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2. Nereids - Wikipedia

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   It is not known whether the name Nereus was known to Homer or not, but the name of the Nereids is attested before it, and can be found in the Iliad. [3] Since Nereus only has relevance as the father of the Nereids, it has been suggested that his name could actually be derived from that of his daughters; [4] while the derivation of the Nereids from Nereus, as a patronymic, has also been ...

3. Acis and Galatea - Wikipedia

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   Acis and Galatea (/ ˈ eɪ s ɪ s /, / ɡ æ l ə ˈ t iː. ə / [1] [2]) are characters from Greek mythology later associated together in Ovid's Metamorphoses.The episode tells of the love between the mortal Acis and the Nereid (sea-nymph) Galatea; when the jealous Cyclops Polyphemus kills Acis, Galatea transforms her lover into an immortal river spirit.

4. Nereid (moon) - Wikipedia

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   Nereid, or Neptune II, is the third-largest moon of Neptune. It has the most eccentric orbit of all known moons in the Solar System . [ 4 ] It was the second moon of Neptune to be discovered, by Gerard Kuiper in 1949.

5. Velificatio - Wikipedia

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   Greek deities were abundantly used in Greco-Buddhist art, so too their depiction elements, as with the Boreas and its velificatio element. Boreas became the Japanese wind god Fujin through the Greco-Buddhist Wardo/Oado and Chinese Feng Bo/Feng Po ("Uncle Wind"; among various other names), spreading the velificatio as an element of portraying deities of the sky.

6. Galatea (moon) - Wikipedia

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   Galatea / ɡ æ l ə ˈ t iː ə /, also known as Neptune VI, is the fourth-closest inner moon of Neptune, and fifth-largest moon of Neptune. It is named after Galatea , one of the fifty Nereids of Greek legend , with whom Cyclops Polyphemus was vainly in love.

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   The AOL.com video experience serves up the best video content from AOL and around the web, curating informative and entertaining snackable videos.

8. NFL 'Sunday Ticket' expected to have major delays on YouTube TV

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   As the NFL's "Sunday Ticket" returns for another season, experts warn not to be surprised if major delays occur with the switch to YouTube TV’s streaming service.

9. Galatea (Raphael) - Wikipedia

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   The Triumph of Galatea is a fresco completed around 1512 by the Italian painter Raphael for the Villa Farnesina in Rome. [1] The Farnesina was built for the Sienese banker Agostino Chigi, one of the richest men of that age. The Farnese family later acquired and renamed the villa, smaller than the more ostentatious palazzo at the other side of ...