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Glaucus (other)
In Greek mythology, Glaucus was a Greek prophetic sea-god. Glaucus, often transliterated to Glafkos, may also refer to: People * Glaucus, son of Aepytus of Messenia * Glaucus (son of Sisyphus), of Potniae * Glaucus (son of Minos), of Crete * Glaucus (son of Hippolochus), of Lycia, grandson of the hero Bellerophon * Glaucus of Carystus, an ancient Greek athlete * Glaucus of Chios (c. 7th century BCE), Greek sculptor in metal * Apollonius Glaucus, 2nd-century Roman physician * Glafcos Clerides (1919–2013), former President of Cyprus Rivers * Glafkos (river), a river in Patras, Greece * Glaucus (river of Asia Minor), rivers in Asia Minor Ships * Greek submarine Glafkos (Υ-6), a ''Protefs''-class submarine of the Hellenic Navy * SS ''Glaucus'' (1871), shipwrecked in 1921 * USS ''Glaucus'' (1863), a steamship of the Union Navy during the American Civil War Other * 1870 Glaukos, a Trojan asteroid * ''Glaucus'' (gastropod), a genus of nudibranchs in the family Glaucidae * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glaucus
In Greek mythology, Glaucus (; grc, Γλαῦκος, Glaûkos, glimmering) was a Greek prophetic sea-god, born mortal and turned immortal upon eating a magical herb. It was believed that he came to the rescue of sailors and fishermen in storms, having earlier earned a living from the sea himself. Family Glaucus's parentage is different in the different traditions: (i) Nereus; (ii) Copeus; (iii) Polybus, son of Hermes, and Euboea, daughter of Larymnus; (iv) Anthedon and Alcyone; or Poseidon and the nymph Naïs.Athenaeus, ''Deipnosophistae'7.294C pp. 328–33. Mythology Origin The story of Glaucus's apotheosis was dealt with in detail by Ovid in ''Metamorphoses'' and briefly referenced by many other authors. According to Ovid, Glaucus began his life as a mortal fisherman living in the Boeotian city of Anthedon. He found a magical herb which could bring the fish he caught back to life, and decided to try eating it. The herb made him immortal, but also caused him to grow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Glaucus (1863)
USS ''Glaucus'' was a large steamship acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. The Union Navy planned to use her as a gunboat in the blockade of ports of the Confederate States of America, but, also found it useful to use her to transport the president of Colombia to Cartagena, Colombia. On her return to blockade duty, ''Glaucus'' experienced a fire and several groundings, but managed to make it through to the end of the war. Service history ''Glaucus'', a screw steamer, was in the process of being built by the Van Duesen Brothers in New York City for the Neptune Steamship Company when she was purchased on behalf of the U.S. Navy on 17 July 1863 by Rear Admiral F. H. Gregory; and commissioned 18 February 1864, Comdr. C. H. B. Caldwell in command. ''Glaucus'' was assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, but before assuming her duties she was chosen to transport Senor Manuel Murillo, newly elected President of Colombia, to Cartagena. She departed 5 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glaucous
''Glaucous'' (, ) is used to describe the pale grey or bluish-green appearance of the surfaces of some plants, as well as in the names of birds, such as the glaucous gull (''Larus hyperboreus''), glaucous-winged gull (''Larus glaucescens''), glaucous macaw (''Anodorhynchus glaucus''), and glaucous tanager (''Thraupis glaucocolpa''). The term ''glaucous'' is also used botanically as an adjective to mean "covered with a greyish, bluish, or whitish waxy coating or bloom that is easily rubbed off" (e.g. glaucous leaves). The first recorded use of ''glaucous'' as a color name in English was in the year 1671. Examples The epicuticular wax coating on mature plum fruit gives them a glaucous appearance. Another familiar example is found in the common grape genus (''Vitis vinifera''). Some cacti have a glaucous coating on their stem(s). Glaucous coatings are hydrophobic so as to prevent wetting by rain. Their waxy character serves to hinder climbing of leaves, stem or fruit by inse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glaucias (other)
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Glaucias or Glaukias may refer to: People * Glaucias of Aegina, sculptor 5th century BC * Glaucias (physician, 4th century BC) of Hephaestion * Glaucias (physician, 3rd century BC), a Greek physician of the Empiric school who wrote commentaries on Hippocrates *Glaucias of Macedon, general of Alexander *Glaucias of Taulantii, Illyrian king * Glaucias of Athens, rhetorician 1st century AD Insects * ''Glaucias'' (bug), a genus in tribe Nezarini **''Glaucias amyoti'', a species of shield bug from Australasia See also *Glaucus (other) In Greek mythology, Glaucus was a Greek prophetic sea-god. Glaucus, often transliterated to Glafkos, may also refer to: People * Glaucus, son of Aepytus of Messenia * Glaucus (son of Sisyphus), of Potniae * Glaucus (son of Minos), of Crete * Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plymouth Sound
Plymouth Sound, or locally just The Sound, is a deep inlet or sound in the English Channel near Plymouth in England. Description Its southwest and southeast corners are Penlee Point in Cornwall and Wembury Point in Devon, a distance of about 3 nautical miles (6 km). Its northern limit is Plymouth Hoe giving a north–south distance of nearly 3 nautical miles (6 km). The Sound has three water entrances. The marine entrance is from the English Channel to the south, with a deep-water channel to the west of the Plymouth Breakwater. There are two freshwater inlets: one, from the northwest, is from the River Tamar via the Hamoaze and Devonport Dockyard, the largest naval dockyard in western Europe. The other, at northeast, is from the River Plym disgorging into its narrow estuary, Cattewater harbour between Mount Batten and the Royal Citadel. In the centre of the Sound, midway between Bovisand Bay and Cawsand Bay, is Plymouth Breakwater, which creates a har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underwater Habitat
Underwater habitats are underwater structures in which people can live for extended periods and carry out most of the basic human functions of a 24-hour day, such as working, resting, eating, attending to personal hygiene, and sleeping. In this context, 'habitat' is generally used in a narrow sense to mean the interior and immediate exterior of the structure and its fixtures, but not its surrounding marine environment. Most early underwater habitats lacked regenerative systems for air, water, food, electricity, and other resources. However, some underwater habitats allow for these resources to be delivered using pipes, or generated within the habitat, rather than manually delivered. An underwater habitat has to meet the needs of human physiology and provide suitable environmental conditions, and the one which is most critical is breathing air of suitable quality. Others concern the physical environment (pressure, temperature, light, humidity), the chemical environment (drin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project Glaucus
A project is any undertaking, carried out individually or collaboratively and possibly involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular goal. An alternative view sees a project managerially as a sequence of events: a "set of interrelated tasks to be executed over a fixed period and within certain cost and other limitations". A project may be a temporary (rather than a permanent) social system (work system), possibly staffed by teams (within or across organizations) to accomplish particular tasks under time constraints. A project may form a part of wider programme management or function as an ''ad hoc'' system. Note that open-source software "projects" or artists' musical "projects" (for example) may lack defined team-membership, precise planning and/or time-limited durations. Overview The word ''project'' comes from the Latin word ''projectum'' from the Latin verb ''proicere'', "before an action," which in turn comes from ''pro-'', which de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Of Fethiye
The Gulf of Fethiye ( tr, Fethiye Körfezi) is a branch of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Turkey. The cities Fethiye and Göcek of Muğla Province are situated around the gulf. It is bounded on the west by Cape Kurdoğlu ( tr, Kurtoğlu Burnu) and on the east by Cape İblis/Cape Angistro ( tr, İblis Burnu). It is a popular area for tourism and yachting. Until 1923, it was known as the Gulf of Meğri/Makri/Macre/Mekri, the former Greek-origin name of Fethiye. It is located in ancient Lycia, and was known as the Gulf of Telmessos or the Glaucus Sinus (presumably for Glaucus, son of Hippolochus). The ancient cities of Lydae and Telmessos (modern Fethiye) lay on it. Fethiye Fethiye Fethiye () is a city and district of Muğla Province in the Aegean Region of Turkey. It is one of the prominent tourist destinations in the Turkish Riviera. In 2019 its population was 162,686. History Fethiye was formerly known as Makri (). ... Lycia Fethiye Landforms of Muğl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linea
''Linea'' is a genus of foraminifera belonging to the subfamily Rhabdammininae. It is a monotypic genus containing the sole species ''Linea simplex''. Morphology ''Linea simplex'' has an overall string-like appearance, with a thin unbranching test in the shape of a flexible tube with a consistent diameter of around 80 μm. The tube is several centimeters long, irregularly filled by dark material, presumably stercomata. It is morphologically similar to '' Dendrophrya'' except it is unbranched. It also has similarities with '' Bathysiphon'' but is smaller in diameter and has a much thinner wall section. Taxonomy The genus and species were described in 1989 by C. J. Schröder, F. S. Medioli and D. B. Scott. The origin of the genus name comes from the latin noun "linea", meaning string, due to the string-like appearance of the organism. The species epithet An epithet (, ), also byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) known for accompanying or occurring in place of a na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Days Of Pompeii
''The Last Days of Pompeii'' is a novel written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. The novel was inspired by the painting ''The Last Day of Pompeii'' by the Russian painter Karl Briullov, which Bulwer-Lytton had seen in Milan. It culminates in the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. The novel uses its characters to contrast the decadent culture of 1st-century Rome with both older cultures and coming trends. The protagonist, Glaucus, represents the Greeks who have been subordinated by Rome, and his nemesis Arbaces the still older culture of Egypt. Olinthus is the chief representative of the nascent Christian religion, which is presented favourably but not uncritically. The Witch of Vesuvius, though she has no supernatural powers, shows Bulwer-Lytton's interest in the occult—a theme which would emerge in his later writing, particularly '' The Coming Race''. A popular sculpture by American sculptor Randolph Rogers, ''Nydi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glaucus (sculpture)
''Glaucus'' is a sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin, first conceived in 1886 as a representation of the mythological figure Glaucus, son of Poseidon. Originally made in plaster, bronze casts of it are now in the Brooklyn Museum and the Museo Soumaya. Inspiration It was one of many studies arising from Rodin's reading of Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'', here drawing on Book XIV, 1-74. Museo Soumaya (2015). Fundación Carlos Slim, ed. Colección Museo Soumaya 2. México. p. 122. . It adds a female figure to the male figure from ''Seated Old Man'' in order to represent the myth of Glaucus and Scylla,de Roos, Hans (14 September 2009)"Glaucus" Rodin-web.org meaning that it departs from the original myth in that both figures have human not monstrous legs. According to Bartlett, the work suggests that Glaucus is instead turning into a tree. Versions There is a variant of it shows a woman leaning her head to the man's chest and so in known as ''The Confidence'' or ''Confiding''. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glaucus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Glaucus (; grc, Γλαῦκος, means "greyish blue" or "bluish green" and "glimmering") was the name of the following figures: * Glaucus, a sea-god * Glaucus, son of Sisyphus and a Corinthian king. * Glaucus, a mythical Lycian captain in the Trojan War. * Glaucus, son of King Minos of Crete. * Glaucus, one of the twelve younger Panes, offspring of Pan. He came to join Dionysus in his campaign against India. * Glaucus, son of Aretus and Laobie. He joined Deriades, along with his father and brothers, against Dionysus in the Indian War. * Glaucus, husband of Laophonte and father of Leda in some variants of the myth. He may be the same as Glaucus, the son of Sisyphus if hypothetical deduction of genealogy be used. * Glaucus, one of the Dolionians, a people living in northwestern Asia Minor. He was killed by Jason when the Argonauts came to the country. * Glaucus, a Trojan prince and one of the sons of King Priam by an unknown woman. * Glaucus, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
