Ourania Gkouzou
Ourania may refer to * Urania or Ourania, the muse of astronomy * ''Ourania'' (novel), by French Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio * Ourania Gkouzou (born 1981), Greek volleyball player *Ourania Rebouli Ourania Rebouli ( el, Ουρανία (Ράνια) Ρεμπούλη; born 16 May 1989 in Leros) is a Greek long-distance runner. She competed in the half marathon at the 2016 European Athletics Championships The 2016 European Athletics Champion ...

Urania
Urania ( ; grc, , Ouranía; modern Greek shortened name ''Ránia''; meaning "heavenly" or "of heaven") was, in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy, and in later times, of Christian poetry. Urania is the goddess of astronomy and stars, her attributes being the globe and compass. The muse ''Urania'' is sometimes confounded with ''Aphrodite Urania'' ("heavenly Aphrodite") because of their similar name. Family Urania was the daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne and also a great granddaughter of Uranus. Some accounts list her as the mother of the musician Linus by Apollo or Hermes or Amphimarus, son of Poseidon. Hymenaeus is also said to have been a son of Urania. Function and representation Urania is often associated with Universal Love. Sometimes identified as the eldest of the divine sisters, Urania inherited Zeus' majesty and power and the beauty and grace of her mother Mnemosyne. Urania dresses in a cloak embroidered with stars and keeps her eyes and attention focused ...
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Ourania (novel)
''Ourania'' is a 2006 novel written in French by French Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio. Plot summary Le Clézio lived for fifteen years in a small village in Mexico called Valle de Bravo. Children invented an imaginary country and ideal, Ourania, and this book describes a near-Utopian society in Mexico. Two types of Utopias are compared to each other: a modest Utopia from the Jesuits and the other an ideal city called Santa Fe de la Laguna. The book mentions the transhumant Transhumance is a type of pastoralism or nomadism, a seasonal movement of livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures. In montane regions (''vertical transhumance''), it implies movement between higher pastures in summer and lower vall ... movement Rainbows (1970–1980) and the Salvadoran revolution and its leader, Monsignor Romero. Failure was inevitable. Dreams are necessary, even if reality isn't. Subject Awards The book won the “annual best foreign novels in 21st century” by the Pe ...
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Ourania Gkouzou
Ourania may refer to * Urania or Ourania, the muse of astronomy * ''Ourania'' (novel), by French Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio * Ourania Gkouzou (born 1981), Greek volleyball player *Ourania Rebouli Ourania Rebouli ( el, Ουρανία (Ράνια) Ρεμπούλη; born 16 May 1989 in Leros) is a Greek long-distance runner. She competed in the half marathon at the 2016 European Athletics Championships The 2016 European Athletics Champion ...