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"Trial of the Amazons" is a seven issue crossover event from DC Comics written by Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad, Jordie Bellaire, Vita Ayala and Joelle Jones. The story details a civil war between the Amazons, and has Wonder Woman crossing paths with Nubia , Yara Flor , Cassie Sandsmark , Donna Troy , Hippolyta and Artemis of Bana-Mighdall .
They were likely responsible for the protection and fortification of towns and citadels and may have been regarded as gatekeepers of Olympus, a role often associated with their father, Heracles. [2] Their birth occurred after Heracles' mortal death and subsequent ascent to Olympus. [ 3 ]
Rivers are a fundamental part of the topography of the underworld and are found in the earliest source materials: [12] In Homer's Iliad, the "ghost" of Patroclus makes specific mention of gates and a river (unnamed) in Hades; [13] in Homer's Odyssey, the "ghost" of Odysseus's mother, Anticlea, describes there being many "great rivers and appalling streams", and reference is made to at least ...
Steven Pressfield, Gates of Fire (1998) Mary Renault, The Lion in the Gateway (1964) Caroline Snedeker. The Perilous Seat (1923) The Spartan (1911) L. Sprague de Camp, The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate (1961) Gore Vidal, Creation (1982) Jill Paton Walsh, Farewell, Great King (1972) Gene Wolfe. Soldier of the Mist (1986) Soldier of Arete (1989 ...
The Golden Gate of the Ecliptic is an asterism in the constellation Taurus that has been known for several thousand years. The asterism is formed of the two eye-catching open star clusters , the Pleiades and the Hyades that form the posts of a virtual gate on either side of the ecliptic line.
The anthropomorphisation of Diké as an ever-young woman dwelling in the cities of men was so ancient and strong that in the 3rd century BCE Aratus in Phaenomena 96 asserted that she was born a mortal and that, though Zeus placed her on earth to keep mankind just, he quickly learned this was impossible and placed her next to him on Olympus, as ...
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In Greek mythology, Olympus (Ancient Greek: Ὄλυμπος means 'sky') was the Thespian son of Heracles and Euboea, [1] daughter of King Thespius of Thespiae. [2]