Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Sinope


Related Topics

In the News (Wed 25 Nov 09)

  
  Sinope
Sinope is a satellite of the planet Jupiter.
Compared with the satellites of other planets of the solar system, Sinope is a small Moon with a diameter of 28 km and a mass of 7.77E+16 kg kg.
Sinope is an average distance of 23700000 km from Jupiter and completes its revolution of Jupiter in 758 (retrograde) days.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /moons/sinope.htm   (65 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Diogenes Sinope
Inspired by the teaching of Socrates and Diogenes of Sinope, Stoicism was founded at Athens by Zeno of Citium 300 and was influential throughout the Greco-Roman world until at least 200.
Antisthenes (445–365), a disciple of Socrates, is considered the founder of the movement, but Diogenes of Sinope was its paradigm.
Ancient Sinop was founded by colonists from Miletus in the 8th cent.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Diogenes+of+Sinope   (947 words)

  
  Diogenes of Sinope [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
The most illustrious of the Cynic philosophers, Diogenes of Sinope serves as the template for the Cynic sage in antiquity.
Though originally from Sinope, the majority of the stories comprising his philosophical biography occur in Athens, and some of the most celebrated of these place Alexander the Great or Plato as his foil.
He was a citizen of Sinope who either fled or was exiled because of a problem involving the defacing of currency.
www.iep.utm.edu /d/diogsino.htm   (1683 words)

  
  Sinope
Fruitlessly besieged in 220 B.C. by Mithridates IV, King of Pontus, Sinope was taken by Pharnaces in 183 B.C., and became the capital and residence of the kings of Pontus.
In November, 1853, the Turkish fleet was destroyed by the Russians in the port of Sinope.
Sinope is now the chief town of a sanjak of the vilayet of Castamouni, containing 15,000 inhabitants, about one half of whom are Greek schismatics.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/s/sinope.html   (297 words)

  
 Jupiter's Outer Moons
Leda was queen of Sparta and the mother, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen of Troy.
Ananke, Carme, Pasiphae and Sinope are especially unusual in that their orbits are retrograde.
Pasiphae was the wife of Minos and mother, by a white bull, of the Minotaur.
www.nineplanets.org /jupouter.html   (500 words)

  
 SINOPE : Naiad nymph of Sinope in Pontus ; Greek mythology
SINOPE : Naiad nymph of Sinope in Pontus ; Greek mythology
SINOPE was the Naiad Nymph of the main fountain or spring of the Greek colony of Sinope in Assyria on the Black Sea.
SINO′PE (Sinôpê), a daughter of Asopus by Metope, or of Ares by Aegiua or Parnassa.
www.theoi.com /Nymphe/NympheSinope.html   (481 words)

  
 Diogenes of Sinope [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
The most illustrious of the Cynic philosophers, Diogenes of Sinope serves as the template for the Cynic sage in antiquity.
Though originally from Sinope, the majority of the stories comprising his philosophical biography occur in Athens, and some of the most celebrated of these place Alexander the Great or Plato as his foil.
He was a citizen of Sinope who either fled or was exiled because of a problem involving the defacing of currency.
www.utm.edu /research/iep/d/diogsino.htm   (1683 words)

  
 Sinope
Sinope sits on the south shore of the Black Sea, almost exactly in the center of it and at the northernmost point of the south shoreline.
It goes on to say that Mithradates VI was born there, that Julius Caesar (102 B.C.-44 B.C.) tried to set up a Roman colony there but that by this time Sinope was already declining with the diversion of traffic to Ephesus (the port for Rome).
It appears that Sinope was the gateway to the Greek Empire but not to the Roman Empire.
www.gnosis.org /library/marcion/Sinope.htm   (1287 words)

  
 The Battle of Sinope
On the morning of 30 November the Russian squadron put in at Sinope, and demanded that Osman hoist the white flag.
Sinope was memorable as the most spectacular success in the history of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
Sinope was the last time they did so.
www.victorianweb.org /victorian/history/crimea/sinope.html   (264 words)

  
 DIOGENES OF SINOPE
Since there is no authenticated historical documentation about him I will relate some of the tradition about his life more from the point of view of intrinsic interest than from concern for historical accuracy.
Diogenes was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea.
His father was responsible for the minting of coins and when Diogenes took to adulterating the coins with base metals he was banished from the city.
www.benbest.com /philo/diogenes.html   (1052 words)

  
 Sinope Summarizer - English Homepage
The Sinope Summarizer uses advanced language technologies to determine what the text is about and which information elements are important.
Sinope Summarizer Personal Edition is very simple to use.
While this problem is relatively harmless and will not affect the proper functioning of Sinope Summarizer, you can resolve this issue by disabling the Sinope Toolbar (by deselecting the Radio bar!) followed by uninstalling and reinstalling the Sinope Summarizer.
www.sinope.info /en/Online_help_trial   (891 words)

  
 Sinope Summarizer PE Trial 1.2 - Free Download. Sinope Summarizer PE Trial summarizes webpages while browsing the ...
Sinope Summarizer PE Trial 1.2 - Free Download.
Sinope Summarizer PE Trial summarizes webpages while browsing the internet.
Sinope Summarizer PE Trial, sinope, summarizer, text, summarise, browser, news, knowledge management
www.gold-software.com /download126.html   (169 words)

  
 Sinope Siamese
I fell for her and asked if she had a home, No was the reply; So I asked if I could have her.
She was the mother of Gr Ch Sinope Super Nova 24b who is pictured above, and Grandmother of Gr Ch Sinope Athene the first female chocolate Gr Ch in Britain, who was owned by Ross Mort-Williams.
Also the mother of Sinope Pegasus 24 who is with Maureen Hand.
sinope.sulmare.info   (344 words)

  
 Diogenes of Sinope
Diogenes of Sinope (c.412-c.323): Greek sculptor, co-founder of the Cynical school.
Diogenes of Sinope was a student of Antisthenes.
Both men are called the founder of the school that is known as Cynicism.
www.livius.org /di-dn/diogenes/diogenes_of_sinope.html   (192 words)

  
 sinope’s Music Profile – Users at Last.fm
Type in some bands or artists you like, separated by commas.
Want to know how similar your music taste is to sinope’s?
It’s easy, create your own musical profile and share your taste with your friends.
www.last.fm /user/sinope   (111 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.