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And so it was that he left hearth and sinistral home; lord idiot father and princess thief mother, with no word, and so also Pandia, daughter of Hippodamia, that white-fire striking heated beauty, sat all unknowing like a dwarf in the sand, or a hippo/horse with five hearts and a dung heap for a pillow, of her lover's fate.
The Sea at Sea (or Why is There a Question Instead of Not a Question) 2010
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If I am not mistaken, this was a convergent lady beetle Hippodamia convergens larva.
An ugly lady on the sidewalk AYDIN 2007
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For example, in the Common Insects of North America (1972), Swan & Papp wrote this about the convergent lady beetle (Hippodamia convergens):
Ladybugs galore AYDIN 2007
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If I am not mistaken, this was a convergent lady beetle Hippodamia convergens larva.
Archive 2007-06-01 AYDIN 2007
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For example, in the Common Insects of North America (1972), Swan & Papp wrote this about the convergent lady beetle (Hippodamia convergens):
Archive 2007-12-01 AYDIN 2007
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Pittheus were brother and sister, children of Hippodamia and
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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[48] Cilla, a town of Troas near Thebe, so called from Cillus, a sister of Hippodamia, slain by OEnomaus.
The Iliad of Homer 2003
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Typical scenario: While celebrating the marriage of Pirithous and Hippodamia, one of the centaurs had too much wine and, with jovial orgiastic enthusiasm, attempted to violate the bride.
HerScopes Charlene Lichtenstein 2000
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Typical scenario: While celebrating the marriage of Pirithous and Hippodamia, one of the centaurs had too much wine and, with jovial orgiastic enthusiasm, attempted to violate the bride.
HerScopes Charlene Lichtenstein 2000
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Typical scenario: While celebrating the marriage of Pirithous and Hippodamia, one of the centaurs had too much wine and, with jovial orgiastic enthusiasm, attempted to violate the bride.
HerScopes Charlene Lichtenstein 2000
ruzuzu commented on the word Hippodamia
Mother of Anthus and Acanthis, wife of Autonous. Was transformed into a lark after the death of her son. (From this Wikipedia article, not this one which says they were turned into talking wild pigs.)
December 22, 2009