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Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso

(Encyclopedia)Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso jōvänˈnē älfônˈsō bôrĕlˈlē [key], 1608–79, Italian physiologist, physicist, astronomer, and mathematician; son of a Spanish infantryman. His wide interests led ...

Alexander, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Alexander, in Greek mythology: see Paris. ...

Polydorus, in Greek legend

(Encyclopedia)Polydorus, in Greek legend: see Hecuba. ...

Pasiphaë, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Pasiphaë, in Greek mythology: see Minos. ...

Pyrrhus, in Greek legend

(Encyclopedia)Pyrrhus, in Greek legend: see Neoptolemus. ...

Kore, in Greek religion

(Encyclopedia)Kore, in Greek religion: see Persephone. ...

Argos, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Argos, in Greek mythology: see Argus. ...

Hipparchus, Greek astronomer

(Encyclopedia)Hipparchus, fl. 2d cent. b.c., Greek astronomer, b. Nicaea, Bithynia. He is the first systematic astronomer of whom there are records. He made his observations chiefly on the island of Rhodes. Ptolemy...

Phoebe, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Phoebe, in Greek mythology, a Titan. She was the mother of Leto and Asteria and the grandmother of Artemis. In some legends she was identified with Artemis as the goddess of the moon. ...

hero, in Greek religion

(Encyclopedia)hero, in Greek religion, famous person, who after his death, was worshiped as quasi-divine. The heroes might be actual great men and women, real or imaginary ancestors, or “faded” gods and goddess...