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Phlegra Bicognata
Phlegra most often refers to: * Phlegra (mythology), a location in both Greek and Roman mythology * ''Phlegra'' (spider), a large genus of jumping spiders It may also refer to: * ''Phlegra (Xenakis) ''Phlegra'' ( gr, Φλέγρα) is a composition for ensemble by composer Iannis Xenakis. It was composed in 1975. Background The composition was commissioned by the Gulbenkian Foundation for the London Sinfonietta, to whom it was also de ...'', a 1975 composition by Iannis Xenakis {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phlegra (mythology)
Phlegra ( grc-gre, Φλέγρα) is both a real and a mythical location in both Greek and Roman mythology. Phlegra is a peninsula of Macedonia (more specifically in Chalkidike) in modern Greece; it is an ancient name for Pallene in historical Thrace, the latter as per the toponymy of the ancients; Pallene – and Phlegra – is most commonly called nowadays Kassandra, or Peninsula of Kassandra. In Greek mythology, it is the site of Zeus's overthrowing of the Giants (Gigantes) at the end of the Gigantomachy. Ferrari, Anna''Dizionario dei luoghi del mito - Geografia reale e immaginaria del mondo classico'': "Flegra" Milano: Bur, 2011. Alighieri, Dante.''The Divine Comedy: Inferno''(commentary by Charles S. Singleton). Volumes 1-2 Princeton University Press, 1990. The Greek geographer Strabo (c.63 BC – c. 24 AD) writes: Nevertheless, various places have been associated with the Gigantomachy. The presence of volcanic phenomena, and the frequent unearthing of the fossilized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phlegra (spider)
''Phlegra'' is a genus of Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1876. The name is a reference to a mythical location in both Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. Species it contains seventy-nine species and one subspecies, found in Eurasia and Africa, with one species (''P. hentzi'') occurring only in North America: *''Phlegra abessinica, P. abessinica'' Embrik Strand, Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia *''Phlegra albostriata, P. albostriata'' Simon, 1901 – South Africa, Lesotho, Mozambique *''Phlegra amitaii, P. amitaii'' Jerzy Prószyński, Prószyński, 1998 – Israel *''Phlegra andreevae, P. andreevae'' Logunov, 1996 – Central Asia *''Phlegra arborea, P. arborea'' Wanda Wesołowska, Wesolowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa *''Phlegra atra, P. atra'' Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia *''Phlegra bairstowi, P. bairstowi'' Simon, 1886 – South Africa *''Phlegra bicognata, P. bicognata'' Azarkina, 2004 – Ukr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phlegra (Xenakis)
''Phlegra'' ( gr, Φλέγρα) is a composition for ensemble by composer Iannis Xenakis. It was composed in 1975. Background The composition was commissioned by the Gulbenkian Foundation for the London Sinfonietta, to whom it was also dedicated. It finished in 1975 and was premiered at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in January 1976 by the London Sinfonietta with long-time collaborator and conductor Michel Tabachnik. The title, ''Phlegra'', is meant to refer to " the battlefield where the Gigantes and the new gods of Olympus clashed". It was subsequently published by Éditions Salabert in 1976. Structure ''Phlegra'' is a one-movement, thirteen-minute composition scored for an ensemble of eleven instrumentalists: a flute (with a piccolo), an oboe, a B-flat clarinet (with a bass clarinet), a bassoon, a French horn in F, a trumpet, a trombone, a violin, a viola, a cello, and a double bass. The tempo is an unchanging '' ≅ 48 M. M. (~ 16')''. At a regular , as in most of Xenaki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |