- The
etesians (/ɪˈtiːʒənz/ or /ɪˈtiːziənz/;
Ancient Gr****: ἐτησίαι, romanized: etēsiai, lit. 'periodic winds';
sometimes found in the
Latin form etesiae)...
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Charcoal piles, etc.[citation needed] In Ceos,
Aristaeus is also a god of the
Etesian winds (without
being mistaken for
Boreas or his brothers),
which provided...
-
three days
later on 2
October 48 BC.
Prevented from
leaving the city by
Etesian winds,
Caesar decided to
arbitrate an
Egyptian civil war
between the child...
- 45 days. The
Macedonians gave
Antipater the name Etesias,
because the
etesian winds blew
during the
short time that he was king. He
failed as the leader...
- the
flooding of the Nile as due to the
river being beaten back by the
etesian wind. A story, with
different versions,
recounts how
Thales achieved riches...
- 100 mm per year.
Probably the most well
known local winds in
Greece are the
etesians (also
known as meltemia). With
their name
notating their annual fluctuation...
- honey-mead,
olive growing, oil milling,
medicinal herbs, hunting, and the
Etesian winds Artemis,
goddess of the hunt, the dark, the light, the moon, wild...
-
which feature cooler summers than Hot-summer
Mediterranean climates. The
Etesian winds are a
dominant weather influence in the
Aegean Basin. The
below table...
- Gr**** wind, as the wind
starts at the
Ionian Island Zakynthos. Bora (wind)
Etesian Euroclydon Khamaseen Levantades Leveche Marin (wind)
Maserati Grecale Mistral...
- says he, 'the
Atlantic sea. Now, the Nile flows, greatly, as long as the
Etesian Winds endure; for the sea is
constantly thrown back by the
constant winds;...
