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Helios Plaza
In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, Helios (; grc, , , Sun; Homeric Greek: ) is the deity, god and personification of the Sun (Solar deity). His name is also Latinized as Helius, and he is often given the epithets Hyperion ("the one above") and Phaethon ("the shining"). Helios is often depicted in art with a radiant crown and driving a horse-drawn chariot through the sky. He was a guardian of oaths and also the god of sight. Though Helios was a relatively minor deity in Classical Greece, his worship grew more prominent in late antiquity thanks to his identification with several major solar divinities of the Roman period, particularly Apollo and Sol (Roman mythology), Sol. The Roman Emperor Julian (emperor), Julian made Helios the central divinity of his short-lived revival of Religion in ancient Rome, traditional Roman religious practices in the 4th century AD. Helios figures prominently in several works of Greek mythology, poetry, and literature, in whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boswellia Sacra
''Boswellia sacra'' (commonly known as frankincense or olibanum-tree) is a tree in the Burseraceae family. It is the primary tree in the genus ''Boswellia'' from which frankincense, a resinous dried sap, is harvested. It is native to the Arabian Peninsula (Oman, Yemen), and horn of Africa (Somalia). Description This species of ''Boswellia'' is a small deciduous tree, which reaches a height of , with one or more trunks. Its bark has the texture of paper and can be removed easily. It has compound leaves and an odd number of leaflet (botany), leaflets, which grow opposite to one another along its branches. Its tiny flowers, a yellowish white, are gathered in axillary clusters composed of five petals, ten stamens and a cup with five teeth. The fruit is a capsule (botany), capsule about long. The new leaves are covered with a fine down. Individual trees growing on steep slopes tend to develop some buttress root, buttressing that extends from the roots up into the base of the stem. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clymene (mother Of Phaethon)
In Greek mythology, Clymene or Klymene (; grc, Κλυμένη, ''Kluménē'') was the name of an Oceanid nymph loved by the sun god Helios and the mother by him of Phaethon and the Heliades. In most versions, Clymene is the one to reveal to Phaethon his divine parentage and encourage him to seek out his father, and even drive his solar chariot. Etymology (''Kluménē'') is the feminine form of (''Klúmenos''), meaning "famous". It thus shares the same root and meaning as "Clytie", another Oceanid nymph whom Helios loved. Family Clymene is one of the three hundred Oceanid daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.Tzetzes, ''Chiliades'4.19/ref> Although she shares name and parentage with Clymene, the wife of Iapetus, who is also a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys (and thus one of her sisters), she is distinguished from her. Byzantine writer John Tzetzes recorded an alternative genealogy where Clymene is the mother of a boy named Phaethon by Helios, but not the Phaethon who drov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
