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  2. Dionysus mosaic, Dion - Wikipedia

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    The roof helped against the rays of the sun, but it was powerless against water and general decay. From year to year the condition became worse: single mosaic stones dissolved from the ground, plants grew in the cracks, it was only a matter of time before this mosaic, which had remained largely intact for nearly two millennia, would be destroyed.

  3. List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System

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    Equatorial gravity: m/s 2 g: 274.0 27.94 Escape velocity: km/s: 617.7 Rotation period days: 25.38 Orbital period about Galactic Center [4] million years 225–250 Mean orbital speed [4] km/s: ≈ 220 Axial tilt to the ecliptic: deg. 7.25 Axial tilt to the galactic plane: deg. 67.23 Mean surface temperature: K: 5,778 Mean coronal temperature [5 ...

  4. Dionysus - Wikipedia

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    The oldest known image of Dionysus, accompanied by his name, is found on a dinos by the Attic potter Sophilos around 570 BC and is located in the British Museum. [34] By the seventh century, iconography found on pottery shows that Dionysus was already worshiped as more than just a god associated with wine.

  5. List of Solar System objects by size - Wikipedia

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    These lists contain the Sun, the planets, dwarf planets, many of the larger small Solar System bodies (which includes the asteroids), all named natural satellites, and a number of smaller objects of historical or scientific interest, such as comets and near-Earth objects.

  6. Barycenter (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    If Jupiter had Mercury's orbit (57,900,000 km, 0.387 AU), the Sun–Jupiter barycenter would be approximately 55,000 km from the center of the Sun (⁠ r 1 / R 1 ⁠ ≈ 0.08). But even if the Earth had Eris's orbit (1.02 × 10 10 km, 68 AU), the Sun–Earth barycenter would still be within the Sun (just over 30,000 km from the center).

  7. Nysa (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Dionysus has been coined the "masked god," "wine god," and "god of theater" due to his androgynous appearance [5] and ability to hide his true self under facades and enthusiasm. Many Greek stories believe Dionysus to be the son of Zeus, [1] separated and placed in the care of Nysa nymphs in an attempt to protect him from Hera's anger towards ...

  8. Olympics organizers apologize after 'Last Supper' comparisons ...

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    Paris Olympics organizers issued an apology on Sunday after a scene depicting the Greek god Dionysus drew criticism for allegedly mocking Leonardo da Vinci's painting “The Last Supper,” which ...

  9. Kouros of Apollonas - Wikipedia

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    The Kouros of Apollonas, also called the Colossus of Dionysus, is a 10.7 metre [1] tall unfinished statue of light grey Naxian marble with a weight of around 80 tonnes. It is located in an ancient quarry near Apollonas [ de ] , a small town in the northern part of Naxos , one of the Cycladic Islands in the Aegean Sea .