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Helice Shooting
Helice may refer to: *Clay pigeon shooting *Helice (mythology) *Helike, an ancient Greek city *Helice (genus), ''Helice'' (genus), crab genus See also *Helices, the plural of helix {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Pigeon Shooting
Clay pigeon shooting, also known as clay target shooting, is a shooting sport involving shooting a firearm at special flying targets known as clay pigeons, or clay targets. The terminology commonly used by clay shooters often relates to times past, when live-pigeon competitions were held. Although such competitions were made illegal in the United Kingdom in 1921, a target may still be called a "bird", a hit may be referred to as a "kill", and a missed target as a "bird away"; the machine which projects the targets is still known as a "trap". History Clay targets began to be used in place of live pigeons around 1875. Asphalt targets were later developed, but the name "clay targets" stuck. In 1893, the Inanimate Bird Shooting Association was formed in England. It was renamed to the Clay Bird Shooting Association in 1903. It held annual clay-pigeon-shooting contests and lasted until the outbreak of World War I. In 1921, the British parliament passed a bill without opposition m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helice (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Helice ( (modern ; Ancient Greek: ''Helike'') means "willow") was a name shared by several women: * Helice, nurse of the god Zeus during his infancy on Crete. Her name suggests that she was a "willow-nymph", just as there were oak-tree nymphs and ash-nymphs (Dryads and Meliae). It is likely that she is the same as Ide. When Cronus once came to Crete in search of Zeus, the young god himself and his companions by turning them into bears, as he became a serpent. Later, when he became king, he made them both constellations, Helice becoming Ursa Major, while Cynosura became Ursa Minor. Helice, in antiquity, was a common proper name for the constellation Ursa Major. In one version, Demeter asks the stars whether they know anything about her daughter Persephone's abduction, and Helice tells her to ask Helios, who knows the deeds of the day, because the night is blameless and knows nothing. * Helike, a nymph who became the wife of King Oenopion of Chios and mother b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helike
Helike (; el, , pronounced , modern ) was an ancient Greek polis (city-state) that was submerged by a tsunami in the winter of 373 BC. It was located in the regional unit of Achaea, northern Peloponnesos, two kilometres (12 stadia) from the Corinthian Gulf and near the city of Boura, which, like Helike, was a member of the Achaean League. Modern research attributes the catastrophe to an earthquake and accompanying tsunami which destroyed and submerged the city. In an effort to protect the site from destruction, the World Monuments Fund included Helike in its 2004 and 2006 ''List of 100 Most Endangered Sites''. History Helike was founded in the Bronze Age, becoming the principal city of Achaea. The poet Homer states that the city of Helike participated in the Trojan War as a part of Agamemnon's forces. Later, following its fall to the Achaeans, Helike led the Achaean League, an association that joined twelve neighboring cities in an area including today's town of Aigio. Helik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helice (genus)
''Helice'' is a genus of crabs, containing four species: *''Helice formosensis'' Rathbun, 1931 *''Helice latimera'' Parisi, 1918 *'' Helice tientsinensis'' Rathbun, 1931 *''Helice tridens ''Helice tridens'' is a species of crab which lives on mudflats around the coasts of Japan and the Korean Peninsula. Ecology It is semi-terrestrial, returning to the sea to spawn. The species appears to be adversely affected by the presence of ...'' (De Haan, 1835) References Grapsoidea {{crab-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
