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Where an armless Venus was found in 1820
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MELOS ( Mars Exploration of Life-Organism Search ) is a Japanese rover mission concept under study for an engineering demonstration of precision landing, and to look for possible biosignatures on Mars using a rover.
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Their bases are few, having only two planets, Melos and Illyria, neither of them as well defended as was Cadmus.
Lame Deer, and Marius walked abreast along one of the sidewalks of Melos, which was the name of the principle market city, as well as that of the planet itself.
Miles had expected a noisy, raucous spacer-town, but Melos was nearly silent, and rather picturesque in the cool evening.
Cimmerian Fleet to a banquet, to be held at my Melos villa this evening.
Ludmilla had, reluctantly, left behind the swashbuckling lady-pirate outfit she had worn on Melos and was now dressed in a demure belted gown, with all weapons tucked out of sight.
On Melos, he told me why he had chosen to follow you into the church service.
He was the young, handsome officer she had seen on Melos, the one who had been so objectionably familiar with her thigh.
In the room which he had rented in the city of Melos, he continued the task.
More mystery was awaiting me on the landing at Paphos harbour in the form of the jovial Mr Melos who stood on the wharf in his best blue suit, holding a card with my last name written on it.
Our greeter introduced himself and I understood at once why I had sweated and strained through the summer to learn the language: Mr Melos spoke no English.
The reason for my adventure remained obscure, and I had begun to wonder whether I ought to say something about it, when Mr Melos appeared as we were having breakfast one morning.
The statues, by a variety of hands in a variety of styles, had one element in common: their subjects were not ordinary humans and aliens and animals but idealized creatures like Michelangelos David or the Venus of Melos, as if Timshel City and its inhabitants were reaching for the perfection inherent in every being.
David or the Venus of Melos, as if Timshel City and its inhabitants were reaching for the perfection inherent in every being.
We arrived near dusk and Melos took us to our cottage, and introduced us to our housekeeper - a sister of his named Helena, a small, plump woman of mature years who chattered like a mynah bird whether anyone was listening or not.