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Encyclopedia > Draco

Draco may refer to:


In science:

In history: Draco (IPA: , Latin: ) is a far northern constellation that is circumpolar for many northern hemisphere observers. ... The Draco Dwarf galaxy was discovered by Albert G. Wilson of Lowell Observatory in 1954. ... Draco is a genus of gliding agamid lizard from Southeast Asia. ...

In literature, film, and television: Look up Draconian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A draco was a Roman cavalry military standard borne by a draconarius. ...

  • Draco Malfoy, a character in the Harry Potter series of books
  • Draco, a dragon in the film Dragonheart
  • Draco, a warlord character in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess
  • Antares Draco, an Imperial Knight from Star Wars: Legacy

In games: Draco Malfoy (born 5 June 1980[1]) is an antagonist and anti-hero in J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter books and Harry Potters principal rival at Hogwarts where his enemies know him simply as Malfoy. ... Dragonheart was a 1996 film directed by Rob Cohen and starring Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Dina Meyer and the voice of Sean Connery. ... Xena. ...

In other contexts: Magic: The Gathering (colloq. ... Aria di Mezzo Carattere (translates to Air of Half Character when translated from Italian to English), or simply Aria ) in its original Japanese Language, is an aria from the opera The Dream Oath: Maria and Draco, written by veteran Final Fantasy game music composer Nobuo Uematsu for the Super Nintendo... Guild Wars is an episodic series of multiplayer online role-playing games created by ArenaNet, a Seattle game development studio and a subsidiary of the South Korean game publisher NCsoft. ...


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Draco - definition of Draco in Encyclopedia (111 words)
Draco was the first lawgiver of ancient Athens, Greece.
His laws, written in 621 BC when he was archon eponymous, were particularly harsh, as the death penalty was the punishment for even minor offenses.
Draco's code of laws was superseded by that of Solon in the early 6th century BC.
Draco (constellation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (738 words)
Draco (Latin for Dragon) is a far northern constellation that is circumpolar for many northern hemisphere observers.
There are several faint galaxies in Draco, one of which is the Lenticular Galaxy NGC 5866, sometimes considered to be Messier Object 102.
There are a number of myths behind the constellation Draco, due to its resemblance to a dragon [1].
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