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Titian's Diana and Callisto (1559) portrays the moment when Callisto's pregnancy is discovered. As a follower of Artemis, Callisto, who Hesiod said [6] was the daughter of Lycaon, king of Arcadia, [7] took a vow to remain a virgin, as did all the nymphs of Artemis. According to Hesiod, [8] she was seduced by Zeus, and of the consequences that ...
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However, they were born on opposite sides of the river. One day the man saw the woman and they married and had children. The Sun and the Moon (Mandaya) [38] – The Sun and Moon were married, but one day, the Sun got angry at the Moon and started to chase her. The Sun became angry at his first child, minced him and scattered him across the sky ...
The history of the Philippines dates from the earliest hominin activity in the archipelago at least by 709,000 years ago. [1] Homo luzonensis, a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luzon [2] [3] at least by 134,000 years ago. [4] The earliest known anatomically modern human was from Tabon Caves in Palawan dating about 47,000 ...
Prehispanic Source Materials for the Study of Philippine History (Revised Edition). New Day Publishers, Quezon City. ISBN 9711002264. Scott, William Henry (1985), Cracks in the parchment curtain and other essays in Philippine history, New Day Publishers, ISBN 978-971-10-0074-5.
Manila was established as the capital of the Philippines under colonial government rule and was meant to symbolize a set towards modernization. With modernization of the Philippines arose idea of capitals being a symbol of progress and the way other cities should be. [14] This acts as a way of legitimizing the power held by the government itself.
Callisto is expected to be captured into the resonance in about 1.5 billion years, completing the 1:2:4:8 chain. [45] Like most other regular planetary moons, Callisto's rotation is locked to be synchronous with its orbit. [4] The length of Callisto's day, simultaneously its orbital period, is about 16.7 Earth days.
[11] [12] A clear evidence is the use of pre-colonial Philippines use of honorific titles. No other significant historical documents from this period except for Laguna Copperplate Inscription, a legal document inscribed on a copper plate dated 900 CE which is the earliest known calendar dated document found in the Philippines. [13] [14]