Thursday, February 05, 2009
RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
CYCELE/RHEA CYBELE- greek mythology, mother of zeus + the order of dieties. the 'mother of gods'. worship peculiar to crete + phrygia. proper name agdistis attended by lions + panthers.
CYCLOPES, the- greek mythology. worked w/ vulcan at his forge. different from odyssey cyclopes.
CYNICS- greek sect. name from their meetings, their habits, + temper.(dog) founded by antisthenes, disciple of socrates. all that was artificial was condemned + te cynic marked by his intense scorn of other men + the insolence of showing it.
CYRIL of alexandria- 376-444. became patriarch of alexandria about 412 + became known for persecution of jews, pagans, + heretics or supposed heretics. closed the churches of the novatians. assailed the synagoges. expelled the jews. hypatia, a reknown beauty + a neo-platonic philosopher opposed to xtianity, was murdered. a real prick, jealous of others. jerry fallwell? pre-crusader.
CYRIL- celebrated professor of the ancient law college of berytus. 491 called the great cyril.
CYRUS the elder- founder of the persian empire. by herodutus. 4 different myths on the origin. H says son of cambyses or persian prince + mandane, daughter of a median king.. astyages. blah blah mythology blah blah
CYRUS the younger- son of darius nothus +parysatis + bro of artaxerxes muemon. at 16 sent by father to assist lacedaemonians against athenians. artaxerxes succeeded father, but C deemed himself his succeesor + sought to deport art. would have been killed, but mothers pleadings saved him, but still ambitious. appointed satrap of lydia + asia minor, where he FOMENTED rebellion. took to the field w army of 100k barbarians + 13k greeks. art met him at cunaxa w 900k(401 bc). could have won, but rash. cyrus slain, but art defeated.
CYCELE/RHEA CYBELE- greek mythology, mother of zeus + the order of dieties. the 'mother of gods'. worship peculiar to crete + phrygia. proper name agdistis attended by lions + panthers.
CYCLOPES, the- greek mythology. worked w/ vulcan at his forge. different from odyssey cyclopes.
CYNICS- greek sect. name from their meetings, their habits, + temper.(dog) founded by antisthenes, disciple of socrates. all that was artificial was condemned + te cynic marked by his intense scorn of other men + the insolence of showing it.
CYRIL of alexandria- 376-444. became patriarch of alexandria about 412 + became known for persecution of jews, pagans, + heretics or supposed heretics. closed the churches of the novatians. assailed the synagoges. expelled the jews. hypatia, a reknown beauty + a neo-platonic philosopher opposed to xtianity, was murdered. a real prick, jealous of others. jerry fallwell? pre-crusader.
CYRIL- celebrated professor of the ancient law college of berytus. 491 called the great cyril.
CYRUS the elder- founder of the persian empire. by herodutus. 4 different myths on the origin. H says son of cambyses or persian prince + mandane, daughter of a median king.. astyages. blah blah mythology blah blah
CYRUS the younger- son of darius nothus +parysatis + bro of artaxerxes muemon. at 16 sent by father to assist lacedaemonians against athenians. artaxerxes succeeded father, but C deemed himself his succeesor + sought to deport art. would have been killed, but mothers pleadings saved him, but still ambitious. appointed satrap of lydia + asia minor, where he FOMENTED rebellion. took to the field w army of 100k barbarians + 13k greeks. art met him at cunaxa w 900k(401 bc). could have won, but rash. cyrus slain, but art defeated.
