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Obelix is Asterix's closest friend and works as a menhir sculptor and delivery man. He is a tall, obese man (he refers to himself as "well-padded" or "man with a slipped chest" and will immediately knock out anyone who calls him "fat") with two notable attributes: his permanently phenomenal strength and his voracious appetite for food, especially wild boar.
In the Asterix stories, many of the original French names are humorous due to their absurdity. For example, the bard is Assurancetourix (assurance tous risques or "comprehensive insurance"), the translation of which is pointless since the bard has no connection to insurance of any kind – it is the silliness that makes it humorous.
Asterix (French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois [asteʁiks lə ɡolwa], "Asterix the Gaul"; also known as Asterix and Obelix in some adaptations or The Adventures of Asterix) is a French comic album series about a Gaulish village which, thanks to a magic potion that enhances strength, resists the forces of Julius Caesar's Roman Republic Army in a nonhistorical telling of the time after the ...
Asterix (/ ˈ æ s t ər ɪ k s /; French: Astérix French pronunciation: [as.te.ʁiks]) is a fictional character and the titular hero of the French comic book series Asterix. [1]The series portrays him as a diminutive but fearless Gaulish warrior living in the time of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars.
The asterisk (/ ˈ æ s t ər ɪ s k / *), from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος, asteriskos, "little star", [1] [2] is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star.
Astérix et ses amis (English: Asterix and his Friends) is a tribute volume published in 2007 by Les Editions Albert René.The full original title is Astérix et ses Amis – Hommage à Albert Uderzo ("Asterix and his friends – homage to Albert Uderzo"").
Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...
The first crossword puzzle in ancient Greek appeared in April 2015 as an annex to the 9th issue of Hebdomada Aenigmatum. It developed into a separate magazine [ 6 ] with the name of Ὀνόματα Kεχιασμένα ( Onomata Kechiasmena ).