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Ares and Hebe here are represented as the product of a legal marriage, reinforcing the sacred marriage between Zeus and Hera, which gives an example of a prolific marriage to the mortal pair shown in the centre of the eastern frieze. [51] Hebe may have been the Acroterion on the Temple of Ares in the Athenian Agora. [52]
Veronica sect. Hebe is a group of plants within the genus Veronica, native to New Zealand, Rapa in French Polynesia, the Falkland Islands and South America. It was formerly treated as the separate genus Hebe ( / ˈ h iː b iː / [ 1 ] ).
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Hebe Tien (Chinese: 田馥甄; pinyin: Tián Fùzhēn; born 30 March 1983) is a Taiwanese singer and actress. She rose to fame in the early 2000s as a member of Taiwanese girl group S.H.E . The release of her debut album, To Hebe (2010), established her as a solo artist.
Although the genus Hebe was established in 1789, few botanists initially accepted it, continuing to use Veronica. From the 1920s onwards, New Zealand botanists in particular began to use other genera; [7] for example, V. pubescens was transferred to Hebe by Leonard Cockayne and Harry Allan in 1927, [10] and V. stricta to Hebe by Lucy Moore in ...
Hebe (1809 ship) was launched at Sunderland and traded between England and Demerara. French privateers captured her in December 1811. Hebe (1809 Hull ship) launched at Hull. She initially sailed as a West Indiaman but then sailed to the Mediterranean. In 1813 a privateer captured her but the Royal Navy quickly recaptured her.
In December 1784 Hebe captured Rover, a lugger engaged in smuggling, off the Isle of Wight. Rover had a cargo of 2,000 casks of spirits and a small quantity of tea. She had come from Flushing and Hebe took her into Portsmouth where her goods were confiscated, and the ship and crew placed in the custody of naval authorities. [4]
Veronica speciosa, synonym Hebe speciosa, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae, [1] known by the common names New Zealand hebe, ...