Showing posts with label europe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label europe. Show all posts

Sunday, March 09, 2008

Random Wiki Sunday-Stheneboea

I can hardly pronouce this one, let alone know it was a word to begin with, but Stheneboea is the cattle queen of greek mythology. I get the strange feeling that being the cattle queen was not the strongest queen in the hierarchy.

Stheneboea or Stheneboia (the "strong cow" or "strong through cattle") was the daughter of Iobates, king in Lycia,[1] and consort of Proetus, joint-king in the Argolid with Acrisius, having his seat at Tiryns; she took a fancy to Bellerophon but was repulsed. As in the myth of Potiphar's wife, she testified falsely against Bellerophon, accusing him of advances and even attempted rape to her husband, who sent him on a deadly mission to Iobates. Bellerophon later returned to Tiryns and punished Stheneboea.


Unfortunately I can not locate a picture of Stheneboea, so I guess that means she did not have the face of a cow, that would have certainly been a sight that needed to saved for history.

Sunday, March 02, 2008

Random Wiki Sunday-MV St Catherine

Just by hitting the random button on Wikipedia, you can learn something new and different. To be honest, I have never heard of St Catherine, let alone the MV St Catherine, but I would guess that is the whole idea about learning something new.

The MV St Catherine is a car passenger ferry that runs in England from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wright. It has been in service since 1983 and holds up to 148 cars and 772 passengers.