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S.C.Y.T.H.E. (DC Comics)
S.C.Y.T.H.E. was a fictional terrorist organization which appeared in DC Comics. Their first and only appearances were in Wonder Woman # 244-245. The group was created by Jack C. Harris and Jose Delbo. History S.C.Y.T.H.E. was an anti-government terrorist organization from a European country call..
Scyene, Dallas, Texas
Scyene was a small town in East Central Dallas County, Texas (USA), 10 miles east-southeast of downtown Dallas. It is now a neighborhood in East Dallas, just west of Mesquite and I-635. The town lied approximately within North Masters Drive on the east, Military Parkway on the north, North Prairie C..
Scylax of Caryanda
Scylax Of Caryanda, ancient Greek explorer from Caria. He lived in 6th century BC. In about 515 BC Scylax was sent by the Persian king Darius I of Persia to explore the course of the Indus River. Scylax and his companions sailed down the river to the east and the rising of the sun, till they reach..
Scyld
In Beowulf, Scyld Scefing is a Danish king, progenitor of the legendary Danish royal lineage known as the Scyldings. He is the counterpart of the Skioldus or Skjöldr of Danish and Icelandic sources. In the opening lines of Beowulf, Scyld is called Scyld Scefing, which might mean Scyld descendant o..
Scylding
Old English Scylding (plural Scyldingas) and Old Norse Skjöldung (plural Skjöldungar), meaning in both languages Shielding, refers to members of a legendary royal family of Danes and sometimes to their people. The name is explained in many text by the descent of this family from an eponymous kin..
Scyld (Linux distribution)
Scyld Beowulf is a Linux distribution developed by Scyld Software. It is specifically designed to be deployed to a Beowulf cluster. The distribution is based off of Red Hat. See also Beowulf (computing)LinuxDonald Becker ..
Scyliorhinus
Scylorhinus is a genus of catsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae. The small-spotted catshark S. canicula and nursehound S. stellaris are common in European waters, and eaten both fresh and salted. Species Polkadot catshark, Scyliorhinus besnardi - Southwest Atlantic, up to 47 cmBoa catshark, Scy..
Scylla
In Greek mythology, Scylla, or Skylla (Greek Σκύλλα) was a name shared by two characters, a female sea monster and a princess. Sextus Pompeius denarius, depicting the Pharus of Messina and Scylla. Scylla is one of the two sea monsters in Greek mythology (the other being Charybdis) wh..
Scylla (disambiguation)
Scylla may refer to: Scylla, a monster from Greek mythologyScylla (princess), a princess from Greek mythology, unrelated to the monsterScylla (Roman), a contemporary of MessalinaScylla (genus), a genus of crabs, including the mangrove crab Scylla serrata155 Scylla, an asteroidCape Skylla, a cape in ..
Scylla (princess)
Scylla is a princess in Greek mythology. She is mentioned by Ovid. In Greek mythology, Nisus was King of Megara, and he was invincible as long as a lock of red hair still existed, hidden in his white hair. Minos, King of Crete attacked Megara but Nisus knew he could not be beaten because he still h..
Scylla and Charybdis
Scylla and Charybdis are two sea monsters of Greek mythology situated on opposite sides of a narrow channel of water, so close that sailors attempting to avoid Charybdis will pass too close to Scylla and vice versa. The phrase "between Scylla and Charybdis" has come to mean being in a state where on..
Scylla paramamosain
Scylla paramamosain is a mud crab commonly consumed in Taiwan. ..
Scylla serrata
Scylla serrata (often called mud crab or mangrove crab, although both terms are highly ambiguous, as well as black crab) is an economically important crab species found in the estuaries and mangroves of Africa, Australia and Asia. In their most common form, the shell colour varies from a deep, mot..
Scymnus
Scymnus of Chios (fl. c. 185 BC) was a Greek geographer. He was said to have been the author of a periegesis in prose. An anonymous verse periegesis first published at Augsburg in 1600, originally ascribed to Marcianus of Heraclea, was long thought to be the lost work of Scymnus, but this was shown..
Scytale
This article is about the encryption device; for the Dune character, see Scytale (Dune). In cryptography, a scytale (also transliterated as skytale, Greek σκυτάλη, a baton) is a tool used to perform a transposition cipher, consisting of a cylinder with a strip of..
Scytale (Dune)
Scytale is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. He is a face dancer of the Tleilaxu. In the novel Dune Messiah, Scytale participates in the conspiracy to topple the rule of Paul Atreides. He later returns as a ghola in Heretics of Dune and again as a Tleilaxu M..
Scythe
Using a scythe A scythe (IPA /sαɪð/, most likely from Old English siðe, sigði) is an agricultural hand tool for mowing and reaping grass or crops. It consists of a long (about 170 cm) wooden shaft called a snath (modern versions are sometimes made from metal and/or plastic) with a perpend..
Scythed chariot
The scythed chariot was a modified war chariot invented by the King of Magadha, Ajatshatru in c.475 B.C. He used this chariots against the licchavis. A scythed chariot was simply a war chariot with a blade(s) mounted on both ends of the axle. The blades extended horizontally for a meter on the si..
Scyther
is a fictional species of Pokémon in the Pokémon anime, manga, and video games. It is one of the original 150 species. It evolves into Scizor. Scyther comes from the word scythe, which refers to the scythe-like blades of its arms. "Scyther" thus sounds like "one who uses a scythe." Its Engli..
Scythia
Scythia comprised an area in Eurasia whose location and extent varied over time. Scythians variously inhabited: the Caucasus area, including Azerbaijan, GeorgiaCentral Asian steppes: Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistanthe Altay Mountains region where present-day Mongolia, China, Ru..
Scythianus
Scythianus Also variously written Scutianus, Excutianus, or Stutianus in the Codex Reg. Alex. Vat. #redirect [[Template:Fact]] was an Alexandrian religious teacher who visited India around 50 CE. He is mentioned by several Christian writers of the 3rd and 4th centuries CE, including Cyril of Jerusal..
Scythian art
By far the greatest collection of Scythian gold is preserved at the Hermitage Museum. It includes one of the most famous of all Scythian finds: the golden comb, featuring a battle scene, from the 4th century Solokha royal burial mound. Scythian art is art, primarily decorative objects, such as..
Scythian languages
Scythian and Sarmatian are the names of the East Iranian dialects spoken by the Scythian/Sarmatian tribes of the nomadic cattlebreeders in Southern Russia between 8th century BC and 5th century AD. Sometimes, the Scythian and Sarmatian languages are combined into one name: Scytho-Sarmatian language..
Scythian monks
The Scythian Monks is the name given to a community of monks from the region around the mouth of the Danube, who between the fourth and the sixth century played an influencial role in the Christian life of the time, and by their works they had shaped the modern Christian dogma and calendar. The name..
Scythian Neapolis
Scythian Neapolis was a settlement that existed from the end of the 3rd century BCE until the second half of the 3rd century CE. The archeological ruins sit on the outskirts of the present-day Simferopol. This city was the center of the Crimean Scythian tribes. The city ruled over a small kingdom, c..
Scythia Minor
Major ancient towns and colonies in Scythia Minor Scythia Minor, "Lesser Scythia" (Greek: Μικρά Σκυθία, Mikrá Scythia) was in ancient times the region surrounded by the Danube at the north and west and the Black Sea at the east, corresponding to today's Dobruja, with a large part ..
Scytho-Iranian theory
In the pre-1700’s, the Scythians were known from the works of the ancient writers, principally Herodotus. At that time, the accepted wisdom was that the Herodotus’ Scythians were the precursors of Türks, with the Türks branching into Slavic, Mongol, Finnish, Baltic, Ugrian, and unspecified oth..
Scytodes thoracica
Scytodes thoracica is a spitting spider. In Northern Europe is can only be found in houses. Appearance The carapace is unusual in sloping upwards towards its rear end, whereas the abdomen slopes downwards. It has six eyes. Distribution This spider occurs in the Holarctic, an on Islands in the Pa..
Scytosiphon lomentaria
Scytosiphon lomentaria is a littoral brown seaweed with an irregularly lobed many filamentous form. It is a member of the Phaeophyta in the order Dictyosiphonales and grows attached to shells and stones in rock-pools and in near-shore waters. The attachment to the substrate is by a small disc shap..
SC Young Fellows Juventus
SC Young Fellows Juventus is a professional Swiss football club based in Zürich. It was established in 1992 following a merger between Young Fellows Zürich (established 1903) and Società Calcistica Italiana Juventus Zurigo (established 1922). The club currently play in the Challenge League - th..
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