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Galatea (bivalve)
Galatea is an ancient Greek name meaning "she who is milk-white". Galatea, Galathea or Gallathea may refer to: In mythology * Galatea, three different mythological figures from Greek mythology In the arts * '' Aci, Galatea e Polifemo'', cantata by Handel * ''Galatea'' (Raphael), or ''The Triumph of Galatea'', a 1512 fresco of Ovid's sea-nymph * ''Gallathea'', a late sixteenth-century play by John Lyly * '' Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed'', an 1883 musical comedy by Henry Pottinger Stephens, W. Webster and Meyer Lutz * ''Galatea'', a 2009 play by Lawrence Aronovitch * '' La Galatea'', a sixteenth-century pastoral novel by Miguel de Cervantes * ''Galatea'' (novel), a 1953 novel by James M. Cain * ''Galatea'', a 1976 novel by Philip Pullman * ', a 1977 ballet film with Ekaterina Maximova and Māris Liepa * '' Galatea 2.2'', a 1995 novel by Richard Powers * ''Galatea'' (video game), released in 2000 * Galatea, a main figure in the ''Pygmalion and the Image'' series of four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galatea (Greek Myth)
In Greek mythology, Galatea (; Ancient Greek: Γαλάτεια; "she who is milk-white") was the name of the following figures: * Acis and Galatea, Galatea, a Nereid who loved the shepherd Acis and Galatea, Acis, and was loved by the cyclops Polyphemus. * Galatea (mythology), Galatea, the statue of a woman created by Pygmalion (mythology), Pygmalion and brought to life by Aphrodite. * Galatea, daughter of Eurytius, son of Sparton. Her husband Lamprus (mythology), Lamprus wished to have a son and told her to expose the child if it turned out to be a girl. So when Galatea gave birth to a girl she asked the gods to change her sex, and Leto turned her into a boy (Leucippus (daughter of Galatea), Leucippus)Antoninus Liberalis17with reference to Nicander Notes References * Antoninus Liberalis, ''The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis'' translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992)Online version at the Topos Text Project.* Hesiod, ''Theogony'' from ''The Homeric Hymns and Homeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soon I Will Be Invincible
''Soon I Will Be Invincible'' is a novel by Austin Grossman, published by Pantheon Books and released on June 5, 2007. The novel uses two alternating first person narratives—the first told from the point of view of Fatale, a female cyborg recruited by the superhero group ''The New Champions'' as they investigate the disappearance of a superhero named CoreFire. The other narrative is told from the point of view of Dr. Impossible, a supervillain possessing super-human strength and intellect who suffers from Malign Hypercognition Disorder ("evil genius" syndrome). The plot follows Impossible's thirteenth attempt to take over the world after escaping from prison. The novel—Grossman's first—was written during his tenure as a video game designer. The book uses characters, settings, and storylines generally associated with comic books and superhero fiction, but is written entirely in prose. The story explores how superheroes cope with their powers and interact with one another. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dieffenbachia
''Dieffenbachia'' , commonly known as dumb cane or leopard lily, is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family (biology), family Araceae. It is native to the New World Tropics from Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina. Some species are widely cultivated as ornamental plants, especially as houseplants, and have become naturalized on a few tropical islands. ''Dieffenbachia'' is a perennial plant, perennial herbaceous plant with straight stem, simple and alternate leaves containing white spots and flecks, making it attractive as indoor foliage. Species in this genus are popular as houseplants because of their tolerance of shade. The English names, dumb cane and mother-in-law's tongue (also used for ''Sansevieria'' species) refer to the poisoning effect of raphides, which can cause temporary inability to speak. ''Dieffenbachia'' was named by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, director of the Botanical Gardens in Vienna, to honor his head gardener Joseph Dieffenbach (1790–186 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galathea
''Galathea'' is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Galatheidae. It is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters that in 2008 contained 73 species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 25 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...) (several more have been described more recently). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters. Species As of 2025, ''Galathea'' contains the following species: *'' Galathea acerata'' *'' Galathea acis'' *'' Galathea aegyptiaca'' *'' Galathea aequata'' *'' Galathea albatrossae'' *'' Galathea amamiensis'' *'' Galathea amboinensis'' *'' Galathea anepipoda'' *'' Galathea australiensis'' *'' Galathea balssi'' *'' Galathea bengala'' *'' Galathea bidens'' *'' Galathea bimaculata'' *'' Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galatea (moon)
Galatea , also known as Neptune VI, is the fourth-closest inner moon of Neptune, and fifth-largest moon of Neptune. It is named after Galatea, one of the fifty Nereids of Greek legend, with whom Cyclops Polyphemus was vainly in love. Discovery Galatea was discovered in late July 1989 from the images taken by the ''Voyager 2'' probe. It was given the temporary designation S/1989 N 4. The discovery was announced (IAUC 4824) on 2 August 1989, and mentions "10 frames taken over 5 days", implying a discovery date of sometime before July 28. The name was given on 16 September 1991. Physical properties Galatea is irregularly shaped and shows no sign of any geological modification. It is likely that it is a rubble pile re-accreted from fragments of Neptune's original satellites, which were smashed up by perturbations from Triton soon after that moon's capture into a very eccentric initial orbit. Compositionally, Galatea appears to be similar to other small i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donacidae
The Donacidae, the "bean clams" or "wedge shells", are a family of bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Tellinoidea. The family is related to the ''Tellina ''Tellina'' is a widely distributed genus of marine (ocean), marine bivalve molluscs, in the family (biology), family Tellinidae. It is also known as "tellin" in English. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Tellina'': ...''. The Donacidae are prolific filter feeders and are an important part of coastal food chains where they occur. The family is sensitive to coastal industry such as dam-building and dredging. Description Members of this family have asymmetric, elongated, compressed shells. The two siphons are short but are completely divided, and the foot is large. They are vigorous burrowers.Barrett, J. H. and C. M. Yonge, 1958. Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore. P. 160. Collins, London Genera *''Donax (bivalve), Donax'' Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758 *†'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galatea (bivalve)
Galatea is an ancient Greek name meaning "she who is milk-white". Galatea, Galathea or Gallathea may refer to: In mythology * Galatea, three different mythological figures from Greek mythology In the arts * '' Aci, Galatea e Polifemo'', cantata by Handel * ''Galatea'' (Raphael), or ''The Triumph of Galatea'', a 1512 fresco of Ovid's sea-nymph * ''Gallathea'', a late sixteenth-century play by John Lyly * '' Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed'', an 1883 musical comedy by Henry Pottinger Stephens, W. Webster and Meyer Lutz * ''Galatea'', a 2009 play by Lawrence Aronovitch * '' La Galatea'', a sixteenth-century pastoral novel by Miguel de Cervantes * ''Galatea'' (novel), a 1953 novel by James M. Cain * ''Galatea'', a 1976 novel by Philip Pullman * ', a 1977 ballet film with Ekaterina Maximova and Māris Liepa * '' Galatea 2.2'', a 1995 novel by Richard Powers * ''Galatea'' (video game), released in 2000 * Galatea, a main figure in the ''Pygmalion and the Image'' series of four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
74 Galatea
74 Galatea is a large C-type main-belt asteroid. Its carbonaceous surface is very dark in color with an albedo of just 0.034. Galatea was found by the prolific comet discoverer Ernst Tempel on August 29, 1862, in Marseille, France. It was his third asteroid discovery. It is named after one of the two Galateas in Greek mythology. A stellar occultation by Galatea was observed on September 8, 1987. The name Galatea has also been given to one of Neptune's satellites. Photometric observations of this asteroid made during 2008 at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico gave a light curve with a period of 17.270 ± 0.002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.08 ± 0.01 in magnitude Magnitude may refer to: Mathematics *Euclidean vector, a quantity defined by both its magnitude and its direction *Magnitude (mathematics), the relative size of an object *Norm (mathematics), a term for the size or length of a vector *Order of .... The curve displays four minima and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Road
''On the Road'' is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonists living life against a backdrop of jazz, poetry, and drug use. The novel is a ''roman à clef'', with many key figures of the Beat movement represented by characters in the book, including Kerouac himself as the narrator, Sal Paradise. The idea for the book formed during the late 1940s in a series of notebooks and was then typed out on a continuous reel of paper during three weeks in April 1951. It was first published by Viking Press. ''The New York Times'' hailed the book's appearance as "the most beautifully executed, the clearest, and the most important utterance yet made by the generation Kerouac, himself, named years ago as 'beat,' and whose principal avatar he is." In 1998, the Modern Library ranked ''On the Road'' 55th on its li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fate/Grand Order
is a free-to-play Japanese gacha game, gacha mobile game, developed by Lasengle (formerly Delightworks) using Unity (game engine), Unity, and published by Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The game is based on Type-Moon's ''Fate/stay night'' franchise, and was released in Japan on 29 July 2015 for Android (operating system), Android, and on 12 August 2015, for iOS. English-language versions followed on 25 June 2017 in the United States and Canada, and a Korean version was released on 21 November 2017. An Arcade game, arcade version titled ''Fate/Grand Order Arcade'' was released by Sega in Japan on 26 July 2018. The game is centered around turn-based combat where the player, who takes on the role of a "Master", summons and commands powerful familiars known as "Servants" to battle enemies. The story narrative is presented in a visual novel format, and each Servant has their own scenario which the player can explore. Servants are obtained through the Gacha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farmer Giles Of Ham
''Farmer Giles of Ham'' is a comic medieval fable written by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1937 and published in 1949. The story describes the encounters between Farmer Giles and a wily dragon named Chrysophylax, and how Giles manages to use these to rise from humble beginnings to rival the king of the land. It is cheerfully anachronistic and light-hearted, set in Britain in an imaginary period of the Dark Ages. It features mythical creatures, medieval knights, and primitive firearms. Scholars have noted that despite the story's light-hearted nature, reflected in Tolkien's playful use of his professional discipline, philology, it embodies several serious concerns. The setting is quasi-realistic, being the area around Oxford where Tolkien lived and worked. The story parodies multiple aspects of traditional dragon-slaying tales, and has roots in modern and medieval literature, from Norse myth to Spenser's ''The Faerie Queene''. Its concern for the "Little Kingdom" embodies Tolkien's en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicentennial Man (film)
''Bicentennial Man'' is a 1999 American science fiction comedy-drama film starring Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz (in a dual role), Wendy Crewson and Oliver Platt. Based on the 1992 novel '' The Positronic Man'' by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg (which is based on Asimov's original 1976 novelette "The Bicentennial Man"), the plot explores issues of humanity, slavery, prejudice, maturity, intellectual freedom, conformity, sex, love, mortality and immortality. The film, a co-production by Touchstone Pictures and Columbia Pictures, was directed by Chris Columbus. The title derives from the main character existing to the age of two hundred years. ''Bicentennial Man'' was released by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution in the United States and internationally by Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International on December 17, 1999, and received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. It was a box office bomb, grossing $87.4 million against a $90–100 million budge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
