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helium: named for the Sun where it was discovered by spectral analysis, being associated with the deity Helios, iridium: named for the Greek goddess Iris, tellurium: named for the Roman goddess of the earth, Tellus Mater, niobium: named for Niobe, a character of Greek mythology, vanadium: named for Vanadis, another name for Norse goddess Freyja,
Cadmium is named after Cadmus (in Greek: Κάδμος: Kadmos), a character in Greek mythology and calamine is derived from Le Calamine, the French name of the Belgian town of Kelmis. Indium (In) 49 indigo: Greek via Latin and English descriptive (colour) Named after indigo, because of an indigo-coloured spectrum line.
Einsteinium is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Es and atomic number 99. It is named after Albert Einstein and is a member of the actinide series and the seventh transuranium element. Einsteinium was discovered as a component of the debris of the first hydrogen bomb explosion in 1952.
The female legendary character, Clytemnestra. [22] Crisitha: The heroine of the Trojan War, the Greek name Chryseis. [18] Easun, Heasun, Heiasun: Etruscan version of the mythological hero Jason. Ecapa: The tragic heroine of the Trojan War, Hecuba. [18] Ectur: Hector, a hero of the Trojan War. [18] Elinei, Elinai, Elina: The character Helen of ...
"Named after the wizard character, Harry Dresden, from the Jim Butcher novels." [153] Auplopus charlesi Waichert & Pitts, 2012: Wasp: Nick Charles, The Thin Man "Named in honor of Samuel Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961), who was a well-known American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories, and creator of the famous protagonist ...
Each level of the game takes place on a space dreadnought named after a different metal. The last level is named after the fictional element uridium. The cassette inlay card says the name was created by one of the game developers who thought uridium really existed. [86] (Not to be confused with real element iridium.) Uru Marvel Comics
In Greek mythology, Chrysothemis or Khrysothemis (/ k r ɪ ˈ s ɒ θ ɪ m ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Χρυσόθεμις, "golden law") is a name ascribed to several female characters in Greek mythology. [1] Chrysothemis, daughter of Carmator and the first winner of the oldest contest held at the Pythian Games, the singing of a hymn to Apollo.
Charybdis (/ k ə ˈ r ɪ b d ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Χάρυβδις, romanized: Khárybdis, Attic Greek: [kʰárybdis]; Latin: Charybdis, Classical Latin: [kʰäˈrʏbd̪ɪs̠]) is a sea monster in Greek mythology. Charybdis, along with the sea monster Scylla, appears as a challenge to epic characters such as Odysseus, Jason, and Aeneas.