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Greek myth has it that Nephele is the cloud whom Zeus created in the image of Hera to trick Ixion to test his integrity after he displayed his lust for Hera during a feast as a guest of Zeus.
In March 2015, the song "Above the Clouds of Pompeii" was nominated for the Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. [11] In October, Islands was re-released as a deluxe edition featuring an extra CD of live tracks. [12] [failed verification] That year, the band sold out their extensive UK, Europe, and US tours.
Above the Clouds is a 1933 action drama film directed by Roy William Neill. Above the Clouds may also refer to: "Above the Clouds", a song by Amber from her 1999 album Amber
The Roman word for brothel was lupanar, meaning a wolf den, and a prostitute was called a lupa ("she-wolf"). [9] [10] Early Pompeian excavators, guided by the strict modesty of the time period, quickly classified any building containing erotic paintings as brothels. Using this metric, Pompeii had 35 lupanares.
In Greek mythology and religion, Zephyrus (Ancient Greek: Ζέφυρος, romanized: Zéphuros, lit. 'westerly wind'), also spelled in English as Zephyr, is the god and personification of the West wind, one of the several wind gods, the Anemoi.
Two and half letters of Love) is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film. It was the first of seven films which starred real-life couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai . The film is a remake of the 1995 Hollywood film A Walk in the Clouds , which itself is a remake of the 1942 Italian film Quattro passi fra le nuvole ( Four Steps ...
This mural from Pompeii is believed to be based on Apelles' Venus Anadyomene, brought to Rome by Augustus. Much of what is known of Apelles is derived from Pliny the Elder (Natural History, XXXV). His skill at drawing the human face is the focus of a story connecting him with Ptolemy I Soter. This onetime general of Alexander disliked Apelles ...
Amidst the ongoing disaster, Pomponianus and Pliny waited in the town overnight for the wind to change, after which their party was forced to decide whether to remain inside and risk the collapse of the roof above them due to the build-up of falling pumice and ash, or to attempt to escape outside and risk being buried. Pliny the Elder ...