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Alani Nicole "La La" Anthony (née Vázquez; c. 1979–1982 [note 1]) is an American television personality and actress. In the early 2000s, she worked as an MTV VJ on Total Request Live . She was the host of the VH1 reality television reunion shows Flavor of Love , I Love New York , For the Love of Ray J , and Real Chance of Love , and was a ...
By far the largest extant collection of Antique Greek riddles is Book 14 of the Greek Anthology, as preserved in Codex Parisianus suppl. Graecus 384, which contains about 50 verse riddles. [ 5 ] : 53 n. 10 [ 6 ] They are in a group of about 150 puzzles: the first fifty or so are oracles; the second fifty or so are arithmetical problems; and the ...
The Greek Myths (1955) is a mythography, a compendium of Greek mythology, with comments and analyses, by the poet and writer Robert Graves. Many editions of the book separate it into two volumes. Abridged editions of the work contain only the myths and leave out Graves's commentary.
A coin featuring the profile of Hera on one face and Zeus on the other, c. 210 AC. Roman conquerors of the Hellenic East allowed the incorporation of existing Greek mythological figures such as Zeus into their coinage in places like Phrygia, in order to "augment the fame" of the locality, while "creating a stronger civil identity" without "advertising" the imposition of Roman culture.
In Greek mythology, Elaea (Ancient Greek: Ἐλαία, romanized: Elaia, lit. 'olive') is an Attic girl who won the favour of Athena thanks to her impressive athletic achievements and her beauty, and the envy of the other Atticans for the same reason. Her story shares many elements with that of Myrsine.
Will Shortz, the longtime crossword puzzle editor of the New York Times and NPR’s “puzzlemaster” for more than three decades, suffered a stroke last month and has spent the last several ...
The Judgement of Paris is a story from Greek mythology, which was one of the events that led up to the Trojan War, and in later versions to the foundation of Rome. [1]Eris, the goddess of discord, was not invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis.
Chinese Dominican comic book superhero Lúz La Luminosa recently made her first standalone comic book debut to spread awareness about a health condition that affects around 1 in 10 women — and ...