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  • The young animal might be called a Nauplius; but essentially there is nothing but a rough copy of a Nauplius-skin, almost like a new egg-membrane, within which the Mysis is developed.

    Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859

  • Why should I tell thee of our losses in the Aegean, or of the beacon Nauplius lighted on Euboea? or of my visits to Crete and the cities of Libya, or of the peaks of Perseus?

    Helen 2008

  • And after him Erginus and Nauplius and Euphemus started up, eager to steer.

    The Argonautica 2008

  • Next to him came a scion of the race of divine Danaus, Nauplius.

    The Argonautica 2008

  • Why should I tell thee of our losses in the Aegean, or of the beacon Nauplius lighted on Euboea? or of my visits to Crete and the cities of Libya, or of the peaks of Perseus?

    Helen 2008

  • He was the son of Clytonaeus son of Naubolus; Naubolus was son of Lernus; Lernus we know was the son of Proetus son of Nauplius; and once Amymone daughter of Danaus, wedded to Poseidon, bare Nauplius, who surpassed all men in naval skill.

    The Argonautica 2008

  • Peri Automatopoietikes, featured a five-act tragedy based on the legend of Nauplius; it was performed with the appropriate dramatis personae, scenery changes, sound effects, etc., all of it automatically controlled by a system of strings, reels, cogs, and levers attached to a motor consisting of a counterweight that de - scended slowly and uniformly.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas ARAM VARTANIAN 1968

  • Isidorus, the Cynic philosopher, said to him aloud, as he was passing along the streets, "You sing the misfortunes of Nauplius well, but behave badly yourself."

    De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

  • Aphrodite's "shell," according to him, is the _Nauplius_

    The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith

  • Next to him came a scion of the race of divine Danaus, Nauplius.

    The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

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