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Cynosura or
Kynosoura (Ancient Gr****: Κυνόσουρα, lit. 'dog's tail') may
refer to:
Cynosura (Laconia), a
settlement that
coalesced into
ancient Sparta Cynosura...
- In Gr**** mythology,
Cynosura (Ancient Gr****: Κυνοσούρα, romanized: Kunosoúra, lit. 'dog's tail' κυνός οὐρά,
pronounced [kynosǔːraː]) is the name of an...
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Cynosura or
Kynosoura (Ancient Gr****: Κυνόσουρα) was a
settlement that
existed before the
Dorian conquest. It was
united with
three other such settlements...
- star (Stella Polaris), as well as the use of
Cynosura as a name of the star, is
evident in the
title Cynosura seu
Mariana Stella Polaris (i.e. "Cynosure...
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Salamis (/ˈsæləmɪs/ SAL-ə-miss;
Ancient Gr**** and Katharevousa: Σαλαμίς, romanized: Salamís) or
Salamina (Modern Gr****: Σαλαμίνα, romanized: Salamína)...
- only in the
early modern period. The
ancient name of the
constellation is
Cynosura (Gr**** Κυνοσούρα "dog's tail"). The
origin of this name is
unclear (Ursa...
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Callicore cynosura, the BD
butterfly or
Cynosura eighty-eight, is a
species of
butterfly of the
family Nymphalidae. The
common name
refers to the markings...
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transformed himself into a snake, and
changed his
nymph nurses,
Helice and
Cynosura into bears, who
later became the
constellations Ursa
Major and Ursa Minor...
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Mapeta cynosura is a
species of
snout moth in the
genus Mapeta. It was
described by
Herbert Druce in 1895, and is
known from
Mexico (including Cuernavaca...
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appears that the
entire constellation of Ursa Minor, in
antiquity known as
Cynosura (Gr**** Κυνόσουρα "dog's tail"), was used as
indicating the
northern direction...
