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In Greek mythology, Meriones was the charioteer, the half-nephew, Molus (was his father) and brother-in-arms of Idomeneus during the Trojan War. Like Teucer, he was a famous archer. Greek mythology comprises the collected legends of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... For the torpedo-shaped underwater vehicle ridden by two frogmen, sometimes referred to as a chariot, see Human torpedo. ... In Greek mythology, Idomeneus was a Cretan warrior, grandson of Minos. ... The Trojan War was a war waged, according to legend, against the city of Troy in Asia Minor by the armies of the Acheans, following the kidnapping (or elopement) of Helen of Sparta by Paris of Troy. ... Two figures in Greek mythology had the name Teucer: The son of Hesione and Telamon, Teucer fought with his half-brother, Ajax the great, in the Trojan War and is the legendary founder of the city Salamis on Cyprus. ...


Ovid XIII, 358. Engraved frontispiece of George Sandyss 1632 London edition of Publius Ovidus Naso, (Sulmona, March 20, 43 BC â€“ Tomis, now Constanta AD 17) Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid, wrote on topics of love, abandoned women, and mythological transformations. ...


Meriones is also the name of a genus of jirds, including the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), which is the most frequent gerbil species in pet stores in the United States. See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... A gerbil is a small mammal of the order Rodentia. ... A gerbil is a small mammal of the order Rodentia. ...


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Meriones: the jird fanlisting: Sundevall's Jirds The Sundevall’s Jird (Meriones crassus) is known by many other names including the Jerusalem Jird, the Silky Jird, and the Gentle Jird.
Rodentia - Hlodavci: Cheesman and Hinton, 1924 - pískomil arabský - Arabian Jird Meriones chengi Wang, 1964 - pískomil turfanský - Cheng's Jird Meriones crassus Sundevall, 1842...
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