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Thus Melinoë is described as such not in order to be designated as a divinity of lower status, but rather as a young woman of marriageable age; the same word is applied to Hecate and Tethys (a Titaness) in their own Orphic hymns. [11] As an underworld "queen" (Basileia), Melinoë is at least partially syncretized with Persephone herself. [12]
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Meshell Ndegeocello (/ m ɪ ˈ ʃ ɛ l ən ˌ d eɪ ɡ eɪ oʊ ˈ tʃ ɛ l oʊ / mish-EL ən-DAY-gay-oh-CHEL-oh; [2] born Michelle Lynn Johnson on August 29, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and bassist.
D'Angelo (also spelt DiAngelo or Di Angelo) is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adam D'Angelo (b. 1984), American internet entrepreneur; Andrew D'Angelo (b. 1965), American jazz musician; Angelo D'Angelo (b. 1985), Italian footballer; Beverly D'Angelo (b. 1951), American actress; Carlo D'Angelo (1919–1973), Italian ...
Title page of Vita di Michelagnolo Buonarroti written by Ascanio Condivi. The son of Latino Condivi and Vitangela de' Ricci, Ascanio Condivi was a nobleman born in the town of Ripatransone in the Marche. He moved to Rome in c. 1545, where he became an acquaintance of Michelangelo.
Hymn to Hermes (4), in The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, Massachusetts., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library .
Miguel Ângelo Laporta Nicolelis (Portuguese pronunciation: [miˈɡɛw ˈɐ̃ʒelu lɐˈpɔɾtɐ nikoˈlɛlis], born March 7, 1961), is a Brazilian scientist, physician and Duke School of Medicine Professor in Neuroscience at Duke University, best known for his pioneering work surrounding brain-computer interface (also known as "brain-machine interface") technology.
Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is the seventh book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in New York in 1852.The novel, which uses many conventions of Gothic fiction, develops the psychological, sexual, and family tensions between Pierre Glendinning; his widowed mother; Glendinning Stanly, his cousin; Lucy Tartan, his fiancée; and Isabel Banford, who is revealed to be his half-sister.