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(Encyclopedia) Barkley, Charles Wade 1963–, American basketball player, b. Leeds, Ala. After starring at Auburn Univ., he joined the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1984. Shorter...

(Encyclopedia) Mesa māˈsə [key], city (1990 pop. 288,091), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., in the irrigated Salt River valley; inc. 1883. Electronic components, fabricated metals, aircraft, and machine tools are a...

(Encyclopedia) peri pērˈē [key], in Persian mythology, supernatural being. Peris were said to be fallen angels who were denied paradise until they did penance. Originally agents of evil, in later mythology they w...

(Encyclopedia) Hel hĕl [key], in Norse mythology, the underworld (sometimes called Niflheim) and the goddess who ruled there. In early Germanic mythology, Hel was the goddess who ruled the majestic abode for the de...

(Encyclopedia) Selene səlēˈnē [key], in Greek mythology and mythology, moon goddess; daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia and sister of the sun god Helios. There was no known moon cult among the Greeks, but...

(Encyclopedia) Echidna: see Typhon.

(Encyclopedia) Calliope kəlīˈəpē [key]: see Muses; Orpheus. ...

(Encyclopedia) Icarus: see Daedalus.

(Encyclopedia) Ion: see Creusa (1.)

(Encyclopedia) Argonauts: see Jason; Argo; Golden Fleece. ...