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Blue Remembered Earth takes place in the 2160s, at a time when humanity has repaired Earth's climate and extensively colonised the inner Solar System.An omnipresent surveillance system (known as the "Mechanism") ensures that violent crime is almost unheard-of, and genetic engineering has vastly extended human lifespans.
Poseidon sent many creatures to find her. A dolphin came across Amphitrite and convinced her to marry Poseidon. As a reward for the dolphin's help, Poseidon created the Delphinus constellation. [7] Eustathius said that Poseidon first saw her dancing at Naxos among the other Nereids, [8] and carried her off. [9]
Halia was a daughter of Thalassa (the personification of the sea), and sister to the Telchines; it is not clear who her father was, if she had one at all. [3]The sea-god Poseidon fell in love with Halia, and fathered six sons and one daughter, Rhodos, on her, [4] who later became the wife of the sun-god Helios and the one after whom the island of Rhodes was named.
Poseidon's Wake is a science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds.It forms the conclusion of Reynolds' Poseidon's Children future history trilogy, which follows the expansion of humanity and its transhuman descendants into the galaxy over the course of many centuries.
In Greek mythology, Benthesikyme or Benthesicyme (/ b ɛ n θ ə ˈ s ɪ s ɪ m iː /; [1] Ancient Greek: Βενθεσικύμη, romanized: Benthesikýmē) was, according to the mythographer Apollodorus, a daughter of Poseidon and Amphitrite, and the foster mother of Eumolpus. [2]
Dorothy Arnold (born Dorothy Arnoldine Olson; November 21, 1917 – November 13, 1984) [2] was an American film actress. Her 20-year movie career began with 1937's Freshies and ended with Fräulein. [3] She was the first wife of baseball star Joe DiMaggio.
[2] Raphael's Triumph of Galatea, 1512, fresco Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus (c. 1484–1486). Tempera on canvas. 172.5 cm × 278.9 cm (67.9 in × 109.6 in). Uffizi, Florence. The depiction is somewhat similar to the Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, showing the arrival of Venus after her birth at sea. There are small details, like ...
Neleus was the son of Poseidon and Tyro, and brother of Pelias. [3] According to Pausanias, Neleus was the son of Cretheus, King of Iolcus, who was himself a son of Aeolus. [4] With Chloris, [5] Neleus was the father of Pero, Periclymenus, [6] Alastor, Chomius, Asterius, Deimachus, Epilaus, Eurybius, Eurymenes, Evagoras, Phrasius, Pylaon ...