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    Cranae or Kranai (Greek: Κρανάη [kraˈnai]) (also Marathonisi) is an island off the coast of Gytheio (ancient Gythium) connected to the land by a causeway...
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  • In Greek mythology, Cranaë (Ancient Greek: Κρανάη) was an Athenian princess as daughter of King Cranaus and Pedias, the Lacedaemonian daughter of Mynes...
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    approximately 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of it. It is the site of ancient Cranae, a tiny island where, according to the myth, Paris and Helen spent their...
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  • and a patroness of digestion by Dumézil". In the Fasti of Ovid, the nymph Cranaë is raped by Janus, a god otherwise portrayed by the poet as avuncular and...
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  • autochthonous King Cranaus who reigned in Athens and bore him three daughters: Cranaë, Cranaechme, and Atthis. Apollodorus, 3.14.5 Apollodorus, The Library with...
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    here after the capture of Troy; but Strabo identifies it with the Homeric Cranae, to which Paris fled with Helen, and supposes that its name was hence changed...
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  • the autochthonous King Cranaus of Athens, who bore him three daughters: Cranaë, Cranaechme, and Atthis. Mynes, king of the city of Lyrnessus which was...
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  • supplies were for Zacharias Barbitsiotis. Grigorakis resisted in the castle of Cranae, which the Ottomans could not demolish, despite the 2,000 cannonballs thrown...
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  • Cranaus and Pedias, the Lacedaemonian daughter of Mynes. She is the sister of Cranae and Atthis. Smith, s.v. Cranaus; Apollodorus, 3.14.5 Apollodorus, The Library...
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    striges away from the newborn prince was subsequently performed by the nymph Cranae (or goddess Carna), who owned a wand of whitethorn (spina), given to her...
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  • and Pedias, the Lacedaemonian daughter of Mynes. She was the sister of Cranaë and Cranaechme. When Attis died a virgin, her father Cranaus named in her...
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    of Sparta), and Paris spent their first night together on the island of Cranae, off the coast of Gytheio. During the 12th century BC, the Dorians invaded...
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  • lighthouse, located just east of Craney Island, Virginia Carney (disambiguation) Cranae Crancey Cransley This page lists people with the surname Craney. If an internal...
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  • Spartan woman and daughter of Mynes, with whom he had three daughters: Cranaë, Cranaechme, and Atthis. Atthis gave her name to Attica after dying, possibly...
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    For his merits in the service of Venice, Theodore was granted the island Cranae, though he later ceded it to another family. In 1495, Theodore partook in...
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    Janus as well as the story of how Proca was defended from murderous owls by Cranae (101–195). The next large narrative is the discussion of iconography and...
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    whose name is unknown. In 1489, Theodore was granted the small island of Cranae by the Venetian government, but he soon ceded it to another family. In the...
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  • pale. The drapery is beautiful in design and painting. In Greek mythology, Cranaë, or Crenaia (Ancient Greek: Κρανάη, lit. 'stony'), was, together with her...
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  • Subfamily Hemiacridinae Dirsh, 1956 Tribe Cranaeini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 Cranae Stål, 1878 Cranaella Ramme, 1941 Craneopsis Willemse, 1933 Opiptacris Walker...
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    following: Authority: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 - Malesia to New Guinea Cranae (grasshopper) Stål, 1878 Cranaella Ramme, 1941 Craneopsis Willemse, 1933...
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