Mercury(水星) is named after the Roman god of travel, because it appears to move so quickly across the sky. Venus(金星) was the Roman name for the goddess of love. This planet was considered to be the most beautiful star in the sky. Earth(地球) comes from the Greek word “eraze,”...
Selene, (Greek: “Moon”) Latin Luna, in Greek and Roman religion,the personification of the moon as a goddess. She was worshipped at the new and full moons. Why is Aphrodite called Venus? Venus and Aphrodite Venus is namedafter the Roman goddess of love and peace. To the Greeks this...
So, if you find astrology intriguing, you’ll probably want to know which Greek god or goddess is associated with your astrological sign. Each sign is linked to a story from Greek mythology and isalsoassociated with a different god who resembles the signs of their personality and behavior. So...
In Greek mythology, the goddess Aphrodite, the goddess of love, is often pictured with doves floating around her. Similar pictures can be seen of the Roman goddess of love, Venus. In the Middle Ages, doves became a prevalent symbol of love and eventually were included in Western holidays suc...
Venus will race past Saturn and pass only 3 degrees to the right of Neptune on Jan. 31. Neptune will be easiest to see while it is highest in the sky immediately after the sky fully darkens. In a telescope, its tiny disk will span 2.2 arc-seconds. Larger telescopes can also show ...
1. Kokdu: Season of Deity I’m not sure I want another body swapping/soul switching drama soon. Here’s an excerpt from soompi: “Kokdu: Season of Deity” is a fantasy romance which tells the story of a grim reaper named Kokdu (Kim Jung Hyun) who comes down to this world to puni...
Tiny, in fact. Phobos, for example, is only 6 miles (10km) wide. But a tiny, habitable world is,after all, still habitable. The rest of the planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, are all out. Is Deimos a God? Deimos /ˈdaɪmɒs/ (Ancient Greek: Δεῖμος...
Iris, the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods, may have been named after the Greek root terms iris, meaning "rainbow" and eiris, meaning "messenger." Though, the question is raised, did the iris (anatomical structure) receive its name directly from the Greek root term ...
In the 14th century thousands of words and expressions were borrowed from French and Latin and Greek, and many inflectional forms of the words were dropped and formal grammar simplified. 时隔诺曼底对英格兰的征服已有300年之久,英国使用着两种语言。拉丁语和法语是上层阶级的语言, 会在法庭和学校使用。