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The ancient Greek word aithôn means burning blazing or shining. Less strictly it can denote the colour red-brown or tawny. It is an epithet sometimes applied to animals such as […]

Damon Graham Devereux Hill OBE (born 17 September 1960) is a retired British racing driver from England. He is the son of the late Graham Hill and is the only […]

Muhammad ibn Zakariyā Rāzī (Persian: محمد زکریای رازی‎ Mohammad-e Zakariā-ye Rāzi also known by his Latinized name Rhazes or Rasis) (854 CE – 925 CE) was a Persian polymath physician […]

Ocypete (English translation: swift wing) was one of the three Harpies in Greek mythology. She was also known as Ocypode (swift foot) or Ocythoe (swift runner). The Harpies were the […]

In Greek mythology Podarge (English translation: fleet-foot) referred to several different beings.One of the Harpies is named Podarge and due to her union with Zephyrus the god of the West […]

Podarke redirects here. For the polychaete worm genus see Podarke (polychaete).Aello (/ˈeɪəloʊ/; Ancient Greek: Ἀελλώ Aellō whirlwind) in Greek mythology was one of the Harpy sisters who would abduct people […]

Chris Austin Hadfield OOnt CD (born 29 August 1959) is a retired Canadian astronaut who was the first Canadian to walk in space. An Engineer and former Royal Canadian Air […]

Jack Ralph Cole (December 14 1914 – August 13 1958) was an American cartoonist best known for creating the comedic superhero Plastic Man and his cartoons for Playboy magazine.He was […]

Kevin O’Neill (born 1953) is an English comic book illustrator best known as the co-creator of Nemesis the Warlock Marshal Law (with writer Pat Mills) and The League of Extraordinary […]

Zeno (/ˈziːnoʊ/; Latin: Flavius Zeno Augustus; Greek: Ζήνων) (c. 425 – 9 April 491) originally named Tarasis /ˈtærəsɨs/ was Byzantine Emperor from 474 to 475 and again from 476 to […]