Book Review:The Greek Philosophers Rex WarnerMartin Hürlimann: Athens. With Introductory Text by Rex Warner. Pp. 118; 74 Figs, in Photogravure, 5 Coloured Plates. London: Thames & Hudson, 1956. Clo...
Biologists who have researched this issue generally agree that the emergence of life on Earth was most likely a self-organized process known as autopoiesis—from the Greek words meaning self-generation—performed originally by non-living molecular structures. These protocells essentially staged a temporar...
…… the Greek political experience was one of perpetual change, and this reflected itself in the belief that all political forms and constitutions were essentially unstable and non-durable.)奥克肖特重申了这种看法,即And it sometimes seems that they were so enchanted with what they had invented—pol...
The word dinosaur comes from two Greek words: ‘deinos’, which means ‘terrible’, and ‘sauros’, which means ‘lizard’. Therefore ‘dinosaur’ means ‘terrible lizard’. Strictly speaking, dinosaurs aren’t lizards, but it’s still a very fitting name! What Is A Dinosaur? This may sur...
Henry Fairfield Osborn, a paleontologist and president of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, selected the immortal nameTyrannosaurus rexin 1905.Tyrannosaurusis Greek for "tyrant lizard." Rex is Latin for "king," soT. rexbecame the "tyrant lizard king" or "king of the ty...
police state- a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police) 2. tyranny- dominance through threat of punishment and violence absolutism,despotism ascendance,ascendancy,ascendence,ascendency,dominance,control- the state that exists when one person...
The Greek word used for the mask wasprosopon. The term mask in the play means 'one that is close to the eye' and also 'something which faces the... Learn more about this topic: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles | Summary, Themes & Characters ...
Greek god: Ares (Image)Apparent Magnitude: -2.9 to +1.8 Mars taken by the HST (1995) (Image)Mars is easily recognised since it has the most distinctive coloration of all the naked eye planets. Although it is popularly called 'The Red Planet', it rarely appears red to the naked eye; ...
which was about 66 million years ago. They roamed the lands of which is now present day western North America. Its name comes from the Greek and Latin origins, the word ‘tyrannosaurus’ meaning ‘tyrant lizard’ in Greek, and ‘rex’ meaning ‘king’ in Latin. The infamous T-Rex had ...
What means this reek of incense everywhere, And everywhere laments and litanies? Children, it were not meet that I should learn From others, and am hither come, myself, I Oedipus, your world-renowned king. Ho! aged sire, whose venerable locks ...