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Zeus (/ zjuːs /, Ancient Greek: Ζεύς) [ a ] is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus. His name is cognate with the first syllable of his Roman equivalent Jupiter.
The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...
History of Latin. Appearance. One of the seven ceiling frescoes painted by Bartolomeo Altomonte in his 80th year for the library of Admont Abbey. An allegory of the Enlightenment, it shows Aurora, goddess of dawn, with the geniuses of language in her train awakening Morpheus, god of dreaming, a symbol of man. The geniuses are Grammar, Didactic ...
BnF Museum (Cabinet des médailles), Paris. Poseidon (/ pəˈsaɪdən, pɒ -, poʊ -/; [ 1 ] Greek: Ποσειδῶν) is one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses. [ 2 ] He was the protector of seafarers and the guardian of many Hellenic cities and colonies.
The Nicene Creed (/ ˈnaɪsiːn /; Koinē Greek: Σύμβολον τῆς Νικαίας, romanized:Sýmvolon tis Nikéas), also called the Creed of Constantinople, [ 1 ] is the defining statement of belief of Nicene Christianity [ 2 ][ 3 ] and in those Christian denominations that adhere to it.
The timeline of the Latin Empire is a chronological list of events of the history of the Latin Empire —the crusader state that developed on the ruins of the Byzantine Empire after the Fourth Crusade in the 13th century.
t. e. Jupiter (Latin: Iūpiter or Iuppiter, [ 14 ] from Proto-Italic *djous "day, sky" + *patēr "father", thus " sky father " Greek: Δίας or Ζεύς), [ 15 ] also known as Jove (gen. Iovis [ˈjɔwɪs]), is the god of the sky and thunder, and king of the gods in ancient Roman religion and mythology. Jupiter was the chief deity of Roman ...
Paired torches, dogs, serpents, keys, knives, and lions. Hecate[ a ] is a goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology, most often shown holding a pair of torches, a key, or snakes, or accompanied by dogs, [ 4 ] and in later periods depicted as three-formed or triple-bodied. She is variously associated with crossroads, night, light, magic ...