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The Cretan owl (Athene cretensis) is an extinct species of owl from the Pleistocene of the island of Crete, in the eastern Mediterranean. It was first...2 KB (214 words) - 18:18, 6 March 2024
History of Crete (redirect from Cretan history)the Cretan otter (Lutrogale (Isolalutra) cretensis), and the Cretan shrew (Crocidura zimmermanni), as well as the large terrestrial Cretan owl (Athene...42 KB (5,481 words) - 17:09, 16 July 2024
Athene (bird) (redirect from Athene (owl))Indies)—sometimes placed in Speotyto Cretan owl (Athene cretensis) (prehistoric; Crete, Mediterranean) The Cretan owl was a flightless or near-flightless...8 KB (594 words) - 23:17, 12 May 2024- heavily predated upon by the extinct endemic Cretan owl, as evidenced by the abundance of its remains found in owl pellets. It inhabited the island alongside...4 KB (455 words) - 02:46, 23 June 2024
species are examples of insular dwarfism. The Cretan owl (Athene cretensis), a giant flightless owl, and the Cretan otter (Lutrogale cretensis) also went extinct...8 KB (817 words) - 09:00, 30 March 2024
Flightless bird (section Strigiformes (owls))Cuban giant owl, Ornimegalonyx spp. † (possibly flightless) Cretan owl, Athene cretensis † (possibly flightless) Andros Island barn owl, Tyto pollens...38 KB (3,850 words) - 20:12, 17 June 2024
Island gigantism (section Owls)Zealand, some or all apex predators were birds like eagles, falcons and owls, including some of the largest known examples of these groups. However, birds...63 KB (3,001 words) - 03:05, 19 August 2024
Various European crane spp. (Genus Grus) Grus primigenia Grus melitensis Cretan owl (Athene cretensis) Primates Homo Denisovans (Homo sp.) Neanderthals (Homo...202 KB (19,706 words) - 03:39, 5 August 2024- Aegolius (mythology) (category Cretan characters in Greek mythology)romanized: Aigо̄liós) is a Cretan man who attempted to steal from Zeus, the king of gods, and was punished for it. He was transformed into an owl. The Cretan Aegolius and...3 KB (247 words) - 23:18, 2 May 2024
America) Extinct species of extant genera Cuban horned owl, Bubo osvaldoi (Cuba, West Indies) Cretan owl, Athene cretensis (Crete, Mediterranean) New Caledonia...62 KB (6,157 words) - 19:02, 27 July 2024
Minos (category Cretan characters in Greek mythology)Zeus in the legislation he gave to the island. He was the author of the Cretan constitution and the founder of its naval supremacy. On the Athenian stage...21 KB (2,609 words) - 03:33, 18 August 2024
Dakos (category Cretan cuisine)(Greek: ντάκος), also known as koukouvagia or koukouvayia (κουκουβάγια, "owl") (from koulouki + psomi, pup + bread, allegedly the bread given to puppies)...2 KB (120 words) - 12:34, 25 June 2024
Caligo idomeneus (redirect from Idomeneus giant owl)southern Brazil. The butterfly is named for Idomeneus, the leader of the Cretan army during the Trojan War. The wingspan is about 110–140 millimetres (4...2 KB (97 words) - 02:23, 6 April 2024
Glaucus (son of Minos) (category Cretan characters in Greek mythology)Glaukos means "greyish blue" or "bluish green" and "glimmering") was a Cretan prince as the son of King Minos. Glaucus' mother was Queen Pasiphaë, daughter...5 KB (523 words) - 09:15, 9 August 2024
after the Battle of Crete. The three join an expedition to liberate some Cretan fishermen from a Metaxas-era prison on the eastern end of the island. The...18 KB (1,789 words) - 06:36, 22 May 2024- (Άττις), vegetation god and consort of Cybele Britomartis (Βριτόμαρτις), Cretan goddess of hunting and nets used for fishing, fowling and the hunting of...90 KB (8,160 words) - 12:39, 28 June 2024
- In Ancient Crete, tradition told of Talos, a giant man of bronze. When Cretan mythology was appropriated by the Greeks, they imagined him more like the...6 KB (670 words) - 14:06, 11 August 2024
religious practices, especially the mysteries, were transferred from a Cretan priesthood to Eleusis, where Demeter brought the poppy from Crete. Besides...103 KB (10,985 words) - 11:25, 17 August 2024
succeeded the Cretan school as the leading school of Greek post-Byzantine painting after Crete fell to the Ottomans in 1669. Like the Cretan school it combined...75 KB (9,177 words) - 08:06, 17 August 2024
- which the Platonists have expended so much commentary—the history of the Cretan Bacchus, or Zagreus. This extraordinary tale will be found at p. 280 of
- creed. Stanza 86. That Pasiphaë promoted breeding cattle, To make the Cretans bloodier in battle. For we all know that English people are Fed upon beef—I
- Robert Easton, bass, “The Midnight Review” (Glinka), "Song of Hybrias the Cretan” (Elliott). Johann Strauss and Symphony Orchestra, “The Gipsy Baron” (Strauss)