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Menon
Menon may refer to: People *Menon (subcaste), an honorary title accorded to some members of the Nair community of Kerala, southern India; used as a surname by many holders of the title Surnamed *Menon (surname), the surname of several people Given named * Menon (cookbook author), pseudonym of an unidentified 18th-century French cookbook author *Menon (Phidias), a workman with Phidias *Menon (Trojan), a Trojan soldier in Trojan War *Menon I of Pharsalus, assisted Cimon at Battle of Eion *Menon II of Pharsalus, led troops assisting Athens in the Peloponnesian War *Menon III of Pharsalus or Meno, a Thessalian general and character in Plato's ''Meno'' dialogue *Menon IV of Pharsalus (born ?), 4th century Greek general *Menon, 4th century BC Peripatetic writer on medicine: see Anonymus Londinensis *Múnón, also called Mennón, a Trojan chieftain or king mentioned by the twelfth-century Icelandic writer Snorri Sturluson that may refer to Menon (Trojan), Menon, Memnon, or another person. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menon (surname)
Menon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Indian In arts, entertainment, and media Journalism *Appan Menon (1947–1996), Indian print and television journalist *C. Karunakara Menon (1863–1922), Indian journalist and politician *Chengalathu Kunhirama Menon (1857–1935), Indian journalist *Mini Menon, Indian journalist *Ramesh Menon, Indian author, journalist, and documentary film maker Literature *Anil Menon, Indian computer scientist and writer of speculative fiction *I. K. K. Menon (1919–2013), Indian writer *Indu Menon (born 1980), Indian writer, novelist, and sociologist *M. K. Menon (1928–1993), Indian writer *Menon Marath (1906–2003), Indo-Anglican novelist *Nalapat Narayana Menon (1887–1954), Indian author *Nivedita Menon, feminist writer and professor of political thought at Jawaharlal Nehru University *Oyyarathu Chandu Menon (1847–1899), Indian novelist *Puthezhath Raman Menon (1891–1973), Indian Writer, President of Kerala Sahitya Akade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menon IV Of Pharsalus
Menon ( grc, Μένων; died 321 BC) was a citizen of Pharsalus in Thessaly, and a man of great influence and reputation, took a prominent part in the Lamian war, and commanded the Thessalian cavalry in the battle with the Macedonians, in which Leonnatus was slain. Plutarch states that Menon's services were highly valued by the confederates, and that he held a place in their estimation second only to Leosthenes. At the battle of Crannon (322 BC), he and Antiphilus the Athenian, were defeated by Antipater and Craterus, though the Thessalian horse under his command maintained its superiority over that of the enemy during the action. Menon and Antiphilus then felt compelled to open negotiations with the conquerors, which led to the dissolution of the Greek confederacy. When Antipater was obliged to cross over to Asia to take on Perdiccas, the Aetolians renewed the war, and were zealously supported in Thessaly by Menon, through whose influence it was probable that most of the Thessa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menon (subcaste)
Menon is a surname of the Nair community of Kerala, India, and is an honorific hereditary title, often used as an affix to one's name, bestowed by the various kings of Kerala (including the Zamorin) to the members of Nair subcastes. The recipient of the title held it lifelong, and the male members of the family held it in perpetuity along the matrilineal line. Historically, the Menons were feudal landlords or Naduvazis, and were often engaged in various administrative and political duties, such as being ministers and advisors in the service of the kings of Kerala. Many members of the Menon subcaste are related to the rulers of the Kingdom of Cochin. Furthermore, members of the Cochin royal family were often married to aristocratic Menon families. Thus, the children of such Maharajah Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king". A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menon II Of Pharsalus
Menon ( grc, Μένων, fl 431 BC) commanded a faction of Pharsalians who were among the Thessalians who came to the assistance of the Athenians when they were being attacked by the Peloponnesian army in the first year of the Peloponnesian War, 431 BC. At the time, he led a cavalry that was involved in a skirmish at Phrygia.Thucydides, ''History of the Peloponnesian War'', II.22 He may be the son or grandson of Menon I of Pharsalus, and he may be the grandfather of Menon III of Pharsalus (who appears in Plato's ''Meno''), via his son Alexidemus. References Bibliography *Thucydides, ''History of the Peloponnesian War The ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC), which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens). It was written by Thucydides, an ...'', Bk II, line 22 *Roland Grubb Kent, ''A History of Thessaly: From the Earliest Historical Times to the Asce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menon I Of Pharsalus
Menon ( grc, Μένων, 525? BC - 472? BC) was a prominent Pharsalian who assisted Athens, led by Cimon, in their battle against Eion around 476 BC. According to Demosthenes (XIII.23, XXIII.199) he himself contributed 12 talents of silver and equipped 300 cavalry from his own penestae for battle. He was awarded by the Athenians for his service. He may be the father or grandfather of Menon II of Pharsalus Menon ( grc, Μένων, fl 431 BC) commanded a faction of Pharsalians who were among the Thessalians who came to the assistance of the Athenians when they were being attacked by the Peloponnesian army in the first year of the Peloponnesian War .... Bibliography *Demosthenes: "On Organization" (line 23) & "Against Aristocrates" (line 199) *Roland Grubb Kent, A History of Thessaly: From the Earliest Historical Times to the Ascension of Philip V. of Macedon, 1904, ch V, pp 20–21 *A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Ed. William Smith, 1876, Vol 2 pp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menon III Of Pharsalus
Meno (Help:IPA/English, /ˈmiːnoʊ/; Greek language, Greek: Mένων, ''Menōn''; c. 423 – c. 400 BC), son of Alexidemus, was an ancient Thessaly, Thessalian political figure. Probably from Farsala, Pharsalus, he is famous both for the Meno, eponymous dialogue written by Plato and his role as one of the generals leading different contingents of Greek mercenaries in Xenophon's ''Anabasis (Xenophon), Anabasis.'' In various first hand accounts, including ''Anabasis,'' his name appears as Menon. Meno's Beginning and Command Meno is reported, by both Xenophon and Plato, to have been attractive and in the bloom of youth, not yet even having a beard, and was quite young at his death. He had many lovers, including Aristippus of Larissa, Tharypas, and Ariaeus the Persia, Persian. Xenophon gives a strongly hostile description of Meno as a disreputable, ambitious and dishonest youth, willing to commit any injustice for advancement, and immeasurably greedy for wealth though Meno's actions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menon (cookbook Author)
Menon was the most prolific cookbook author in 18th-century France. But it appears that nothing is known about his life. The National Library of France (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) lists his name as Joseph Menon. His numerous works were often reprinted, sometimes anonymously. The best-known of his books is probably ''La Cuisinière bourgeoise'', which was first published in 1746 and every year after for the next century, even during the French Revolution. It was the most reprinted French cookbook and the only one written before the French Revolution to be reprinted after 1800. Before the publication of ''La Cuisinière bourgeoise'', French cookbooks claimed to make a royal and elite cuisine available to all budgets. Menon's book took the opposite approach, presenting a cuisine with "modest origins" that would be sought after by elites. The recipes were simpler and healthier. "Bourgeois" or middle-class cuisine was women's cooking, hence the feminine cook in the book's title. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menon (gastropod)
''Menon'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea. Description These small parasitic snails live on (or in some cases in) the bodies of echinoderms such as sea cucumbers, sea ....WoRMS (2014). Menon Hedley, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565636 on 2014-12-22 Species There is only one known species within this genus: * '' Menon anceps'' Hedley, 1900 References External links To World Register of Marine Species Eulimidae {{Eulimidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menon (weapon)
''Menon'' was an anti-submarine mortar used by the Italian Navy during the Cold War. Introduced in 1956, it was used on the and s and s until their retirement in the 1980s. Description The Menon system fired a projectile weighing to a maximum range of . It fired 21 rounds in 70 seconds that covered an area of about .Friedman, p. 434 The initial version consisted of a three-barrel mortar in a rotating, enclosed mounting that was usually positioned forward of the superstructure, but aft of the gun mounts.Archer, p. 230 This was replaced by the K 113 weapon with a single barrel in the same type of mounting, albeit with a fixed elevation of 45°. By varying the gas vent valves in the three powder chamber Chamber or the chamber may refer to: In government and organizations * Chamber of commerce, an organization of business owners to promote commercial interests *Legislative chamber, in politics * Debate chamber, the space or room that houses delib ...s, the weapon had a range ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menon (Trojan)
In Greek mythology, Menon ( grc, Mένων) was a Trojan soldier killed by Leonteus in the Trojan War as detailed by Homer in the ''Iliad'' (XII.201). There is also a Trojan king mentioned by the twelfth-century Icelandic sage Snorri Sturluson in his prologue to the Prose Edda. Snorri tells his name is Múnón, or Mennón. It is uncertain whether Snorri is referring to this Menon, the Trojan soldier, or to someone else. According to Snorri, Mennón was one of the twelve kings who held a seat in Troy with Priamos the High King. King Mennón was wedded to the daughter of Priam and queen Hecuba. The daughter's name is Tróán, according to Snorri Sturlason. Mennón and Tróán had a child named Trór, "whom," Snorri states, "we call Thor." In the Norse scaldic tradition, in which Snorri Sturlason is the great sage, yet one of many, so-called euhemerism, explaining how humans have become deified, is a defining feature of the tradition. Thus it is interpolated on account of Norse myth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anonymus Londinensis
Anonymus Londinensis (or Anonymus Londiniensis) is the name given to an anonymous Ancient Greek author of approximately the 1st century AD, whose work ''On Medicine'' ( grc, Ἰατρικά, la, De Medicina) is partially preserved in a papyrus in the British Library (PBrLibr inv. 137 = P.Lit.Lond. 165). It ranks as the most important surviving medical papyrus and provides important information about the history of Greek medical thought. ''On Medicine'' While only fragments survive of some portions of the text, the papyrus containing the work of Anonymus Londinensis is exceptionally well preserved, with 3.5 meters of the roll largely intact, containing almost 2,000 lines of text in 39 columns. It seems to be an unfinished draft (breaking off in mid-column) in the hand of the author, who compiled, digested, and manipulated various sources as he wrote, so that we may even observe the process of his thinking as he writes. The text consists of three parts: a series of definitions re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menon (Phidias)
Phidias or Pheidias (; grc, Φειδίας, ''Pheidias''; 480 – 430 BC) was a Greek sculptor, painter, and architect. His Statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Phidias also designed the statues of the goddess Athena on the Athenian Acropolis, namely the ''Athena Parthenos'' inside the Parthenon, and the ''Athena Promachos'', a colossal bronze which stood between it and the Propylaea, a monumental gateway that served as the entrance to the Acropolis in Athens. Phidias was the son of Charmides of Athens. The ancients believed that his masters were Hegias and Ageladas. Plutarch discusses Phidias' friendship with the Greek statesman Pericles, recording that enemies of Pericles tried to attack him through Phidias – who was accused of stealing gold intended for the Parthenon's statue of Athena, and of impiously portraying himself and Pericles on the shield of the statue. The historical value of this account, as well as the legend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
