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In Greek mythology, Pegasus (Greek: Πήγασος, Pégasos, ‘strong’) was a winged horse sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa.[1] He was the brother of Chrysaor, born at a single birthing. By extension, the term Pegasus (and the plural Pegasi) can also refer to any winged horse.
There are several versions of the birth of the winged stallion and his brother Chrysaor in the far distant place at the edge of Earth, Hesiod’s “springs of Oceanus, which encircles the inhabited earth, where Perseus found Medusa:
One is that they sprang from the blood issuing from Medusa’s neck as Perseus was beheading her,[6] similar to the manner in which Athena was born from the head of Zeus. In another version, when Perseus beheaded Medusa, they were born of the Earth, fed by the Gorgon’s blood. A variation of this story holds that they were formed from the mingling of Medusa’s blood and sea foam, implying that Poseidon had involvement in their making. The last version bears resemblance to the birth of Aphrodite.
As a metaphor, a touchstone refers to any physical or intellectual measure by which the validity or merit of a concept can be tested. It is similar in use to an acid test, litmus test in politics, and a shibboleth.
An example in literature is the character of Touchstone in Shakespeare’s As You Like It, described as “a wise fool who acts as a kind of guide or point of reference throughout the play, putting everyone, including himself, to the comic test”.[1]
A touchstone can be a short passage from recognized masters’ works used in assaying the relative merit of poetry and literature. This sense was coined by Matthew Arnold in his essay “The Study of Poetry”, where he gives Hamlet’s dying words to Horatio as an example of a touchstone.[2]
Spyglass Entertainment is an American film and television production company, co-founded by Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum in 1998[1]. The studio was founded with an investment from European media conglomerates Kirch Group and Mediaset[2], and a five-year distribution deal with The Walt Disney Company.[3] It is currently owned by Cerberus Capital Management.
Spyglasses are used on ships/sea/water/navigation/rose cross compass/rosicrucian/degrees/nautical miles
Screen Gems is an American subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainment‘s Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation.
Leo has been represented as a lion by numerous civilizations for thousands of years. One explanation is that the Sun was among its stars inMidsummer, and during this time the lions of the Egyptian desert left their accustomed haunts for the banks of the Nile, where they could find relief from the heat in the waters of the inundation. Pliny wrote that the Egyptians worshipped the stars of Leo because the rise of their great river was coincident with the Sun’s entrance among them. Distinct reference is made to Leo in an inscription of the walls of the Ramesseum atThebes, which, like the Nile temples generally, was adorned with the animal’s bristles, while on the planisphere of Dendera its figure is shown standing on an outstretched serpent. The Egyptian stellar Lion, however, comprised only a part of the modern constellation, and in the earliest records some of its stars were shown as a knife, whereas they now are as a sickle.Kircher gave its title there as Πιμεντεκεων, Cubitus Nili[2][unreliable source?].
The Persians called Leo Ser or Shir; the Turks, Artan; the Syrians, Aryo; the Jewish, Arye; the Indians, Simha ; and the Babylonians, Aru — all meaning a lion. In Euphratean astronomy it was additionally known as Gisbar-namru-sa-pan, variously translated, but by Bertin, as the Shining Disc which precedes Bel, “Bel” being our Ursa Major, or in some way intimately connected therewith[2][unreliable source?].
In Greek mythology, it was identified as the Nemean Lion which was killed by Hercules during one of his twelve labours, and subsequently put into the sky.[3]
The Roman poet Ovid called it Herculeus Leo and Violentus Leo. Bacchi Sidus (Star of Bacchus) was another of its titles, the god Bacchus always being identified with this animal. However,Manilius called it Jovis et Junonis Sidus (Star of Jupiter and Juno).
Early Hindu astronomers knew it as Asleha and as Sinha, the Tamil Simham but later, influenced by Greece and Rome, as Leya or Loin, from the word Leo, as the Romans commonly called it.
Mycenae (Greek Μυκῆναι Mykēnai or Μυκήνη Mykēnē), is an archaeological site in Greece, located about 90 km south-west ofAthens, in the north-eastern Peloponnese. Argos is 11 km to the south; Corinth, 48 km to the north. From the hill on which the palace was located one can see across the Argolid to the Saronic Gulf.
In the second millennium BC Mycenae was one of the major centres of Greek civilization, a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece. The period of Greek history from about 1600 BC to about 1100 BC is called Mycenaean in reference to Mycenae.
The main entrance through the circuit wall was made grand by the best known feature of Mycenae, the Lion Gate, through which passed a stepped ramp leading past circle A and up to the palace. The Lion Gate was constructed in the form of a ‘Relieving Triangle’ in order to support the weight of the stones. An undecorated postern gate also was constructed through the north wall.
The Lions’ Gate (Hebrew: שער האריות, Arabic: باب الأسباط, also St. Stephen’s Gate or Sheep Gate) is located in the Old City Walls of Jerusalem and is one of seven Gates in Jerusalem’s Old City Walls.
Located in the east wall, the entrance marks the beginning of the traditional Christian observance of the last walk of Jesus from prison to execution, theVia Dolorosa. Near the gate’s crest are four figures of panthers, often mistaken for lions, two on the left and two on the right. They were placed there by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent to celebrate the Ottoman defeat of the Mamluks in 1517. Legend has it that Suleiman’s predecessor Selim I was captured by lions that were going to eat him because of his plans to level the city. He was spared only after promising to protect the city by building a wall around it. This led to the lion becoming the heraldic symbol of Jerusalem.[2]
In another version,[citation needed] Suleiman taxed Jerusalem’s residents with heavy taxes which they could not afford to pay. That night Suleiman had a dream of two lions coming to devour him. When he woke up, he asked his dream solvers what his dream meant. A wise respected man came forward and asked Suleiman what was on his mind before drifting to sleep. Suleiman responded that he was thinking about how to punish all the men who didn’t pay his taxes. The wise man responded that since Suleiman thought badly about the holy city, God was angry. To atone, Suleiman built the Lions’ Gate to protect Jerusalem from invaders.
Israeli paratroops from the 55th Paratroop Brigade came through this gate during the Six-Day War of 1967 and unfurled the Israeli flag above the Temple Mount.
The Lions’ Gate is not to be confused with the Zion Gate in the Old City Wall, located in the south, leading to the Jewish and Armenian Quarters.
The magnificent walls of Jerusalem’s Old City were built by the Ottoman Empire under the direct supervision of Sultan Suleiman in 1542. The walls stretch for approximately 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) and rise to a height of 5–15 meters (16–49 feet), with a thickness of 3 meters (10 feet).[3] Altogether, the Old City walls contain 43 surveillance towers and 11 gates, seven of which are presently open.
The Babylonians identified Sagittarius as the god Pabilsaĝ, a centaur-like creature with wings, two heads, one panther head and one human head, aiming a bow.[5] The figure pretty much reminds of modern depictions of Sagittarius.
In Greek mythology, Sagittarius is identified as a centaur: half human, half horse. In some legends, the Centaur Chiron was the son of Philyraand Saturn, who was said to have changed himself into a horse to escape his jealous wife, Rhea. Chiron was eventually immortalised in the constellation of Centaurus, or in some version, Sagittarius[citation needed].
The arrow of this constellation points towards the star Antares, the “heart of the scorpion.”
Released
- Batman Begins (2005)
- Superman Returns (2006)
- Lady in the Water (2006)
- The Ant Bully (2006)
- Beerfest (2006)
- We Are Marshall (2006)
- 300 (2007)
- 10,000 BC (2008)
- The Dark Knight (2008)
- Watchmen (2009)
- Observe and Report (2009)
- The Hangover (2009)
- Trick ‘r Treat (2009)
- Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
- Ninja Assassin (2009)
In production
- Clash of the Titans (2010)
- Jonah Hex (2010)
- Inception (2010)
- The Town (2010)
- Due Date (2010)
- Sucker Punch (2011)
In development
- Untitled Warcraft film (TBA)
- Gravel (TBA)[3]
Lakeshore Entertainment Group is an American independent film production company founded in 1994 by Tom Rosenberg and Ted Tannebaum (1933-2002). Lakeshore Entertainment isheadquartered in Beverly Hills, California. The company has produced over 40 films including the Academy Award-winning Million Dollar Baby as well as Runaway Bride, The Hunted,Bulletproof Monk, Mothman Prophecies, The Gift, Arlington Road,The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Autumn in New York. The company’s president is producer Gary Lucchesi The company also has a record label division, Lakeshore Records.
The Dreamworks logo features a young boy sitting on a crescent moon while fishing. The general idea for the logo was from company’s co-founder Steven Spielberg. Spielberg originally wanted a computer generated image, whereas Visual Effects Supervisor Dennis Muren, of Industrial Light and Magic suggested a hand-painted one. Muren contacted friend and artist Robert Hunt to paint it. Hunt worked both versions featuring his son William as a model for the boy, and Spielberg liked the CGI one better. The music accompanying the logo as a movie starts was composed by John Williams. The main logo shows the scene at night, while the Dreamworks Animation logo shows it during the day. The “Night” Logo is Dark Blue. A similar moon-fishing boy can also found in the drawings of cartoonist Winsor McKay (Little Nemo)
The logo attached to feature films was made at ILM based on paintings by Hunt, in collaboration with Kaleidoscope Films, Dave Carson, and Clint Goldman.[14]
Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is an Academy Award-winning motion picture visual effects company that was founded in May 1975 by George Lucas and is owned by Lucasfilm. Lucas created the company when he discovered that the special effects department at 20th Century Fox was shut down after he was given the green light for his production of the movie Star Wars. The studio originated in Van Nuys, California, later moved to San Rafael, and is now based at the Letterman Digital Arts Center in the Presidio of San Francisco.
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