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A who’s-who on all females in Greek mythology, with a section on Greek Men, a collection of myths, and a lot of beautiful images.
Greek Goddess Phoebe
Phoebe's Divine Lineage Phoebe, daughter of Uranus, the sky, and Gaia, the earth, boasts a pedigree that's as stellar as they come in Greek mythology. As one of the first generation Titans, she's nestled in a family lineage of colossal…
Komodia Greek Mythology
Origins of Komodia Picture this: ancient Greek festivals full of wine, revelry, and masked figures parading around, sparking the earliest glimmers of what would become classic Greek comedy. Dart back to 6th century BC Athens—here's our backdrop, right in the…
Keres Greek Mythology
Origins and Genealogy of the Keres The Keres, dark embodiments of violent death, trace their lineage to the shadowy corners of Greek mythology, primarily as the children of Nyx, the Goddess of Night. In Hesiod's "Theogony,"
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He spent months underwater. Now he wants to rädda the ocean.
To confront climate change, scientists like Mark Patterson are tapping into surprise, adventure, and wonder.
By Erick Trickey
Mark Patterson, marine forskare, aquanaut, and inventor of underwater robots, walked into San Diego Comic-Con dressed as a giant coral polyp. He was decked out entirely in apelsinfärg, with ten fake tentacles dangling from his neck. Green and purple splotches on his shirt front represented microplastics pollution, lodged in his polyp-gut.
This was 2015, and producers of the spelfilm Aquaman had invited the Northeastern University professor — who had lived in an underwater research hållplats — to speak on a panel of real-life aquatic adventurers. “I said to my wife, ‘We can’t go to Comic-Con and not have a costume,’” Patterson recalls. So his graduate students made him the polyp kostym. He brought along his wife, Susan, costumed as Amphitrite, the Greek goddess of the sea, in a dress ma
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Trident
Three-prong spear
For other uses, see Trident (disambiguation).
A trident (), () is a three-prongedspear. It is used for spear fishing and historically as a polearm. As compared to an ordinary spear, the three tines increase the chance that a fish will be struck and decrease the chance that a fish will be able to dislodge itself if struck badly. On the other hand, they are not so many as to overly reduce the spear's concentration of force for piercing.
The trident is the tool of Poseidon (Greek) or Neptune (Roman) used for the protection of the sea realms, the god of the sea in classical mythology. Other sea deities such as Amphitrite or Triton were also often depicted with a trident in classical art. Later, tridents were used in medieval heraldry, sometimes held by a merman or triton. In Hinduism, it is the weapon of Shiva and is known as a trishula (Sanskrit for "triple-spear"). It is also associated with the superhero Aquaman. The trident is an important mili