social wasps
social wasps (superfamily Vespoidea, family Vespidae) The common name most usually applied to members of the subfamilies Vespinae, Rhopalidiinae, Polistinae, and Polybiinae.
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Temple decoration and cultural identity in the archaic Greek world; the metopes of Selinus.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2007; 509 words
; ...cultural identity in the archaic Greek world; the metopes of Selinus. Marconi, Clemente. Cambridge U. Pr. 2007 352 pages...Fine Arts, New York U.) analyzes the Archaic metopes of Selinus, presenting a new interpretation of the use of figural decoration...
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International year of planet earth 2. Earth and health--building a safer Canadian environment.(Series)(Report)
Magazine article from: Geoscience Canada; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...present article is limited to inorganic contaminants, with particular focus on metals and their compounds, recent books (e.g. Nolan et al. 2001; Skinner and Berger 2003; Selinus et al. 2005) show that geochemical hazard research cove
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New From Perillo Tours: Deluxe Escorted 9-Day Sicily Tour.
PR Newswire; 7/28/2009; 691 words
; ...where guests will taste the fortified wine first introduced in 1796. Also on the itinerary is the ancient Greek city of Selinus, an acropolis of majestic temples overlooking the sea. On the road to Taormina, the tour will stop at the aristocratic fourth...
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New Books.(Announcements)
Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives; 4/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...ISBN: 1-86094 474-4, $76 Essentials of Medical Geology: Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health Olle Selinus Burlington, MA: Elsevier, 2005. 832 pp. ISBN: 0-12-636341-2, $99.95 Evaluation of Enzyme Inhibitors in Drug...
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Restoration work revealed
Newspaper article from: Bath Chronicle, The; 9/8/2007; 700+ words
; ...real- life characters from the first and second centuries AD. The characters, such as father-and- son stonemason team Selinus and Brucetus, will offer insights into how the baths were built. Also in attendance will be a well-to-do Roman woman...
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Adolf Hoffmann (ed.). Agyptische Kulte und ihre Heiligtumer im Osten des Romischen Reiches (Internationales Kolloquium 5-6 September 2003 in Bergama, Turkei).(Book review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...history of architecture, especially of Roman city planning and building policy, and as a feat of engineering: the river Selinus runs diagonally under the temenos through a double barrel vault some 160m long. New work since 2001, led by Adolf Hoffmann...
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Essentials of Medical Geology: Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health.
Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives; 11/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Edited by Olle Selinus, Brian Alloway, Jose A. Centeno, Robert B. Finkleman, Ron Fuge, Ulf Lindh, and Pauline Smedley Burlington, MA:Elsevier...
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Day of cakes and choruses
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 7/9/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Hoppings ("a heterogeneous collection of strange attractions") was in full swing, Robert Collins was consecrated as Bishop of Selinus - assistant to the "aged" Catholic Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle - Jane Bainton of Middlesbrough was given six months hard...
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 "Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)")
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A piece of paradiso Mary O'Sullivan finds beauty all around an island favoured by film directors.
Magazine article from: Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland); 5/4/2008; 700+ words
; ...times between 900BC and 500AD, and there are some some fascinating remains of their occupation. Agrigento, Syracuse and Selinus have some of the world's finest examples of traditional Greek architecture -- but no matter where you go on the island...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Overstuffed Turkey learns a lesson; (1) 'BREATH OF FRESH AIR': Sandy and David Nicholls, right, opted for the natural beauty of Gazipasa, above (2) HIGH-RISE HARBOUR: Alanya, left, and, above, the sprawl that overlooks it.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 4/27/2008; 700+ words
; ...four storeys and only five per cent of agricultural land canbe built on. 'We have a site of archaeological interest at Mount Selinus, where we havefound many ancient artefacts, and there will be no building there.' There will,however, be a lot of building...
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Selinus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Selinus , ancient city of Sicily. It was founded...constant rival of neighboring Segesta, Selinus got Syracuse to interfere in a quarrel...the aid of the Carthaginians, who sacked Selinus in 409 BC The city was rebuilt, but it...
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Segesta
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the longstanding and bitter rival of Selinus. Athens undertook (415-413 BC) the...troubles growing out of a quarrel with Selinus. After this failure, Segesta got the help of Carthage, and Selinus was sacked (409). Thereafter Segesta...
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Alcibiades
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...forces. When the forces reached Sicily, he proposed an attempt to win allies rather than attacking the hostile cities of Selinus and Syracuse at once. Nicias carried out this policy to ultimate disaster. Alcibiades had meanwhile been summoned home to...
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Sicily
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...southeast coasts Greeks founded (8th-6th cent. BC) such cities as Syracuse , Catania , Zancle (now Messina ), Gela , and Selinus and settled in older towns like Segesta . The Greek cities flourished and in turn founded such cities as Acragas (now Agrigento...
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