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Chimera (architecture), Chimeric
Chimera, Chimaera, or Chimaira (Ancient Greek language, Greek for "she-goat") originally referred to: * Chimera (mythology), a fire-breathing monster of ancient Lycia said to combine parts from multiple animals * Mount Chimaera, a fire-spewing region of Lycia or Cilicia typically considered the inspiration for the myth Chimera, chimera, chimère, Chimaira, etc. may also refer to: Biology * Chimaera, various cartilaginous fishes of the order Chimaeriformes ** Chimaera (genus), ''Chimaera'' (genus), the eponymous genus of the order Chimaeriformes * Chimera (EST), a single cDNA sequence originating from two transcripts * Chimera (genetics), a single organism with cells from two different zygotes * Chimera (virus), with genetic material from other organisms * Chimeric protein or fusion protein * Chimera (paleontology), a fossil made with parts from different animals * Chimera Project, a Soviet biological weapons program#Chimera Project, Soviet biological weapons program Media Fictio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Greek Language
Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek Dark Ages, Dark Ages (), the Archaic Greece, Archaic or Homeric Greek, Homeric period (), and the Classical Greece, Classical period (). Ancient Greek was the language of Homer and of fifth-century Athens, fifth-century Athenian historians, playwrights, and Ancient Greek philosophy, philosophers. It has contributed many words to English vocabulary and has been a standard subject of study in educational institutions of the Western world since the Renaissance. This article primarily contains information about the Homeric Greek, Epic and Classical periods of the language, which are the best-attested periods and considered most typical of Ancient Greek. From the Hellenistic period (), Ancient Greek was followed by Koine Greek, which is regar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resistance (video Game Series)
''Resistance'' is a series of first-person shooter and third-person shooter video games developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita video game consoles. The series takes place in an alternate history 1950s, in which an alien civilization known as the Chimera have invaded and conquered Earth, expanding their armies by capturing humans and transforming them into monster-like super soldiers to fight for them. The player takes the role of one of the remaining human armed forces as they fight against the Chimera invasion. The series is noted for its use of both conventional and futuristic weaponry, reflecting Insomniac's previous work on the ''Ratchet & Clank'' series. Games Main series ''Resistance: Fall of Man'' (2006) ''Resistance: Fall of Man'' is the first installment in the ''Resistance'' trilogy and was released on the PlayStation 3 in 2006 as a launch title for the system. The ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 8 March 1943) is an Italian historian, writer, essayist, archaeologist and journalist. Biography He was born in Piumazzo di Castelfranco Emilia province of Modena and, after getting a degree in Classical Arts at the University of Bologna, he became an archaeologist at the Catholic University of Milan, specialising in the topography of the Ancient World. At the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore itself, he taught from 1980 to 1986, then moved on to an academic career at the University of Venice (1987) and then at the Loyola University of Chicago, the Sorbonne University in Paris and the Bocconi University in Milan. However, due to his numerous commitments, both national and international, he can no longer lecture full-time, but he holds a visiting professor role. Between the 1970s and the 1980s, he has undertaken the "Anabasis" expeditions for the reconstruction of the itinerary of the Ten Thousand's retreat. This expedition covered a total o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chimeras
''The Chimeras'' () is a sequence of sonnets by the French writer Gérard de Nerval, made up of eight individual poems and a total of twelve sonnets. The poems are: "El Desdichado", "Myrtho", "Horus", "Anteros", " Delphica", "Artemis", "Christ at Gethsemane" (I–V) and "Golden Verses". They were published in the book '' Les Filles du feu'' in January 1854. Background The writer Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855) had mental health problems and his doctor Émile Blanche had recommended him to continue writing as a form of therapy. The poems of ''The Chimeras'' may express his struggle with a particularly difficult period; Nerval spent time in psychiatric hospitals in 1840–1841, 1851, 1853 and 1854. In 1853 he temporarily lost the ability to speak and write, and his identity. His illness made him identify with figures from myths and legends, and in the interplay with these characters in his poems he attempted to create a self. Regarding the obscurity of his ''Chimera'' poems, Nerval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chimera Entertainment
Chimera Entertainment is a German video game developer based in Munich. The company is part of the developer family of Remote Control Productions. As of April 2021, the company employs 70 people. History Chimera Entertainment was founded by the Mediadesign University of Applied Science (short MDH) graduates Alexander Kehr and Christian Kluckner together with Hendrik Lesser and his production house remote control productions (short RCP) in Munich, Germany in 2006. Kehr and Kluckner were among first game design graduates of the Munich-based design academy MDH. Kehr, having developed board and card games since he was six years old, and Kluckner already having four years of experience as a programmer, started working together while still attending the university and created the base for a team of young graduates eager to work within the games industry. The team of remote control productions provided the framework while the company's Managing Director Lesser took over a part of the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chimera (larp Convention)
Chimera is a Live action role-playing (LARP) convention held annually every August in Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla .... The convention is supported by the New Zealand Live Action Role Playing Society, and has run annually since 2008. It is the largest event of its type in New Zealand, attracting over 150 people. It does not have guests of honour. The convention supports different styles of play, including live-combat and theatre-style games. It hosts a single large "flagship" game to provide a unifying experience for attendees. List of conventions * 2008: Motu Moana, Auckland (Flagship: Flight of the Hindenberg) * 2009: Motu Moana, Auckland (Flagship: The Great Exhibition) * 2010: Motu Moana, Auckland (Flagship: A Town Called Refuge) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chimera (video Game)
''Chimera'' is an action-adventure video game written by Shahid Ahmad and published by Firebird in 1985. Plot A huge spaceship threatens to destroy Earth. One person must board the vessel and activate its self-destruct mechanism to make it explode, saving Earth. Gameplay In ''Chimera'', the player moves through an isometric maze of 8 x 8 screens. The player must gain access to hidden or blocked areas of the spaceship, often by finding items in order to circumvent various obstacles. Once the obstacles are disabled, the player may use items to create a warhead and carry it to one of the "blue" rooms of the ship. Upon activation of all four warheads, the player must reach the green room in order to complete the quest. The player must also avoid running out of food or water, which are consumed more quickly while carrying something or when in a hot room. Both water and food can be found in the maze occasionally. If the player runs out of food or water, or tries to disable an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chimaera (magazine)
''Chimaera'' was a British zine published between 1975 and 1983 that originally focused on play-by-mail games of ''Diplomacy (game), Diplomacy''. It became first British "Dippy zine" to include other play-by-mail games in its pages; those were often adapted from popular board games of the time. History The strategic board game ''Diplomacy'' was first published in 1959. Because of its long playing time (4–12 hours), finding enough players to start and finish an entire game became an issue. In the 1960s, this led to the publication of "Dippy zines" in the United States that enabled play-by-mail games of ''Diplomacy''. In 1969, Don Turnbull (game designer), Don Turnbull published the first British Dippy zine, ''Albion (magazine), Albion'', and this was followed by a large number of others. In June 1975, Clive Booth published the first edition of ''Chimaera'' as a monthly four-page Spirit duplicator, spirit-duplicated Dippy zine, but stated in his introduction "I do not want ''Chim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
