ouranos in a sentence
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- In 1000 1001, Ouranos quelled an uprising by two Syrian Bedouin tribes, the " Noumeritai " and the " Ataphitai ".
- Uranus is the only planet whose name is derived from a figure from Greek mythology, from the Latinised version of the Greek god of the sky Ouranos.
- On his way back he met a Byzantine army on the opposite side of the Spercheios river, led by the Domestic of the West, Nikephoros Ouranos.
- Titania has two of the largest conference centers in central Athens, the " Europa " and " Ouranos ", hosting numerous congresses and conventions every year.
- Ouranos ( or Uranus ), the first ruler of the universe, and his wife Ge give birth to the first Cyclopes : Arges, Steropes and Brontes.
- Very little is known of Ouranos's origin, his early years or his family, and the chronicles represent him very much as a " askrtis"
- Later the same year, Gurgen attempted to take David Kuropalates succession by force, but the Byzantine commander Nikephoros Ouranos, dux of Antioch, made him retreat.
- Nikephoros Ouranos himself first enters history in the early 980s, during negotiations between Byzantium and the Emir of Baghdad for the return of the renegade rebel general Bardas Skleros.
- In 969, the city was recovered for the themes and was the most important officer on the Empire's eastern border, held by such men as Nikephoros Ouranos.
- The terms of the battle were stated : whichever of them fell into Ogenos would be the defeated, while those who thrust them out and defeated them would possess Ouranos.