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Mosaic of Neptune (Regional Archeological Museum Antonio Salinas, Palermo) Roman mosaic on a wall in the House of Neptune and Amphitrite, Herculaneum, Italy The Chichester inscription, which reads (in English): "To Neptune and Minerva, for the welfare of the Divine House, by the authority of Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus, Great King in Britain, the college of artificers and those therein ...
King Neptune may refer to: Neptune (mythology), the Roman god of the sea, referred to as "King" by some; King Neptune (pig), a pig that was used to raise $19 million in war bonds during World War II; King Neptune, an officiator in a naval line-crossing ceremony; King Neptune (SpongeBob SquarePants), a recurring character in SpongeBob SquarePants
King Neptune is a large bronze statue located in Virginia Beach, Virginia designed by Paul DiPasquale. It stands at the entrance of Neptune Park on the Virginia Beach Boardwalk at 31st Street, and depicts the mythological god Neptune. [1] The sculpture weighs 12.5 tons [2] and is 34 feet (10 m) [1] [2] tall.
According to the second and third Vatican Mythographer, Neptune's trident symbolizes the three properties of water: liquidity, fecundity and drinkability. [12]The trident of Neptune was viewed by Roman scholar Maurus Servius Honoratus as three-pronged because "the sea is said to be a third part of the world, or because there are three kinds of water: seas, streams and rivers".
King Neptune (May 16, 1942 – May 14, 1950) was a pig used by a United States Navy recruiter to raise $19 million (equivalent to $321,560,074 in 2023) in war bonds for the construction of the Iowa-class battleship Illinois between 1942 and 1946.
It was built in 220 BC, though the earliest mention of a temple dedicated to Neptune dates to 206 BC, relating to its doors and altar. [1] A new temple was built by consul Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus to commemorate his naval victory at Philippi over Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus - he may have vowed a temple to Neptune on the eve of battle in return for success in it.
The last time Neptune's rings were seen in detail was during a flyby in 1989 by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft as it journeyed beyond the solar system and into interstellar space. That historic flyby ...
Triton was referred to as "trumpeter of Neptune (Neptuni tubicen)" in Cristoforo Landino (d. 1498)'s commentary on Virgil; [76] this phrasing later appeared in the gloss for "Triton" in Marius Nizolius's Thesaurus (1551), [77] and Konrad Gesner's book (1558). [78] Triton makes appearance in English literature as the messenger for the god ...