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Chrysis Annulata
Chrysis may refer to: * Chrysis (wasp), a genus of cuckoo wasps in the family Chrysididae *An ancient Greek personal name (as a female name: , as a male name: ); in particular: ** Chrysis (priestess), priestess who caused the destruction of the Heraion of Argos in 423 BC ** Chrysis, the eponymous girl from Samos in the play '' Samia'' by Menander ** Chrysis, the eponymous girl from Andros in the play ''Andria'' by Terence ** Chrysis, the courtesan in the novel '' Aphrodite: mœurs antiques'' by Pierre Louÿs ** Chrysis, a mistress of Demetrius I of Macedon according to Plutarch's ''Lives'' See also *Chrysis Painter The Chrysis Painter was an anonymous ancient Greek red-figure vase painter who worked in Athens around 420–410 BC.British Museudatabase/ref> He is identified by his name vase, a hydria now kept in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (acce ..., a 5th-century BC Attic vase painter * Crysis, a video game * Crisis (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysis (wasp)
''Chrysis'' is a very large genus of cuckoo wasps (insects in the family Chrysididae). It is the largest genus in the family, including over 1,000 species in over 20 subgenera, as speciose as all remaining Chrysididae combined.Kimsey, L.S., Bohart, R.M. 1990. ''The Chrysidid Wasps of the World''. Oxford University Press. 652 pp. The generic name is derived from Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ... ''chrysis'', "gold vessel, gold-embroidered dress", and pays tribute to the brilliant metallic appearance of wasps in the genus. Gallery File:Chrysididae - Chrysis inaequalis-1.JPG, '' Chrysis inaequalis'' File:Goldwespe.jpg, '' Chrysis cuprea'' File:Chrysis viridula2.jpg, '' Chrysis viridula'' File:Chrysis scutellaris.jpg, '' Chrysis scutellaris'' Selected species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |