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Mathematical Applications Group, Inc. (a.k.a. MAGi or MAGi/SynthaVision) was an early computer technology company founded in 1966 by Dr. Philip Mittelman and located in Elmsford, New York, where it was evaluating nuclear radiation exposure.
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic is a Japanese fantasy manga written by Shinobu Ohtaka which borrows several elements from the Nights. Each of the three protagonists, Aladdin, Alibaba and Morgiana have several traits in common with their counterparts from the original, with the same occurring with other characters like Sinbad, Cassim and Scheherazade.
The Magi Society is an international association of astrologers. [ 1 ] Based in New York City, the society has developed and uses its own system of astrology, called Magi Astrology , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] that is based on “Planetary Geometry” [ 4 ] which it defines as “geometric patterns made by drawing connecting lines between the positions of the ...
As an example, John of Damascus's version entirely omits Chapter 5, where Dionysus gives a speech about the end of the era of the Greek Gods and the coming era of the one God. John of Damascus also includes a passage where the Magi all report seeing different versions of Jesus, a "polymorphic" Jesus who appears as both a baby, a middle-aged man ...
Centaurs, alongside their leader Chiron are one of the many mythical creatures in Age of Mythology. They are sacred to the Greek Classical Age god Hermes. Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider: Anniversary both feature centaurs and centaur mutants as foe. The Mortal Kombat character Motaro is the leader of his centaur race.
Chiron, Peleus and infant Achilles Chiron was notable throughout Greek mythology for his youth-nurturing nature. His personal skills tend to match those of his foster father Apollo, who taught the young centaur the art of medicine, herbs, music, archery, hunting, gymnastics, and prophecy, and made him rise above his beastly nature. [3]
A lekythos taken to depict Peleus (left) entrusting his son Achilles (center) to the tutelage of Chiron (right), c. 500 BCE, National Archaeological Museum of Athens. The "Precepts of Chiron" (Ancient Greek: Χείρωνος ὑποθῆκαι, Cheírōnos hypothêkai) is a now fragmentary Greek didactic poem that was attributed to Hesiod during antiquity.
Parallels may also be found in Lewis's other writings. Jadis's references to "reasons of State", and her claim to own the people of Charn and to be beyond morality, represent the eclipse of the medieval Christian belief in natural law by the political concept of sovereignty, as embodied first in royal absolutism and then in modern dictatorships ...