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Hace 21 horas · The Battle of Thermopylae (/ θ ər ˈ m ɒ p ɪ l iː / thər-MOP-i-lee; Greek: Μάχη τῶν Θερμοπυλῶν, Máchē tōn Thermopylōn) was fought in 480 BC between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes I and an alliance of Greek city-states led by Sparta under Leonidas I.Lasting over the course of three days, it was one of the most prominent battles of both the second Persian ...
Hace 4 días · Sometimes depicted as having the beard of a goat or the tail of a lion in addition to its singular horn, the earliest reference to the majestic unicorn came from Ctesias, a fifth-century Greek physician who claimed that there were white horses in India with a white, red, and black horn that could counteract poisoning.
Hace 3 días · In his treatise, How to Write History, Lucian criticizes the historical methodology used by writers such as Herodotus and Ctesias, who wrote vivid and self-indulgent descriptions of events they had never actually seen.
Hace 21 horas · Circa 400 BC, Ctesias of Cnidus related that the Persian king was receiving numerous gifts from the kings of "India" (Hindūš). Ctesias also reported Indian elephants and Indian mahouts making demonstrations of the elephant's strength at the Achaemenid court.
Hace 2 días · Les légendes et représentations universelles d'animaux à corne unique, en orient comme en occident, et surtout la dimension mystique et ésotérique de la licorne, portée par des « artistes, conteurs et rêveurs » enclins à la méditation, sont source de mystère et d'inspiration.
Hace 5 días · Course Delivery Information; Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1) Quota: 0: Course Start: Semester 2: Timetable : Timetable: Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info): Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Hace 3 días · Species Papilio ctesias Felder, 1864; Species Papilio curiatius Fruhstorfer, 1901; Species Papilio curtisi Jordan, 1909; Species Papilio curvifascia Skinner, 1902; Species Papilio cuvelieri Dufrane, 1946; Species Papilio cyanatus Stättermayer, 1924; Species Papilio cyanippe Jordan, 1909; Species Papilio cyclopis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
