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Cryo-is from the Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “ice, icy cold, chill, frost”). Uses of the prefix Cryo- include: Physics and geology.
Boreas (Βορέας, Boréas; also Βορρᾶς, Borrhás) was the Greek god of the cold north wind and the bringer of winter. His name meant "North Wind" or "Devouring One". His name gives rise to the adjective "boreal". Khione (from χιών – chiōn, "snow") is the daughter of Boreas and Greek goddess of snow
Boreas (/ ˌ b ɔː r i. ə s /, UK: / ˌ b ɒ r i. ə s /, UK: / ˌ b ɒ r i. æ s /, [1] Βορέας, Boréas; also Βορρᾶς, Borrhâs) [2] is the Greek god of the cold north wind, storms, and winter.
The term cryovolcano was coined by Steven K. Croft in a 1987 conference abstract at the Geological Society of America (GSA) Abstract with Programs. The term is ultimately a combination of cryo-, from the Ancient Greek κρῠ́ος (krúos, meaning cold or frost), and volcano.
Tower of the Winds in ancient Athens, part of the frieze depicting the Greek wind gods Boreas (north wind, on the left) and Skiron (northwesterly wind, on the right) The Anemoi are minor gods and are subject to the god Aeolus. They were sometimes represented as gusts of wind, and at other times were personified as winged men.
In Greek mythology, the Titans (Ancient Greek: Τιτᾶνες, Tītânes, singular: Τιτάν, Titán) were the pre-Olympian gods. [1] According to the Theogony of Hesiod, they were the twelve children of the primordial parents Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth), with six male Titans—Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Cronus—and six female Titans, called the Titanides ...
He was the first known Greek scientific visitor to see and describe the Arctic, polar ice, and the Celtic and Germanic tribes. He is also the first person on record to describe the midnight sun . The theoretical existence of some Northern phenomena that he described, such as a frigid zone, and temperate zones where the nights are very short in ...
Although "krios" was also the ancient Greek word for "ram", [3] the Titan's chthonic position in the underworld means no classical association with Aries, the ram of the zodiac, is ordinarily made. [ citation needed ] At the time of Ancient Greece, Aries was the first visible constellation in the sky at the spring season, marking the start of ...