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- proper noun Greek mythology The sister-consort of
Aether . The personification and elementalgoddess of theday . She is thedaughter of eitherErebus andNyx ,Chronos and Ananke, or ofChaos . Hemera is one of theGreek primordial deities , the first-bornelementals , (like Aether (upper air)).
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The Hemera is the third model in the PGO's line-up which includes the
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Gulliver’s Travels Movie Novelization Sarah Willson 2010
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Uranus was also supposed to have been united to Nyx, but only in his capacity as god of light, he being considered the source and fountain of all light, and their children were Eos (Aurora), the Dawn, and Hemera, the
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens
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Strangely enough, the children of this gloomy pair were Aether and Hemera, who stood for Light and Day, and they felt that if they were to become rulers, they wanted a more cheerful realm than Chaos seemed to be.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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Uranus married Gaea, and before long these two took the power from Aether and Hemera and reigned in their stead.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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She became united to Erebus, and their children were Aether and Hemera (Air and Daylight), evidently a simile of the poets, to indicate that darkness always precedes light.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens
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Hemera_ -- 'three hundred and fifty thousand drachmas.'
Lord Kilgobbin Charles James Lever 1839
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They inserted Hemera from Arabidopsis plants into yeast that lacked RAD23, and found that it partially took over RAD23's job, Chen said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Hemera also tended to be found near the nuclear bodies, suggesting that the nuclear bodies were the site of PIF destruction.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Without Hemera, "a plant is blind to light and the chloroplasts can't develop,"
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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