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This marble head, sometimes thought to be the work of Praxiteles, probably depicts Eubuleus. In ancient Greek religion and myth, Eubuleus (Ancient Greek Εὐβουλεύς Eubouleus means "good counsel" [1] or "wise in counsel" [2]) is a god known primarily from devotional inscriptions for mystery religions.
Torchbearer may refer to: The Torch Bearer, a 1916 American silent film; The Torchbearer, a 2005 Czech animated short film; The Torchbearers, a sculpture at the University of Texas at Austin; Torchbearers International, a network of Bible schools; VAW-125, a United States Navy squadron known as the Torch Bearers; A person who carries the ...
A Minecraft Movie is an upcoming adventure comedy film directed by Jared Hess and written by Chris Bowman and Hubbel Palmer, based on the 2011 video game Minecraft developed by Mojang Studios. The film stars Jack Black , Jason Momoa , Emma Myers , Danielle Brooks , Sebastian Eugene Hansen, and Jennifer Coolidge .
Daduchos or Daduchus, or Dadouchos (/ d ə ˈ d j uː k ə s /; [1] Ancient Greek: δᾳδοῦχος "torch-bearer", from δᾶις+ἔχω) is an epithet of Artemis, and notably of Demeter seeking her lost daughter with a torch.
The first well-known major athlete to light the cauldron was nine-time Olympic champion Paavo Nurmi at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Other famous final torch bearers include 1960 decathlon gold medallist Rafer Johnson, who became the first person of African descent to light the cauldron at the 1984 Summer Olympics, [1] French football star Michel Platini (), heavyweight boxing champion ...
He also won the silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1928 World University Games, and the bronze medal in the 5000 metres run at those games in 1930– in a stadium having a telecommunications system Schilgen himself had designed. [3] On 21 March 1936, he married Ursula Gerlach. They had five children: Walter, Regine, Sibylle ...
The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...
The Torch-Bearers is a 1922 stage play by George Kelly about a housewife who becomes an actress (the original actress became a widow and withdrew) while her husband is away on business, with Act I being the rehearsal at their home, Act II is the show, and Act III is afterwards.