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Actaeon
Actaeon , in Greek mythology, son of Aristaeus and Autonoë. Because he saw Artemis bathing naked, she changed him into a stag, and his own dogs killed him. ... Read more
Orpheus
Orpheus , in Greek mythology, celebrated Thracian musician. He was the son of Calliope by Apollo or, according to another legend, by Oeagrus, a king of Thrace. Supposedly, the music of his lyre was so beautiful that when he played, wild beasts were soothed, trees danced, and rivers stood still. Orph... Read more
Apollo
Apollo , in Greek religion and mythology, one of the most important Olympian gods, concerned especially with prophecy, medicine, music and poetry, archery, and various bucolic arts, particularly the care of flocks and herds. He was also frequently associated with the higher developments of civilizat... Read more

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Aristaeus (ca. sixth century B.C.E.)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Aristaeus (ca. sixth century B.C.E.) A...According to Herodotus, in his fourth book, Aristaeus fell dead upon entering a fuller's...voyage assured them that they had met Aristaeus on the way to Crotona and that he appeared...
Aristaeus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Aristaeus , in Greek mythology, son of Apollo...honored as the inventor of beekeeping. Aristaeus tried to violate Eurydice, wife of Orpheus...the arts of medicine and soothsaying, Aristaeus wandered through many lands teaching...
Actaeon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Actaeon , in Greek mythology, son of Aristaeus and Autonoë. Because he saw Artemis bathing naked, she changed him into a stag, and his own dogs killed him.
Orpheus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...when he played, wild beasts were soothed, trees danced, and rivers stood still. Orpheus married the nymph Eurydice. When Aristaeus tried to violate her, she fled, was bitten by a snake, and died. Orpheus descended to Hades searching for her. He was...
Apollo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...most widely known. After the 5th cent. BC he was frequently identified with Helios, the sun god. Apollo was the father of Aristaeus, Asclepius, and, in some legends, Orpheus, although his amorous affairs were not particularly successful. Daphne turned...

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Aristaeus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Aristaeus ( fl. ca . 350 – 330 b.c.) mathematics . Aristaeus lived after Menaechmus and was an older contemporary...Collectio (Book VII) is our chief source, calls him Aristaeus the Elder, so presumably there was a later mathematician...
Orfeu Negro
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...x2014;he tells her, "I have loved you a thousand years." Eurídice flees from Death just as Eurydice fled from Aristaeus, a shepherd intent on seducing her. While fleeing, she is electrocuted by a live wire she has seized in panic, just as...
Farming
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary 249. Farming Aristaeus honored as inventor of beekeeping. [Gk. Myth.: NCE , 105] Ashman goddess of grain. [Sumerian Myth.: Ben é t...
Hypsicles of Alexandria
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...is concerned with the inscription of regular solids in a sphere. Hypsicles proves a proposition, which he attributes to Aristaeus (who was probably not the author of Five Books Concerning Solid Loci ), that the same circle can be described about the...

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Placement, gender, pedagogy: Virgil's fourth Georgic in print *.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...epyllion (so that the framing account of Aristaeus' quest to replace his bees, and the...epyllion. Faced with the loss of his bees, Aristaeus utters a riverside complaint to his mother...bower by her nymphs. Cyrene instructs Aristaeus to seek aid from Proteus, telling him...
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Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/18/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...who died from a snakebite while fleeing the advances of Aristaeus. Orpheus pursued her into Hades, where he charmed even the...Rushdie has reinvented the myth through the viewpoint of Aristaeus, who here is an Indian photographer called Rai, the first...
Orpheus in the Underworld
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 5/1/2007; ; 696 words ; OFFENBACH Orpheus in the Underworld * Marek Janowski, cond; William Workman (Pluto/Aristaeus); Kurt Marschner (Orpheus); Elisabeth Steiner (Eurydice); Liselotte Pulver (Public Opinion); Toni Blankenheim (Jupiter...
Cheese.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 11/15/2005; 700+ words ; ...edible. Cheese was known to the ancient Sumerians four thousand years before the birth of Christ. The ancient Greeks credited Aristaeus, a son of Apollo and Cyrene, with its discovery, and it is mentioned in the Old Testament. In the Roman era cheese really...
DISCS: JAZZ HHHHI Colin Towns Mask Orchestra The Orpheus Suite PROVOCATEUR
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 9/19/2004; ; 298 words ; ...starts with the Argonauts, evidently a funky bunch of fellows, "hitting town", through curiously named episodes such as "Aristaeus and the Moisturisers", to the unfortunate Orpheus being "Ripped to Ribbons". A team of top UK players rip through the...
Amiable stuff - but where was the dance lobby?; Arts.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 5/11/1998; ; 531 words ; ...smiles and superficial acting don't get you down. Orpheus loses his Eurydice, inadvertently killed by his warrior rival Aristaeus. Inconsolable, he pleads with Death to be let follow her to the Underworld where its rulers Pluto and Persephone are persuaded...
JAMES T. REID, 78 WAS INSPECTIONAL SERVICES CHIEF
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/9/2000; 379 words ; ...well as an instructor in the apprenticeship program. Mr. Reid was a World War II Navy veteran who served aboard the USS Aristaeus and the USS Little Rock in the Pacific. He leaves four daughters, Mary Diane Wheeler of Maryland, Beatrice M. Laraia of...
James Reid of W. Roxbury retired inspections chief.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 9/9/2000; 438 words ; ...78. Born in Jamaica Plain, Mr. Reid joined the Navy during World War II, serving aboard the USS Little Rock and the USS Aristaeus in the Pacific. He was awarded the World War II Victory Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Ribbon and the...
Performance packed with quality
Newspaper article from: Plymouth Evening Herald, The; 3/20/2008; 502 words ; ...Orpheus, his musicians as the Argonauts, and their groupies as the Furies. The roles of Orpheus, Euridice, Apollo and Aristaeus demand and get honed dance technique and character delineation from Iain Mackay, Elisha Willis, Matthew Lawrence and Tyrone...
OBITUARIES
Newspaper article from: Lincolnwood Review (IL); 2/17/2005; 512 words ; ...of Electrical Workers for 75 years. Mr. Reuter served in the U.S. Navy during WWII aboard the USS Kent Island and USS Aristaeus. Survivors include children Russell (Judith) of Skokie and Gary (Barbara); grandchildren Joanne, David (Stephanie...