21-23 Interesting Facts About Athens 21. The Panathenaic stadium in Athens, Greece is the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble. Additionally, it had a greater capacity (50,000) in 144 AD than today (45,000). – Source 22. Greece promised not to search The Beatles upon ar...
In 420 BC, when Hippocrates met the barbarians from the lands to the north ofGreece, he found out about a plague affecting them. Through the climate and wind directions, he was able to correctly predict that the plague would arrive in Greece. ...
The fainter stars of the constellation Draco appear between them. A close view to the Polaris trinary star system, credit: NASA, ESA, N. Evans (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), and H. Bond (STScI) Diamond Ring (Engagement Ring) The Diamond Ring (or Engagement Ring) is a telescopic asterism that...
Ursa Minor belongs to the Ursa Major family of constellations, along withComa Berenices, Boötes,Camelopardalis, Canes Venatici,Corona Borealis, Draco,Leo Minor, Ursa Major andLynx. History Exactly how Ursa Minor came about as a constellation is not clear, but it is widely thought to have bee...
Ptolemy described the star’s position as being on the jawbone of the dragon (Draco). Guahayona HAT-P-26 (Virgo) 11.76 14h 12m 37.53311s +04° 03′ 36.1166″ The name comes from Puerto Rico and was selected for the star as part of the NameExoWorlds 2022 campaign. In Taíno legend,...
Ancient Greek Timeline: The ancient people found it really difficult to live in Greece. The soil of the place was not fertile and there was not an abundant flow of water. Therefore, Greek civilization in the soil of Greece came about much later. Let us take a look at the Ancient Greek ...
dragon, in themythologies,legends, andfolktalesof variouscultures, a large lizard- or serpent-like creature, conceived in some traditions as evil and in others as beneficent. InmedievalEurope, dragons were usually depicted with wings and a barbed tail and as breathing fire. In Greece the worddr...
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Capital punishment formurder,treason,arson, andrapewas widely employed inancient Greeceunder the laws ofDraco(fl. 7th centurybce), thoughPlatoargued that it should be used only for theincorrigible. The Romans also used it for a wide range of offenses, though citizens were exempted for a short...