posted January 01, 2007 04:20 PM              

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posted January 01, 2007 04:35 PM              

Venus was a major Roman goddess principally associated with love and beauty, the rough equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite. She was considered the ancestor of the Roman people by way of its legendary founder, Aeneas, and played a key role in many Roman religious festivals and myths.

posted January 01, 2007 04:40 PM              

Mercury has influenced the name of a number of things in a variety of scientific fields, such as the planet Mercury, the element mercury, and the plant mercury. The word mercurial is commonly used to refer to something or someone erratic, volatile or unstable, derived from Mercury's swift flights from place to place.

posted January 01, 2007 04:46 PM              

In Roman mythology, Jupiter (Iuppiter in Latin) held the same role as Zeus in the Greek pantheon. He was called Juppiter Optimus Maximus (Jupiter Best, Greatest) as the patron deity of the Roman state, in charge of laws and social order. He was the chief god of the Capitoline Triad, with Juno and Minerva.

posted January 01, 2007 04:51 PM              

Juno (Latin: IVNO) was a major Roman goddess, the rough equivalent of the Greek Hera, queen of the gods. An ancient and central deity in Roman religion, Juno was the wife of the ruler of the gods, Jupiter, and the mother of Mars, one of the most important Roman deities. She was also a member of the Capitoline Triad along with Jupiter and Minerva.

posted January 01, 2007 05:23 PM              

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in our solar system and is named after Mars, the Roman god of war. Mars is also known as the "Red Planet" due to its reddish appearance when seen from Earth. The prefix areo-, from the Greek god of war, Ares, refers to Mars in the same way geo- refers to Earth.

Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos, which are small and oddly shaped. These may be captured asteroids similar to 5261 Eureka, a Mars Trojan asteroid. Mars can be seen from Earth with the naked eye. Its apparent magnitude reaches −2.9, a brightness surpassed only by Venus, the Moon, and the Sun. For much of the year, Jupiter may appear brighter to the naked eye than Mars.

posted January 01, 2007 08:48 PM              

Alecto

465 Alekto is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 13, 1901. Its provisional name was 1901 FW.Alecto (Greek: Ἀληκτώ, "the implacable") is one of the Erinyes in Greek mythology. According to Hesiod, she was the daughter of Gaea fertilized by the blood spilled from Uranus when Cronus castrated him. She is the sister of Tisiphone and Megaera.

Alecto is the Erinye with the job of castigating the moral crimes (such as anger), especially if they are against other people. Her function is very similar to Nemesis, with the difference that the latter's function is to castigate crimes against the gods.

Alecto appeared in Virgil's Aeneid, and also in Dante's Inferno as one of the three Erinyes.

Megaera

464 Megaira is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 9, 1901. Its provisional name was 1901 FV. It lies close to the Gefion family, but is not a member.
Megaera (Greek: Μέγαιρα, "the jealous one") is one of the Erinyes in Greek Mythology. She is the cause of jealousy and envy, and causes people to commit crimes, especially marital infidelity. Like her sisters Alecto and Tisiphone, she was born of the blood of Uranus when Cronus castrated him.

In modern French (mégère), Italian (megera) and Portuguese (megera), derivatives of this name are used to designate a jealous or spiteful woman.

Tisiphone

466 Tisiphone is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and Luigi Carnera on January 17, 1901. Its provisional name was 1901 FX.
Tisiphone (Greek: Τισιφονη, "avenging murder") is the name of two figures in Greek mythology.
Tisiphone was one of the Erinyes, and sister of Alecto and Megaera. She was the one who punished crimes of murder: parricide, fratricide and homicide.

A myth recounts how Tisiphone fell in love with Cithaeron, and caused his death by snakebite, specifically, one of the snakes from her head.

In Book VI of Vergil's Aeneid, Tisiphone is recognized as the furious and cruel guardian of the gates of Tartarus

posted January 01, 2007 09:35 PM              

In Greek mythology, a Charis is one of several Charites (Χάριτες; Greek: "Graces"), goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility. They ordinarily numbered three, from youngest to oldest: Aglaea ("Beauty"), Euphrosyne ("Mirth"), and Thalia ("Good Cheer"). In Roman mythology they were known as the Gratiae, the "Three Graces."

The Charites were usually considered the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome, though they were also said to be daughters of Dionysus and Aphrodite or of Helios and the naiad Aegle. Homer wrote that they were part of the retinue of Aphrodite. The Charites were also associated with the underworld and the Eleusinian Mysteries.

The river Cephissus near Delphi was sacred to them.

Aglaea or Aglaia

47 Aglaja (IPA: [əˈgleɪə] or [əˈgliə]) is a large, dark main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by R. Luther on September 15, 1857. It is named after Aglaea, one of the Charites in Greek mythology

The youngest of the Charites, Aglaea or Aglaia ("splendor, brilliant, shining one") was Hephaestus' wife and Asclepius' daughter in Greek mythology.

Other sources cite her and her sisters as the daughters of Zeus and the Oceanid Eurynome.

With Charopus, she was the mother of Nireus.

Her other two sisters were Euphrosyne, and Thalia. Together they were known as the Three Graces, or the Charites.
She was married to Hepaestus after his divorce from Aprhodite.

Thalia

(on a side not the other Thalia's that are in greek mythology but not "Thalia the Grace" are #1 Thalia the Nereid(a sea nymph one of Hephaestus’ daughters) and #2 Thalia the Muse,not the Grace)

Euphrosyne

31 Euphrosyne (IPA: [juˈfɹɒzɪni] or [juˈfɹɒsɪni]) is one of the largest main belt asteroids.

Euphrosyne was discovered by James Ferguson on September 1, 1854. It was the first asteroid found from North America. It is named after Euphrosyne, one of the Charites in Greek mythology.

in Greek mythology, Euphrosyne (IPA pronunciation: [ju'frɒzəni]) was one of the Charites, known in English also as the "Three Graces". Her best remembered representation in English is in Milton's poem of the active, joyful life, "L'Allegro". She is also the Goddess of Joy. A daughter of Zeus and Eurynome. Incarnation of grace and beauty.

She can be seen along with the other two Graces at the left of the painting in Botticelli's Primavera.

A character in the Sally Potter film 'Orlando', the fiance of Orlando himself in the early section of the film is named Euphrosyne.

posted January 01, 2007 09:36 PM              

In Greek mythology, the Muses (Greek Μουσαι, Mousai: from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- "think", from which mind and mental are also derived[1]) are nine goddesses who embody the right evocation of myth, inspired through remembered and improvised song and traditional music and dances (cf.apsara in the Hindu culture). They were water nymphs, associated with the springs of Helicon and Pieris; from the latter they are sometimes called Pierides. The Olympian system set Apollo as their leader, Apollon Mousagetes. Not only are they used in modern English to refer to an inspiration when one cites his/her own artistic muse, but also in the word "amuse", which is rooted in their name.

According to the 7th century BCE Hesiod's Theogony, they are the daughters of Zeus, king of the gods, and Mnemosyne, goddess of memory. For Alcman and Mimnermus, they were even more primordial, springing from Uranus and Gaia. Pausanias supports that there were two generations of Muses; the first being daughters of Uranus and Gaia, the second from Zeus and Mnemosyne. Another rarer belief is that they are daughters of Harmonia (the daughter of Aphrodite and Ares) which contradicts with the myth in which they were dancing in the marriage of Harmonia and Cadmus.

Calliope

22 Kalliope (kə-lye'-ə-pee (key)) is a large main belt asteroid of the M-type, discovered by J. R. Hind on November 16, 1852. It is named after Calliope, the Greek Muse of epic poetry.
In Greek mythology, Calliope (Kaliope or Kalliope) (Greek: Καλλιόπη, beautiful-voiced) was the muse of epic poetry, daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, and is now best known as Homer's muse, the inspiration for The Iliad and The Odyssey.
Kalliope is somewhat elongated, approximately 180 km in diameter, and slightly asymmetric,

She had two sons, Orpheus and Linus by either Apollo or the Thracian king Oeagrus. She was the oldest and wisest of the Muses, as well as the most assertive. She was the judge in the argument over Adonis between Aphrodite and Persephone, giving each equal time with him. She was represented by a stylus and wax tablets.

She is always seen with a writing tablet in her hand, and sometimes carries a roll of paper or a book or wears a gold crown.

Calliope the instrument
A calliope is a musical instrument that produces sound by sending steam through whistles, originally locomotive whistles.
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Euterpe

27 Euterpe (ew-ter'-pee (key), IPA: [ju:'tɜ i]) is a large Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by J. R. Hind on November 8, 1853 and named after Euterpe, the Muse of music in Greek mythology.

Euterpe (pronounced "you-TER-pee") or Eutere ("rejoicing well" or "delight"), in Greek mythology, was one of the Muses, the daughters of Mnemosyne, fathered by Zeus. Called the "Giver of Pleasure", when later poets assigned roles to each of the Muses, she was the muse of music. In late Classical times she was named muse of lyric poetry and depicted holding a flute.

A few say she invented the aulos or double-flute, though most mythographers credit Marsyas with its invention. The river Strymon impregnated Euterpe; her son Rhesus led a band of Thracians and was killed by Diomedes at Troy, according to Homer's Iliad.

Her name is from Greek eu (good, well) and τέρπ-εω (to please)

Clio

84 Klio (klye'-oh) is a quite large and very dark Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by R. Luther on August 25, 1865 and named after Clio, the Muse of history in Greek mythology.

In Greek mythology, Clio (Greek: Κλειώ or Kleio is the muse of heroic poetry and history. Like all the muses, she is a daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne. She had one son, Hyacinth, with the King of Macedonia, Pierus. Some sources say she was also the mother of Hymenaios.

She is often represented with a parchment scroll or a set of tablets and is also known as the Proclaimer. The name is from the root κλέω/κλείω, meaning "recount" or "make famous".

Erato

62 Erato (e-ray'-toh) is a large and dark, probably carbonaceous main belt asteroid. It is a member of the Themis asteroid family.

Erato is the first asteroid to have been credited with co-discoverers, Oskar Lesser and Wilhelm Forster, who discovered it on September 14, 1860. It was their first and only asteroid discovery. It is named after Erato, the Muse of lyric poetry in Greek mythology.

posted January 01, 2007 09:41 PM              

neptune

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Virgo Rising 8'57, Sagittarius Sun/4thH 3'26, Pisces Moon/6thH 8'22

"Our passions are not too strong, they are too weak. We are far too easily pleased." - C.S. Lewis

posted January 01, 2007 11:00 PM              

Melpomene

18 Melpomene (mel-pom'-ə-nee (key)) is a large, bright Main belt asteroid. It is composed of silicates and metals.

It was discovered by J. R. Hind on June 24, 1852 and named after Melpomene, the Muse of tragedy in Greek mythology.

Melpomene (IPA pronunciation: [mɛl'pɒmɪni]) ("to sing" or "the one that is melodious") was a Muse in Greek mythology. She was the muse of tragedy, despite her joyous singing. She is often represented with a tragic mask and wearing the cothurnus, boots traditionally worn by tragic actors. Often, she also holds a knife or club in one hand and the tragic mask in the other. On her head she is shown wearing a crown of cypress. Melpomene is the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Her sisters include Calliope (muse of poetry), Clio (muse of history), Euterpe (muse of flute playing), Terpsichore (muse of dancing), Erato (muse of erotic poetry), Thalia (muse of comedy), Polyhymnia (muse of hymns), and Urania (muse of astronomy). Melpomene is mentioned in the first line of George Peele's poem: Œnone's Complaint and also in Section LVI of John Keats' poem "Isabella; or The Pot of Basil."Ÿ

Polyhymnia

33 Polyhymnia (IPA: [ˌpʰɒlɪˈhɪmniə]) is a main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by J. Chacornac on October 28, 1854 and named after Polyhymnia, the Greek Muse of sacred hymns.

Polyhymnia ("the one of many hymns"), in Greek mythology, was the Muse of sacred-poetry, sacred hymn and eloquence as well as also she was muse of agriculture and pantomime.

A very serious woman, pensive and meditative often depicted holding a finger to her mouth, dressed in a long cloak and veil and resting her elbow on a pillar. She brings fame to writers whose works have won them immortal fame. Polyhymnia is also sometimes accredited as being the muse of geometry, mime, meditation, and agriculture.

There is a Polymnia Street in New Orleans, between Euterpe and Urania Streets.

Terpsichore

81 Terpsichore (turp-sik'-a-ree) is a large and very dark main belt asteroid. It has most likely a very primitive carbonaceous composition.

It was found by the prolific comet discoverer Ernst Tempel on September 30, 1864. It is named after Terpsichore, the Muse of dance in Greek mythology.

In Greek mythology, Terpsichore (IPA pronunciation: [ˌtərpˈsɪkəri]) ("delight of dancing") was one of the nine Muses, ruling over dance and the dramatic chorus. She lends her name to the word "terpsichorean" which means "of or relating to dance". She is usually depicted sitting down, holding a lyre, accompanying with her music to the dancers' choirs. She is sometimes said to be the mother of the Sirens by Achelous. Her name comes from the Greek words τερπέω ("delight") and χoρός ("dance"). Her name is also used as one of the weapons in Soul Calibur 3. The dancer class's third weapon is called the terpsichore.

Thalia

It was discovered by J. R. Hind on December 15, 1852 and named after Thalia, the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry in Greek mythology.

Thalia was a rustic goddess, the Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry. In this context, her name means “flourishing,” because the praises in her songs flourish through time.[1]

Thalia's name is explained by the Albanian language. Tallia means the mockery in albanian and this word perfectly explains the role of Thalia which is the muse of COMEDY which is some sort of mockery...

Thalia was the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the eighth-born of the nine Muses. Her children by Apollo were the Corybantes.

In art, Thalia was portrayed holding a comic mask, a shepherd’s staff, or a wreath of ivy.

Urania

30 Urania (IPA: [juˈɹeɪniə]) is a large Main belt asteroid.

Urania was discovered by J. R. Hind on July 22, 1854. It was his last asteroid discovery. It is named after Urania, the Greek Muse of astronomy.
In Greek mythology, Urania ("heavenly") was the muse of astronomy and astrology. She is usually depicted as having a globe in her left hand and a peg in the right, and her foot on a turtle, symbol of silence. She is able to foretell the future by the position of the stars. She is often associated with Universal Love and the Holy Spirit. She is dressed in a cloak embroidered with stars and keeps her eyes and attention focused on the Heavens. Those who are most concerned with philosophy and the heavens are dearest to her.

posted January 02, 2007 12:11 AM              

111 Ate is a large, dark, and carbonaceous main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 14, 1870 and named after Ate, a personification of destruction in Greek mythology.

Goddess of obsession, guilt, infatuation and mischief. She was a trickster who would lead men into actions that would be the cause of their demise.

Ate, a Greek word for 'ruin, folly, delusion', is the action performed by the hero, usually because of his hubris, or great pride, that leads to his death or downfall. There is also a goddess by that name (Até) in Greek mythology, a personification of the same.

In Homer's Iliad she is called eldest daughter of Zeus with no mother mentioned. On Hera's instigation she used her influence over Zeus so that he swore an oath that on that day a mortal descended from him would be born who would be a great ruler. Hera immediately arranged to delay the birth of Heracles and to bring forth Eurystheus prematurely. In anger Zeus threw Ate down to earth forever, forbidding that she ever return to heaven or to Mt. Olympus. Ate then wandered about, treading on the heads of men rather than on the earth, wreaking havoc on mortals.

ENCYCLOPEDIA

ATE (Atê), according to Hesiod (Theog. 230), a daughter of Eris, and according to Homer (Il. xix. 91) of Zeus, was an ancient Greek divinity, who led both gods and men to rash and inconsiderate actions and to suffering. She once even induced Zeus, at the birth of Heracles, to take an oath by which Hera was afterwards enabled to give to Eurystheus the power which had been destined for Heracles. When Zeus discovered his rashness, he hurled Ate from Olympus and banished her for ever from the abodes of the gods. (Hom. Il. xix. 126, &c.) In the tragic writers Ate appears in a different light: she avenges evil deeds and inflicts just punishments upon the offenders and their posterity (Aeschyl. Choeph. 381), so that her character here is almost the same as that of Nemesis and Erinnys. She appears most prominent in the dramas of Aeschylus, and least in those of Euripides, with whom the idea of Dike (justice) is more fully developed. (Blünmer, Ueber Idee die des Schicksals, &c. p.64,&c.)