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In Greek mythology, Anius was the son of Apollo and Rhoeo.
When her father discovered her pregnancy, he placed her in a chest and cast her out to sea (parallel to Perseus).
Anius had three daughters: Oeno, Spermo and Elais, collectively referred to as the Oenotropae.
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 WINEGROWERS, Greek Mythology Link.
When Rhoeo lay with Apollo, her father, believing that she had been with a man, was angered, and shut her up in a chest and cast it into the sea.
Anius, besides being king, held religious office in Delos as he was priest of Apollo.
When the Trojan War was over, Lavinia 3 (daughter of Anius) embarked in Delos with the exiled Trojans, having been given by her father to Aeneas as a prophetess and a wise woman.
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 Anius -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In (The mythology of the ancient Greeks) Greek mythology, Anius was the son of (Greek god of light; god of prophesy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis) Apollo and (Click link for more info and facts about Rhoeo) Rhoeo.
When her father discovered her pregnancy, he placed her in a chest and cast her out to sea (parallel to (A conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Auriga and Cassiopeia and crossed by the Milky Way) Perseus).
Anius had three daughters: (Click link for more info and facts about Oeno) Oeno, (Click link for more info and facts about Spermo) Spermo, and (Click link for more info and facts about Elais) Elais, known as the (Click link for more info and facts about Oenotropae) Oenotropae.
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 Anius - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Anius had three daughters: Oeno, Spermo, and Elais, known as the Oenotropae.
Bacchus gave the three daughters the power to change whatever they wanted into wine, wheat, and oil.
Later, Anius gave aid to Aeneas and his retinue when they were travelling from Troy to the future site of Rome.
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 Anius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anius was born on the island of Delos, which was sacred to his father Apollo, after the box in which his mother had been placed by Apollo when he had discovered her pregnancy washed ashore there.
Dionysus gave the three daughters the power to change whatever they wanted into wine, wheat, and oil.
Later, Anius gave aid to Aeneas and his retinue when they were fleeing from Troy and on route to the future site of Rome.
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 Spermon from Spermo, goddess of grain
Anius was the son of Apollo and Rhoeo.
Anius [6 KB] had three daughters: Oeno, Spermo and Elais, collectively referred to as the Oenotropae.
She and her sisters were captured by the Greek forces on their way to the Trojan War [4 KB], but Dionysus [5 KB] turned the sisters into doves so they could escape.
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 Our St. Lucia Trip.
We arrived at the "big" airport in the south and were treated to a one hour scenic drive up the east coast to Dennery, then across the island, right through the heart of the rain forest, to the east coast just south of the capital, Castries.
As we continued along, Anius would stop spontaneously to let us see, touch, sniff, and taste local spices, fruits, and nuts.
Fish wings, anyone?) Proceeding across the one-lane bridge over the Grande Riviere De L'Anse La Raye, Anius points out, in jest, the "local laundromat" - and sure enough there were the village women scrubbing their wash on the river rocks.
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 Anius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
When her father discovered her pregnancy placed her in a chest and cast out to sea (parallel to Perseus).
She birth to Anius on the island and became a priest of Apollo.
Later he aid to Aeneas and his retinue when they were from Troy to the future site of Rome.
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 Anius
She landed on the island of Delos where she gave birth to Anius.
Anius offered hospitality to Aeneas and his companions when they passed his island on their journey.
Anius became the father of three daughters, Oeno, Spermo and Elais (wine, grain seed and oil, in that order) who were granted the power to bring these three crops to fruition.
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 Read about Anius at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Anius and learn about Anius here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In Greek mythology, Anius was the son of
Dionysus gave the three daughters the power to change whatever they wanted into wine, wheat, and
Later, Anius gave aid to Aeneas and his retinue when they were fleeing from Troy and on route to the future site of
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En la mitología griega, Anius era el hijo de Apolo y de Rhoeo.
Ella dio a luz a Anius en la isla y él hizo sacerdote de Apolo.
Anius tenía tres hijas: Oeno, Spermo y Elais, designado colectivamente el Oenotropae.
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 179 (v. 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
41.) Anius had by Dryope three daughters, Oeno, Spermo, and Elais, to whom Dionysus gave the power of producing at will any quantity of wine, corn, and oil,—whence they were called Oenotropae.
23.) After the fall of Troy, when Aeneas arrived in Delos, he was kindly received by Anius (Ov.
80, with Servius), and a Greek tradition stated that Aeneas married a daughter of Anius, of the name of Lavinia, who was, like her father, endowed with prophetic powers, followed Aeneas to Italy, and died at Lavinium.
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 Anius Family Tree and Genealogy Links at Surname Finder
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It may also be a match for "Anius surnam", "Anius genalogy", "Anius sirname" and "Anius genology".
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 Metamorphoses (Kline) Index, the Ovid Collection, Univ. of Virginia E-Text Center
He consults the oracle of Apollo and is told to seek out his ancient mother and ancestral shores.
Anius gives him the parting gift of a sceptre.
He holds the kingship of the island in his father’s place, has the power of prophecy, and surrenders two of his sisters to Agamemnon.
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 BBC Caribbean
They invited members of the judiciary to a seminar on Tuesday to help them understand the sensitive nature of victims who appear before them in the courtroom.
One of the speakers, Natasha Anius recalled how tragedy struck in the fishing village of Canaries last week, as she and her neighbour Shirlene Antoine were doing household chores together.
That could have been the last thing that Anius told her friend as Antoine was attacked shortly after and barely escaped with her life.
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 Human Women in Greek Myths
They were fated to marry the 50 sons of Aegyptus, Danaus' twin brother.
So anyway, Anius (Danaus' other name) really didn't want his daughters to marry his nephews.
And so he fled, with his rather immense family, to Argos - but the "evil" twin followed with his sons, and forced the Danaides into marriage.
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 Classics Latin Greek Teaching Aids.
It receives its name, as some suppose, from Anius, a king of Etruria, who drowned himself there when he could not recover his daughter, who had been carried away.
Anitorgis, a city of Spain, near which a battle was fought between Asdrubal and the Scipios.
Anius the son of Apollo and Rhea, was king of Delos and father of Andrus.
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 Metamorphoses Summary by Ovid
Aeneas and a few other Trojan men escaped the city and set sail for a new land where they hoped to build a new Troy.
He told them how his son had gone to found Andros and his daughters had been given a gift that allowed them to turn all they touched to corn, wine, or palm oil.
But when Agamemnon threatened Anius' son with war, he turned his sisters over to the Greek.
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 ANIUS MARKETING STRATEGIES
ANIUS MARKETING STRATEGIES: consulenza di marketing e internazionalizzazione.
Anius è una società di consulenza formata da un team di esperti aziendali.
Lavore con Voi per far crescere la Vostra azienda.
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 Ovide, Métamorphoses, XIII
Il fuit les affreux rivages de la Thrace, où fume encore le sang de Polydore; ses voiles sont livrées à des vents propices, et il entre avec ses compagnons dans le port de Délos.
Anius, prêtre d'Apollon et roi de cette île, le reçoit dans le temple et dans son palais.
Anius les accompagne jusqu'au port, et leur fait de riches présents.
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 UK Wolf Conservation Trust   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Anius (M) and Larnia (F) were the offspring of Apollo and Luna after they had re-located Wild Wood in Kent.
They sadly died at quite a young age.
Biopsies revealed that their deaths were caused by a non-congenital, non-hereditary calcium deficiency.
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I slowly stood up, only to find that one of my legs was broken, so using my three good legs I crawled out from whatever was on top of me. When I got up on my three legs and turned, I wished I hadn't.
There lay Anius, one of my best childhood friends, laying on top of me. I realized what must have happened!
Right when the dark figure was about to strike me, Anius must have jumped in front and shielded me from the attack.
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 The Legend of Aerilis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mina beckons Kember to her side, and as the two women start to catch up on recent events, Aslan excuses himself to fetch Anius.
He adds little tidbits of information about his own life since the Silverleafs left Phlagin, but mostly he stands quietly, enjoying that his mother is awake again.
After about twenty minutes, Anius arrives with Tripherion, and the two clerics of Heironeous step outside of Mina's room.
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 Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, page 33   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On this page: Andronitis – Androtion – Angdistis – Anius – Annalists – Annals – Anna Perenna
She was carried to Delos, and there gave birth to her son Anius.
Apollo taught him divination, and made him his priest and king of Delos.
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 Ovid transformed by Sara Mack   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
According to Mandelbaum, then, Aeneas reminds Anius of a previous visit when he saw Anius and his children.
As Mandelbaum should know, Anchises is the traveler in the family (see Aeneid III and VIII) and here Ovid is rewriting the Anius episode in Aeneid III.
Since he exchanged Aeneas for Anchises at the beginning of Anius’s speech, Mandelbaum has to correct Ovid at the end as well.
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 Anius --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Rhoeo, when pregnant, had been placed in a chest and cast into the sea by her father; floating to the island of Delos, she gave birth to Anius, who became a seer and a priest of Apollo.
Anius' three daughters, Oeno, Spermo, and Elais—that is, Wine, Grain Seed, and Oil—were granted…
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 Oenotropae
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The name for the three daughters of King Anius of Delos.
She possessed the ability to turn everything into wine (or, according to others, oil or corn).
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 Aeneas (Trojan War hero)
The ghost warned him that while seeking asylum among the Thracians, he had been murdered by them as they had been paid to kill all Trojans escaping the war.
Aeneas continued to search as he met King Anius of Delos, who had been a friend of his father.
Aeneas should search in the land of his ancestors.
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