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goddess of the Moon,
alluding to her
astral course. A
figure so
framed is a
velificans (plural velificantes). Not all
deities are portra**** as velificantes,...
- 1789 Species-level
synonyms Arethusa caravell Oken, 1815
Holothuria velificans Osbeck, 1765
Medusa utriculus Gmelin, 1788
Physalia australis Péron, 1807...
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Neptune God of the Sea
Member of the Dii
Consentes A
velificans of
Neptune in his seahorse-drawn
triumphal chariot from the mid-3rd
century AD - Sousse...
- 16th-century) The
Triumph of
Neptune by
Nicolas Poussin,
showing Amphitrite velificans (1634)
Triumph of
Poseidon and
Amphitrite showing the
couple in procession...
- A Venus-Aphrodite
velificans holding an infant,
probably Aeneas, as
Anchises and Luna-Selene look on (Roman-era
relief from Aphrodisias)...
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devoted exclusively to
biographies of
women in
Western literature.
Europa velificans, "her
fluttering tunic… in the breeze" (mosaic,
Zeugma Mosaic Museum)...
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French Empire mantel clock (1822)
depicting the
nereid Galatea velificans...
- Roman-era
bronze statuette of
Selene velificans or Nyx (Night) (Getty Villa)....
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Europa velificans, "her
fluttering tunic… in the breeze" (mosaic,
Zeugma Mosaic Museum)...
-
Pompeian fresco;
Iapyx removing an
arrowhead from Aeneas' thigh,
watched by
Venus Velificans (veiled)...
