Calpurnia
Calpurnia , d. after 44 BC, Roman matron. The daughter of Lucius Calpurnicus Piso Caesoninus (see under Piso , family), she was married to Julius Caesar in 59 BC She was loyal to him despite his many infidelities and his neglect. The picture of her in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is drawn mainly from Plutarch.
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A classic Venetian grotto chair: If only there were two
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/3/2001; ; 651 words
; ...My grandparents acquired this chair in the 1940s. What can you tell me about it? A. In Roman mythology,Venus was the daughter of Jupiter and Dione, but there is a twist to this legend that says she sprang from the foam of the sea and was transported...
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In the frame
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 3/15/2002; ; 638 words
; ...US. VENUS WAS the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility. In Greek mythology (Homer's Iliad) she was represented as Aphrodite the daughter of Zeus and Dione, but ascribed by later poets to have been born from the foam of the sea around...
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Messages from the gods.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: New Criterion; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...the gods themselves using mythology to help to understand, or...where she finds her mother Dione. As an aid to accepting and enduring pain, Dione presents her daughter Aphrodite...The approaches to Greek mythology have long been pleasingly...
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The broken wings of eros: Christian ethics and the denial of desire. (Notes On Moral Theology).
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...it" will take us from ancient Greek mythology and philosophy to some of the early Fathers...backward glance to traditional Greek mythology as transmitted by Hesiod in particular...that is, the daughter of Zeus and Dione. Aristophanes has Eros born from an...
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Enceladus riddle may have been answered
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 6/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...kilometres across, thus defying its name as a giant of Greek mythology, and has brilliant shell of ice that is pristine except for...Gravitational pull from giant Saturn and the nearby satellites of Dione and Janus squeezes and stretches the moon's geological interior...
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A mighty Aphrodite to rival the Colossus of Rhodes: Tourism developers supersize projects. Cyprus joins the trend with plans for a statue of a Greek goddess.(World)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 3/27/2002; 700+ words
; ...close to both Paphos airport and the area where, according to mythology, Aphrodite was born. In one version of the Aphrodite myth, the goddess was the child of Zeus by the nymph Dione, daughter of Air and Earth. Her nakedness was covered by...
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Dione
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Dione in Greek mythology, a Titan, the mother by Zeus of Aphrodite.
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Aphrodite
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...beauty, and fruitfulness, identified by the Romans as Venus . She was the daughter of Zeus and Dione. Her husband was Hephaestus (in Roman mythology, Vulcan ). Among her many lovers were Ares , Adonis (whose death left her broken-hearted...
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Oceanus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Oceanus , in Greek mythology. 1 Circular stream that flows around the edge of the earth. The sun and moon...He was conceived of as a powerful but kindly old man. Some legends say that Dione was also the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.
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Zeus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Zeus , in Greek religion and mythology, son and successor of Kronos as supreme god. His mother, Rhea...to Zeus. Zeus was an amorous god. His first mate was probably Dione, but his official consort was his sister, Hera, who bore him...
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