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 More than a Theorem - Samuel Scarborough
Whatever he told the people of Kroton, they respected him and his wishes, and because of his speech nearly two thousand of the inhabitants, both men and women, of the city decided to be his students.
It seems that the people of Kroton were content with the state of things in just their city, where the teaching of Pythagoras and his students influenced the ruling oligarchy, but the influence of the city had spread beyond their walls and borders.
Kylon, an aristocrat of Kroton whom had been rejected by Pythagoras and the community to be taught by Pythagoras, turned the general resistance into hostility.
www.jwmt.org /v1n7/pythag.html   (5779 words)

  
 The Krotons
He assures them that the Krotons never come out of the machine - he is merely their servant and responds to messages and the occasional voice command.
The Doctor surmises that the Krotons are nearly blind in bright light and require precise guidance from control to move at all.
The Krotons reveal that the dynatrope's drive unit works on mental power and four "high-brains" are needed in relay to power it.
www.drwhoguide.com /who_2w.htm   (9721 words)

  
 Milo of Kroton
For of what advantage to Milo of Kroton was his enormous strength of body?...
Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Archaeological Museum of Olympia and the Greek Ministry of Culture.
When a neighboring town attacked Kroton, Milo entered the battle wearing his Olympic crowns and dressed like Herakles, in lion's skin and brandishing a club, and led his fellow citizens to victory.
www.perseus.tufts.edu /Olympics/milo.html   (581 words)

  
 Tripod and Stork (Getty Museum)
A tripod--a bowl with rings on its rim, and supported on three tall legs--decorates both sides of this coin, a stater from the Greek city of Kroton in south Italy.
On the front the tripod is in raised relief, but on the back it has been stamped into the surface by striking the back of the coin blank with a punch.
The tripod on the Kroton coins is the famed Oracle of the Greek god Apollo that stood in his temple at Delphi, in Greece.
www.getty.edu /art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=24465   (193 words)

  
 Outpost Gallifrey: Episode Guide
The reanimated Krotons (Miles Northover, Robert Grant) realise that the Doctor and Zoe are too clever to be Gonds.
The Krotons reveal that they need the Doctor and Zoe's mental abilities to replace their two crew members who 'ceased to exist' during the space battle that caused them to land on the Gond's planet.
The Krotons was a quick replacement for another story (Dick Sharples' "The Prison in Space") by author Robert Holmes, who would go on to become one of the most prolific and influential screenwriters and script editors in the history of the show.
www.gallifreyone.com /episode.php?id=ww   (1563 words)

  
 "Waking The Tyrant's Device" - Episode 402 - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
Kroton's moonship was impressive and Dylan calling his bluff showed that Dylan is back to his devious best.
Dylan knows that Kroton will meet up with the Magog and together their ships will be unstoppable.
With the odds against him, Kroton chooses and his moon ship is destroyed but he manages to escape in a small pod.
www.andromedatv.com /episodes/season4/epi_403.html   (1308 words)

  
 (6) Kroton, Bruttium (Italy)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
There are two accounts, one historical and one legendary, of the foundation of Kroton, a prosperous city in southern Italy (see also no. 5).
The city was founded by the Achaeans on instructions from the oracle of Apollo at Delphi in the late eighth century, but according to legend the city was settled by the hero Herakles.
The image is on the coins of Kroton often interpreted as a symbol of the struggles between Greeks and barbarians in the area.
www.lawrence.edu /dept/art/buerger/catalogue/006.html   (178 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
Astylos of Kroton in southern Italy won a total of six victory olive wreaths in three Olympiads (488-480 B.C.) in the stade and the diaulos (twice the stade) events.
In the first Olympiad, he ran for Kroton and his compatriots honoured and glorified him.
The people of Kroton punished him by demolishing his statue in their city and converting his house into a prison.
www.olympic.org /uk/games/ancient/athletes_uk.asp   (524 words)

  
 (5) Kroton, Bruttium (Italy)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Kroton was a prosperous city in southern Italy, famous in antiquity for its athletes, doctors and philosophers.
On the obverse is the head of Hera, whose sanctuary of Hera Lacinia was located on a promontory of Cape Colonna some six miles from Kroton.
The head on the coin was probably influenced by Kimon's famous facing head of the nymph Arethusa on the late fifth-century coins of Syracuse (see no. 17).
www.lawrence.edu /dept/art/buerger/catalogue/005.html   (237 words)

  
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Their long lasting war with the Rutans means that the planet of the strip is vital to their effort.
Kroton was introduced wayback in DWW in 1979, in one of the better supplementary strips.
When he saves the Doctor and Izzy at the end by blasting through the asteroid belt, it's one of those abiding images that stick in your mind, and can only be done in comic strips.
www.pagefillers.com /dwrg/cspart11.htm   (3588 words)

  
 Kroton (Cyberman) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He helped the surviving rebels escape the planet, even to the point of killing his fellow Cybermen to defend the rebels.
Unfortunately, the travellers' visit coincided with the launch of a jihad by the planet Dhakan's Church of the Glorious Dead.
It was then revealed that the true adversaries were not the Master and the Doctor, but Sato and Kroton.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kroton_(Cyberman)   (868 words)

  
 Kroton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kroton can refer to Croton, an Achaean colony from c.
The Krotons is a serial in the science fiction television series Doctor Who and the name of the extraterrestrial race featured therein.
Kroton is the name of a Cyberman who still retained human emotions, featured in the comic strips based on Doctor Who.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kroton   (126 words)

  
 The Ancient Olympics (1996)
Athletes from Kroton in southern Italy believed in the value of a meat diet and saw the consumption of beans as taboo.
Milo of Kroton, the greatest Olympic wrestler, reputedly ate 40 pounds of meat and bread at one sitting, washing it down with eight quarts of wine.
Athletes usually represented their native cities, but Astylos of Kroton, the first known free agent, won races in 488 and 484 for Kroton, then in 480 for Syracuse.
cat.he.net /~archaeol/9607/abstracts/olympics.html   (834 words)

  
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One minute Izzy and Kroton are having a character moment, then suddenly Morningstar's going home to Dhakan.
Izzy gets to be cool, as with Kroton in episode eight, but it still feels a bit anti-climactic.
He gets a few character moments, but they're too fleeting and (in the case of the mnemonic crystal) lean too heavily on the visuals to do the job.
pagefillers.com /dwrg/csglor.htm   (976 words)

  
 Which Doctor? - Message Board - ezboard.com
In the central passage, the Middle Doctor, who had left Izzy and Kroton back in the cavern behind him, had also noticed the phosphorus glow and the downward slant.
Fitz and Kroton looked at each other, before they too indicated their willingness to go along.
Kroton shrugged, a strange looking gesture for a Cyberman to perform.
p097.ezboard.com /ftimelordfrm25.showMessage?topicID=22.topic   (4220 words)

  
 Milo of Kroton
Milo of Kroton: was "the most illustrious of athletes..." (Strabo, Geography, 6.1.12).
Born over 2,000 years ago in an ancient Greek colony of southern Italy, he won the Olympic wrestling championship six times between 540 BCE and 516 BCE.
Nevertheless, the story of Milo and his bull calf demonstrates that we can still learn from the ancient Greeks.
www.combat-aging.com /milo.html   (910 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Crotona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Crotona CROTONA [Crotona], Croton, or Kroton, ancient city, S Italy, on the east coast of Bruttium (now Calabria), a colony of Magna Graecia founded c.708 BC There Pythagoras established his school, which exerted a notable political and moral influence.
Kroton KROTON [Kroton] ancient city, Italy: see Crotona.
He won numerous victories in wrestling at the Olympic and Pythian games.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Crotona   (467 words)

  
 Bruttium, Kroton - Ancient Greek Coins - WildWinds.com
KPO upwards on left, tripod, legs terminating in lion's feet; heron standing left on right / Incuse tripod.
Kroton, Bruttium, AR nomos, (7.16g) 510-480 BC, Delphic tripod.
Kroton, Bruttium, Æ14, (2.02g) Laureate male head left.
www.wildwinds.com /coins/greece/bruttium/kroton/i.html   (850 words)

  
 The Hindu : GREAT OLYMPIANS 1: MILO OF KROTON
AN athlete who became a legend at the ancient Greek Olympics was Milo of Kroton.
A wrestler, Milo wore the winner's laurel wreath six times.
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www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/08/18/stories/07180752.htm   (225 words)

  
 KROTON SILENT® - Ultra Silent Computer - about the company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
KROTON SILENT® - Ultra Silent Computer - about the company
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KiD company created extraorinary solution: a perfect combination of ultra silent PC work with its superb efficiency.
www.kroton.net.pl /english/about_us.htm   (187 words)

  
 Crotone Beschreibung in Library - Definition und Buch-Tipp.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Crotone (KR) ist die Hauptstadt der 1992 von der Provinz Catanzaro abgetrennten Provinz Crotone in Süditalien (Region Kalabrien) am Ionischen Meer.
Sie wurde als griechische Kolonie mit Namen Kroton der Legende nach in de
Kämpfe in der SteinzeitDie fünfzehn Jungs reiteten wie immer auf Pferden durch die Steppe.
kroton.know-library.net   (641 words)

  
 Kroton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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www.kroton.pl   (160 words)

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