Dido- (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas Saturn- (Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus; "Saturday is Saturn's Day" ...
Her cult seems to have originated in Phrygia, a kingdom in Asia Minor, but worship of Cybele spread to Greece and eventually became a major cult of the Roman Empire. She is often associated with motherhood, nature, fertility, and agriculture....
Africa has a strong tradition of kingly heroes. Shaka, a leader of the Zulu people of southern Africa, gathered a huge army and established a great empire in the early 1800s. Osai Tutu, a ruler of the Ashanti people in the 1700s, succeeded in freeing the Ashanti from domination by a ...
476, Rome dominated Europe and much of North Africa, the Near East, and Asia Minor*. Although this sprawling empire encompassed many cultures with their own myths and legends, the mythology of the Romans themselves revolved around the founding, history, and heroes of the city of Rome. The ...
The strength of the ancient states rested mainly on agriculture. The Bible does not speak of the "flesh pots" of Egypt, "when we did eat bread to the full" (Exodus 16:3), for nothing. As in most traditional cultures, over 90% of Egyptians would have lived on the land and engaged...
watched it progress with anxious pleasure for many years past, and we have seen the beneficial effects of the progress in the advancement of agriculture into the heart ofthe kingdom. When we look to its junction with the Shannon, and behold that noble river extending its fertile banks, 180 ...
In anotheressay, I considertheimplicationsof myfindingsfortheliteratureon commercialpolicyand internationalrelations(Nye, "RevisionistTariffHistory"). 4 Bairoch,"EuropeanTradePolicy," p. 6. The scholarwho did most to enlightenus about the details of changingtradepolicy in the FrenchSecond Empiredid not...
As the patron goddess of the city named after her, Athena is the protector of civilized life, the arts, agriculture and all that allows for a city to flourish. As patron of the city and thus it’s rulers, this aspect of Athena would include council, legal council, and justice. ...
Welcome to the house of mirrors world of “humane meat.” Or “sustainable agriculture.” Or “cage free.” Or “cruelty-free food.” Or “grass-fed.” It’s a wonderful dreamy world where the environment is pristine: no water pollution, no climate change, no destruction of wildlife. Yo...
Shen Nong — Father of Agriculture and Herbal Medicine Shen Nong, one of the Great Three Sovereigns in ancient China, is revered as the father of Chinese Medicine. Legend has it that Shen Nong had two horns on his head, and his body was transparent. ...