient Greek: ) was a Paeonian river god, the son of Oceanus and Tethys. He was the father of Pelagon, by Periboea, daughter of Acessamenus. His domain was the river Axius, or Vardar, in Macedonia (region). The river god was an ancestor of Euphemus and his son, Eurybarus, the hero who slew the drakaina Sybaris. Antoninus Liberalis8as cited in Boeus' ''Ornithogonia'' See also * for Jovian asteroid 5648 Axius References * Hyginus Preface * Iliad The ''Iliad'' (; grc, Ἰλιάς, Iliás, ; "a poem about Ilium") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the '' Odys ... 21.141; '' Bibliotheca'' E4.7 Paeonian mythology Potamoi {{Greek-deity-stub Characters in Greek mythology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axis (other)
An axis (plural ''axes'') is an imaginary line around which an object rotates or is symmetrical. Axis may also refer to: Mathematics * Axis of rotation: see rotation around a fixed axis *Axis (mathematics), a designator for a Cartesian-coordinate dimension * Axis, a line generated by basis vector in a linear algebra Politics *Axis powers of World War II, 1936–1945. *Axis of evil (first used in 2002), U.S. President George W. Bush's description of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea *Axis of Resistance (first used in 2002), the Shia alliance of Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah *Political spectrum, sometimes called an axis Science *Axis of rotation: see rotation around a fixed axis *Axis (anatomy), the second cervical vertebra of the spine * ''Axis'' (genus), a genus of deer *Axis, an anatomical term of orientation *Axis, a botanical term meaning the line through the centre of a plant *Optical axis, a line of rotational symmetry * ''Axis'' (journal), online journal published by The Mineralo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
