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Myro Marinus
Myro may refer to: People * Moero or Myro, a Greek female poet from Byzantium * Myro of Rhodes Myro of Rhodes () was a philosopher mentioned in the ''Suda''. Her dates are uncertain, but she was probably Hellenistic at the earliest.Richard Hawley, "Ancient Collections of Women's Sayings: Form and Function", ''Bulletin of the Institute of Clas ..., a Greek female philosopher Other * ''Myro'' (spider), a genus of spider within the family Toxopidae See also * Myron (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moero
Moero or Myro ( el, Μοιρώ and Μυρώ) was a woman poet of the Hellenistic period from the city of Byzantium. She was the wife of Andromachus Philologus and the mother – the Suda says daughter, but this is less likely – of the tragedian Homerus of Byzantium. Moero was probably active during the late fourth and early third centuries BC. Little of Moero's poetry has survived. Ten lines from her epic poem ''Mnemosyne'' are quoted by Athenaeus, and Meleager includes two four-line epigrams in his ''Garland''. Additionally, she is known to have written a poem called ''Arai'' ("Curses"). This is known only through a scholion on Parthenius of Nicaea's ''Erotica Pathemata'', which notes that the myth of Alcinoe is told in Moero's ''Curses''. Finally, Eustathios mentions that she wrote a hymn to Poseidon. The surviving fragment of Moero's ''Mnemonsyne'' tells the story of Zeus' childhood on Crete, where he had been hidden by his mother Rhea to save him from being killed by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byzantium
Byzantium () or Byzantion ( grc, Βυζάντιον) was an ancient Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and Istanbul today. The Greek name ''Byzantion'' and its Latinization ''Byzantium'' continued to be used as a name of Constantinople sporadically and to varying degrees during the thousand year existence of the Byzantine Empire. Byzantium was colonized by Greeks from Megara in the 7th century BC and remained primarily Greek-speaking until its conquest by the Ottoman Empire in AD 1453. Etymology The etymology of ''Byzantium'' is unknown. It has been suggested that the name is of Thracian origin. It may be derived from the Thracian personal name Byzas which means "he-goat". Ancient Greek legend refers to the Greek king Byzas, the leader of the Megarian colonists and founder of the city. The name ''Lygos'' for the city, which likely corresponds to an earlier Thracian settlement, is mentioned by Pliny the Elder in his '' Natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myro Of Rhodes
Myro of Rhodes () was a philosopher mentioned in the ''Suda''. Her dates are uncertain, but she was probably Hellenistic at the earliest.Richard Hawley, "Ancient Collections of Women's Sayings: Form and Function", ''Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies'' 50:161-69 (2007) , p. 163 She was known in the ancient world for her commonplace book Commonplace books (or commonplaces) are a way to compile knowledge, usually by writing information into books. They have been kept from antiquity, and were kept particularly during the Renaissance and in the nineteenth century. Such books are simi ... which collects women's sayings. It has not survived. The full text of her ''Suda'' entry: {{lang, grc, Μυρώ, Ῥοδία, φιλόσοφος. χρείας γυναικῶν βασιλίδων καὶ μύθους. A Rhodian woman, a philosopher. rotesayings of women who were queens, and stories.''Suda'', Adler numbeMu 1465/ref> Notes Ancient Greek women Ancient Greek women philos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myro (spider)
''Myro'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, and was first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1876. Originally placed with the Cybaeidae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1967, and to the Toxopidae in 2017. Species it contains seven species: *'' Myro jeanneli'' Berland, 1947 – Crozet Is. *'' Myro kerguelenensis'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 ( type) – Kerguelen, Macquarie Is. **'' Myro k. crozetensis'' Enderlein, 1903 – Crozet Is. *'' Myro maculatus'' Simon Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ..., 1903 – Australia (Tasmania) *'' Myro marinus'' (Goyen, 1890) – New Zealand *'' Myro paucispinosus'' Berland, 1947 – Marion Is., Crozet Is. *'' Myro pumilus'' Ledoux, 1991 – Crozet Is. References Araneomorphae genera Toxopi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |