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A brief history of the muses: the Greek goddesses who provided divine inspiration for ancient poets
in Ovid’s story of the god Apollo fashioning himself the first laurel wreath. This crown of leaves, which supposedly signified his genius, is seen in the myth of Daphne, who turned into a laurel ...
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Chelmsford: Roman Apollo ring with links to Snettisham hoard found
Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service The seal would leave an impression of Apollo holding a laurel wreath when pressed into wax (above) The ring would have been used as a seal to sign documents ...
Cyprus Mail11d
A brief history of the muses
By Alison Habens In the beginning, there was just one, unnamed, muse. The blind bard Homer (a poet born around 850BC) invoked ...
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Iron Age coin of the Corieltavi
The head of Apollo wearing a laurel wreath has become a stylised wreath with pellets and crescents on the front. Greek coins depict a two-horse chariot on the back; here the design has been ...
Remembrance Sunday: Michelle O‘Neill’s message on wreath to ‘remember all lives lost’ in war
First Minister Michelle O’Neill has this morning laid a laurel wreath at Belfast City Hall as part of today’s Remembrance ...
Catholic News Agency6d
How to bless your Advent wreath at home
The Advent wreath is made of four candles and a circle of branches. Before the first candle is lighted, the household gathers for this blessing. The blessing of an Advent Wreath takes place on the ...
Space.com19d
Apollo 14 astronaut's personal moon-flown Rolex watch sells for record $2.2 million
The personal GMT-Master chronometer worn by NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell as lunar module pilot on the 1971 Apollo 14 mission sold for $2.2 million (or to be precise, $2,163,199) on Thursday (Oct ...
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Apollo 11: 'The greatest single broadcast in television history'
The mesmerising television coverage of the Apollo 11 Moon landing 50 years ago brought previously unthinkable images and ideas into the homes of millions, leaving a profound impact on pop culture ...
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Apollo 11
The National Air and Space Museum holds approximately 17,000 space artifacts in its collection. More than 3,500 of those stem from the historic Apollo Moon landing effort, with 400 objects related ...
The Washington Post22d
Meet Apollo, the Egyptian dog filmed atop a pyramid who charmed internet
It was Apollo, one of about eight dogs in a pack that lives on the Pyramid of Khafre’s upper reaches. Apollo, his siblings and their pack mother, whom locals call Laika — named for a dog who ...
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Apollo Global Management Inc.
The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock's most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per share from continuing operations ...