Crossword clues for pythia
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"priestess of Apollo at Delphi," 1842, from Greek pythia (hiereia) "(Priestess) of Pythian Apollo, from a variant form of Pythios, an epithet of Apollo, from Pytho, older name of the region of Delphi (see python).
Wikipedia
PYTHIA is a computer simulation program for particle collisions at very high energies (see event (particle physics)) in particle accelerators.
Pythia refers to:
- Pythia, an ancient Greek priestess at the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi
Also see
- Pythia Island, Antarctica
In science:
- 432 Pythia, a main belt asteroid named after the Greek priestess
- PYTHIA, a particle physics event generator
- Pythia (gastropod), a genus of gastropods in the family Ellobiidae
In fiction:
- Pythia (Battlestar Galactica), a fictional character from the new Battlestar Galactica
- Pythia of Gallifrey, a fictional character from the British TV series Doctor Who
In music:
- Pythia (band), a British symphonic metal band
Pythia is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.
Pythia is a largely terrestrial genus commonly found in the Indo-Pacific. It lives in mangroves from above high tide to further inland. It is readily differentiated within the family by its dorso-ventrally flattened shell and heavily dentate aperture. Plate gave the first account of Pythia scarabaeus in 1897.
Pythia is the type genus of the subfamily Pythiinae.
Pythia is a British symphonic metal band founded in London by Mediæval Bæbes member Emily Ovenden.
The band formed in 2007 and released their first album, Beneath the Veiled Embrace, in 2009 along with the single "Sarah (Bury Her)" from that album. In 2010 Pythia released a second single from the album, "Army Of The Damned".
In 2011, Pythia announced their second album called The Serpent's Curse and released the single "Betray My Heart". During October 2014, Pythia announced their third album would be released on 8 December 2014 and released one of the songs as a teaser for the new album.
In 2013, guitarist Tim Neale and keyboardist Richard Holland left the band to focus on their own projects. They were replaced by Oz Wright (from Motherload, ex-Headon) and Marcus Matusiak respectively.
In 2015, it was announced via the group's official Facebook page that Emily Alice Ovenden had left the band to focus on her new group Khronicles, and the band would continue with a new lead singer. Her replacement was named on the 6 October 2015 as Sophie Dorman.
Usage examples of "pythia".
Jewels Androclus and the Lion Horatius at the Bridge Julius Caesar The Sword of Damocles Damon and Pythias A Laconic Answer The Ungrateful Guest Alexander and Bucephalus Diogenes the Wise Man The Brave Three Hundred Socrates and his House The King and his Hawk Doctor Goldsmith The Kingdoms The Barmecide Feast The Endless Tale The Blind Men and the Elephant Maximilian and the Goose Boy The Inchcape Rock Whittington and his Cat Casabianca Antonio Canova Picciola Mignon CONCERNING THESE STORIES.
Panos, his lifework destroyed, would go back to Athens and his masonry work, and Dorian Belecamus, the failed Pythia, would return to Paris and her teaching.
He had puzzled over how he would draw her into the vapors to prove to her that she was truly Pythia.
Dorian Belecamus was Pythia, and the next time the vapors rose she would be drawn into the mist again and he would be there, her guide, her interpreter, and her voice to the world.
The spirit which inspired the Pythia of Viterbo took its measures to inform the world that if the Jesuits were forced to submit to being suppressed, they were not so weak as to forego a fearful vengeance.
Indy knew from his studies that the powerful priests who interpreted the babblings of Pythia were at the center of the Amphyctionic League, a coalition of Greek city-states, and were therefore well informed about important activities through the region.
If you say your father hated you as a kid, you can go out and flash the neighborhood, commit rape, or burn down the Knights of Pythias bingo parlor and still cop a plea.
We go to our great tin goddess, the modern Pythia, and let her spill out her oracles in dead numbers and decimal fractions!
Whenever it was possible he showed films free of charge at, for instance, a Knights of Pythias evening for underprivileged kids or any charity event in Ste.
The VFW and the Knights of Pythias wandered off, and the Masons never did show up.
He said 'us' as easily as if he had a wife, six kids, and a chapter of the Knights of Pythias waiting for him back home.
Both Kaminsky and Lerner belonged to the fraternal organization, the Knights of Pythias.
He said us as easily as if he had a wife, six kids, and a chapter of the Knights of Pythias waiting for him back home.