Description: A constellation is a group of stars that appear to be close together but are actually very distant from each other. Many ancient civilizations drew imaginary lines between these stars and created virtual silhouettes in the sky. And with them great mythological stories. In Greek mythology, Andromeda (ruler of men) was the daughter of the Ethiopian kings Cepheus and Cassiopeia, as well as the wife of Perseus and mother of seven children. Cassiopeia, having boasted of being as beautiful as the Nereids, daughters of the sea god Nerean. These, outraged by such audacity, asked Poseidon for revenge and he in response sent the sea monster Ceto to the shores of the country causing considerable harm to men and livestock. Cepheus knew, from the...
Description: A constellation is a group of stars that appear to be close together but are actually very distant from each other. Many ancient civilizations drew imaginary lines between these stars and created virtual silhouettes in the sky. And with them great mythological stories. In Greek mythology, a raven was Apollo's servant, and he sent it with the cup (cup constellation) to bring him water, but the raven was slow to return because it was waiting for a fig to ripen near the spring. He brought the cup and a water snake in his claws and told Apollo that he had been delayed because the snake had attacked him. Apollo, knowing that the raven was lying, put the three of them in heaven: he condemned the raven to always be thirsty, because although ...
Description: A constellation is a group of stars that appear to be close together but are actually very distant from each other. Many ancient civilizations drew imaginary lines between these stars and created virtual silhouettes in the sky. And with them great mythological stories. Exactly who Boötes (Boyero) was is unclear and there are many versions of his story: Cassiopeia is the mother of Andromeda and the wife of Cepheus, king of Ethiopia. Queen Cassiopeia boasted of her beauty, comparing her to the Nereids, daughters of the sea god Nerean, known as the most beautiful creatures of all. This pride was the cause of his misfortune, provoking the wrath of Poseidon, who sent the sea monster Ceto to devastate the kingdom. Trying to save Ethiopia, ...
Description: A constellation is a group of stars that appear to be close together but are actually very distant from each other. Many ancient civilizations drew imaginary lines between these stars and created virtual silhouettes in the sky. And with them great mythological stories. In Greek mythology the constellation represented the eagle, the only animal that is capable of flying facing the rays of the sun. She was sent by Zeus to take the beautiful young mortal Ganymede to Mount Olympus to serve as cupbearer for the gods. According to other versions, it was Zeus himself who transformed into an eagle. In Hinduism, the constellation Aquila is identified with the half-eagle and half-human deity of Garuda.
Description: A constellation is a group of stars that appear to be close together but are actually very distant from each other. Many ancient civilizations drew imaginary lines between these stars and created virtual silhouettes in the sky. And with them great mythological stories. This constellation has several versions of its origin in Greek mythology: It is a Charioteer, it is about Mirtilo, son of Hermes and Fetusa, coachman of Oenomaus. The latter's daughter, Hipodamía, had many suitors but her father, to get rid of them, challenged them to a chariot race. What his opponents did not know was that their horses were divine and always won. The punishment for defeat was death. One day Pélope appeared, with whom the young Hipodamia fell in love i...
Description: A constellation is a group of stars that appear to be close together but are actually very distant from each other. Many ancient civilizations drew imaginary lines between these stars and created virtual silhouettes in the sky. And with them great mythological stories. In Greek mythology, Keto (Κητώ / Kētō: "big fish" and in particular "whale", hence "cetacean") was a hideous female aquatic monster, daughter of Gaea and Ponto. He was the personification of the dangers of the sea, unknown terrors, and strange creatures. The word "keto" ended up being a word for any sea monster, 1 and is still used that way. His consort was Forcis and with him he had many sons, collectively known as Forcis. In Greek art it was represented as a ...
Description: A constellation is a group of stars that appear to be close together but are actually very distant from each other. Many ancient civilizations drew imaginary lines between these stars and created virtual silhouettes in the sky. And with them great mythological stories. Cassiopeia is the mother of Andromeda and wife of Cepheus, king of Ethiopia. Cassiopeia was so proud of her beauty that, to rival the Nereids, they asked Poseidon, god of the seas, for revenge and he in response sent the sea monster (Cetus) to the shores of the country causing great evil. To face this situation, Cepheus consulted the oracle of Amun, who advised sacrificing his daughter Andromeda exposing her tied to a rock on the cliff to be a victim of the monster. ...
Description: A constellation is a group of stars that appear to be close together but are actually very distant from each other. Many ancient civilizations drew imaginary lines between these stars and created virtual silhouettes in the sky. And with them great mythological stories. Exactly who Boötes (Boyero) was is unclear and there are many versions of his story: Filomeleo, son of Demeter and Yasonte, first farmer in the world according to the Greeks. Arcade, son of Callisto and Zeus and grandson of Lycaon, who invited Zeus to a banquet and served his own grandson as food. The god rebuilt Arcade's body and turned him into the star, but according to another version, after rebuilding it, he gave it to raise a goatherd and punished his grandfathe...
Description: A constellation is a group of stars that appear to be close together but are actually very distant from each other. Many ancient civilizations drew imaginary lines between these stars and created virtual silhouettes in the sky. And with them great mythological stories, it is about the altar in which the gods agreed to unite to dethrone Crono. The Cyclops had covered the altar to prevent the power of the lightning from showing.
Description: Royal Enfield began in the United Kingdom to make bicycles in 1892 and quadricycles around 1898, under the name Enfield Cycle Company. His first motorcycles were produced in 1901 using engines from other factories. Production stopped in 1905 and started again in 1910 when they made a 425cc V – Twin (2.25 hp). Royal Enfield did not start using its own engines until 1914 when they created a 225cc two-stroke engine and a 425cc V-Twin. After WW I, they produced a larger 976cc Twin engine. In 1924 they launched their first 350cc four-stroke motorcycle using a JAP engine. This one was soon replaced by its own 350cc engine with side valves and another with head valves. By 1927, Royal Enfield produced a 488cc with a four-speed gearbox. In the ...
Description: Elements is the work written by Euclid, recognized as one of the scientific writings with the greatest recognition in the world. The contribution of this great Greek mathematician and geometer is unquestionable. There should be the fan club of Euclides of Alexandria, so if someone is willing to found it, here is partner number 2. So much talent concentrated in one person is a grievance to the rest, but not pay tribute is worse. That is why here I pay my respects and admiration.
Description: He spent many years traveling through Spain, France and the Netherlands, where he corresponded with Erasmus of Rotterdam and other men of remarkable intellect. He was also a close friend of King Juan III and his children, and served as guardian of the Infante D. Duarte. He is buried in the chapel of the right transept of the cathedral of Évora, Portugal. Resende enjoyed considerable fame throughout his life, but modern historiography has indicated that he was not very scrupulous or precise in his works. In Portuguese he wrote: Ancient history of the city of Evora (ibid., 1553) Life of Infante D. Duarte (Lisbon, 1789) His main work in Latin was De Antiquitatibus Lusitaniae (Evora, 1593).
Description: Boudica came from a family of Icenan aristocrats. It tells of Dion Cassius who "possessed a greater intelligence than women generally have", which was tall, with a harsh voice and a fierce gaze, red hair to the hips, a tunic of many colors and a thick cloak adjusted with a brooch. He always wore a thick gold necklace, possibly a torque, an addition that among the Celtic peoples always meant nobility. But 9JD emphasizes that his mere presence was capable of being the scourge of the soft, the shrunken, the fainthearted and the vanquished .
Description: Understanding that Aristotle was a disciple of Plato we could think that he repeated what he learned, and in turn, what Socrates said, since he was Plato's teacher but the reality is different. For Plato, philosophy had the triple purpose, scientific, ethical and political. With it, everything could be studied, understood, used to organize as a society. While for Aristotle, philosophy makes sense when it comes to the truth, and its purpose is knowledge, in the case of the human being, given its rationality, and nature itself, has a specific purpose. Actually Aristotelian philosophy, is complex at every step, as it tries to unravel the principles of reality, from its material circumstance, knowledge, purpose, etc. Aristotle and...
Description: Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier was the father of modern chemistry, he dedicated his life to research in various fields, such as combustion, animal respiration, oxidation, caloric theory, photosynthesis, the composition of water, and many other things . But he was also the General Collector of the company that was in charge of collecting taxes for the Crown, which was partly owned by his father-in-law. This company, remained a part agreed with the royalty and if they managed to exceed the budget were the funds. Badly I have to live when he was arrested, accused of collecting contributions and sentenced to death. Those were the times of the French Revolution. Lagrange, who tried without results to forgive him presenting the scientific contri...
Description: Although there are many emotions and personality traits that are important for well-being, there is evidence that gratitude may be of exceptional importance. First, a longitudinal study showed that people who were more grateful could face a better life change. Specifically, the people who were most grateful before the change were less stressed, less depressed and more satisfied with their relationships after three months.29 Second, two recent studies have suggested that gratitude may have a unique relationship with the well-being, and can explain aspects of well-being that other personality traits can not. Both studies showed that gratitude was able to explain more well-being than the Big Five and 30 of the most important studies of pers...
Description: All those wonderful palaces, majestic residences with decoration "rocaille" in French or rocalla in Castilian. Impressive gardens with endless rows of hedges dotted with ponds, statues and plants of calculated colors and shapes. Those places so of the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Those houses whose maintenance costs millions are usually the work of several architects, including Pierre Contant d'Ivry. His work is distributed throughout France. The crack dared with palaces, hotels, hospitals, churches, chapels, gardens, parks and terraces. Up to a table with two legs, called "Console en bois doré" which means <console in golden wood
Description: Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts, in the "modest New England family" of John Thoreau, a pencil maker, and Cynthia Dunbar. His paternal grandfather was born in Jersey, his maternal grandfather, Asa Dunbar, led a student in 1766 at Harvard the "rebellion of butter", the first student protest registered in the American colonies
Description: Although there are many emotions and personality traits that are important for well-being, there is evidence that gratitude can be of exceptional importance. First, a longitudinal study showed that the people who were most grateful were better able to face a change in life. Specifically, people who were more grateful before the change were less stressed, less depressed and more satisfied with their relationships after three months.29 Second, two recent studies have suggested that gratitude may have a unique relationship with the well-being, and can explain aspects of well-being that other personality traits cannot. Both studies showed that gratitude was able to explain more well-being than the Big Five and 30 of the most important studie...
