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When in Nonnus' fourth- or fifth-century CE Dionysiaca the vast monster Typhon boasts that he will bathe in "starry Eridanus", it is hyperbole, for the constellation Eridanus, represented as a river, was one of the 48 constellations listed by the second-century astronomer Ptolemy; it remains one of the 88 modern constellations.
Eridanos (mythology) (or Eridanus), a river in Greek mythology, somewhere in Central Europe, which was territory that Ancient Greeks knew only vaguely; The Po River, according to Roman word usage; Eridanos (Athens), a former river near Athens, now subterranean
The Eridanos / ə ˈ r ɪ d ə ˌ n ɒ s / or Eridanus (/ ə ˈ r ɪ d ə n ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἠριδανός) was a river in Athens mentioned in Greek mythology and historiography. Mythical stream
The Eridanos river system, projected on the map of the present European continent (text in Dutch). Eridanos, derived from the ancient Greek Eridanos, is one name given by geologists to a river that flowed where the Baltic Sea is now. [1]
Eridanus is a constellation which stretches along the southern celestial hemisphere. It is represented as a river . One of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century AD astronomer Ptolemy , it remains one of the 88 modern constellations .
The Myzeqe plain is a large alluvial plain traversed by three main rivers, the Shkumbin, Seman and Vjosë. [2] The Vjosë gives a rough approximation of the southern extent of the Myzeqe, while the Shkumbin is roughly its northern extent. [3]
Lidhja Shqiptare e Prizrenit në dokumentet austro-hungareze (Albanian League of Prizren from the Austro-Hungarian documents), as editor, Tirana: Albanica, 2008. ISBN 9789951873529 . Historia e Shqipërisë e viteve 1912–1964 në Kujtimet e Spiro Kosovës (History of Albania 1912–1964 in the memoirs of Spiro Kosova), vol.I as editor; vol ...
Gamma Eridani (γ Eridani, abbreviated Gamma Eri, γ Eri), formally named Zaurak / ˈ z ɔː r æ k /, [12] [13] is a variable star in the constellation of Eridanus.It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude that varies around 2.9, and lies at a distance of about 203 light years from the Sun, as determined by the Hipparcos astrometry satellite.