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    Marpessa Dawn (January 3, 1934 – August 25, 2008), also known as Gypsy Marpessa Dawn Menor, was an American-French actress, as well as a singer and dancer...
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  • In Greek mythology, Marpessa /ˌmɑːrˈpɛsə/ (Ancient Greek: Μάρπησσα, romanized: Márpēssa, "the robbed one" or "snatcher" or "gobbler") may refer to the...
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  • Marpessa Hennink (born 12 July 1964) is a Dutch fashion model. She is best known for her work as a runway model, which earned her the moniker “The Catwalk...
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    In Greek mythology, Marpessa /ˌmɑːrˈpɛsə/ (Ancient Greek: Μάρπησσα, romanized: Márpēssa, "the robbed one"[citation needed]) was an Aetolian princess and...
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  • romantic tragedy film directed by French filmmaker Marcel Camus and starring Marpessa Dawn and Breno Mello. It is based on the play Orfeu da Conceição by Vinicius...
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  • Marpessa (Ancient Greek: Μάρπησσα) was a town of ancient Greece on the island of Paros. Although it was likely associated with Mount Marpessa, its site...
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  • Pseudepimolis marpessa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1906. It is found in Peru. Savela, Markku (August 19, 2016)...
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    Thyene imperialis is a jumping spider species in the genus Thyene. The spider is widely distributed in Southern Europe, North and East Africa, across the...
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    Laocoosa. By Marpessa, Idas had one daughter named Cleopatra Alcyone who married Meleager. When Idas came from Messenia to ask for the hand of Marpessa, daughter...
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  • USS Marpessa (SP-787) was a 50 foot (15.24 m) "express yacht" that became a United States Navy section patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 retaining...
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    spring/summer 2019 advertisement campaign with Carla Bruni, Eva Herzigová and Marpessa Hennink. Christensen is signed to ZZO Management in Paris, D Management...
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  • Eupithecia marpessa is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Ecuador. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eupithecia marpessa. Wikispecies...
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  • photography in the late 1980s. His first work, in 1987, was to photograph Marpessa Hennink for Dolce & Gabbana's advertising campaign for their Fall/Winter...
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    victory and laurel wreaths were given to the victors of the Pythian games. Marpessa was kidnapped by Idas but was loved by Apollo as well. Zeus made her choose...
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    from a heart attack. His Black Orpheus co-star, American-born actress Marpessa Dawn, died 42 days later of a heart attack, in Paris, France. She was 74...
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  • primarily in television. Camus married one of the stars of Orfeu Negro, Marpessa Dawn, but they divorced shortly thereafter. He then married another actress...
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  • from an invasion led by the Spartan king Charilaus. The women were led by Marpessa and, after arming themselves, defeated the Spartans following an ambush...
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    Australina, and Pilea. Recognised subspecies: N. s. saclava – Madagascar N. s. marpessa Hopffer, 1855 – small spotted sailer, native to southern Nigeria, Cameroon...
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    in Sicily by photographer Ferdinando Scianna and featured Dutch model Marpessa Hennink in black and white pictures reminiscent of Italian cinema from...
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  • Κλεοπάτρη Ἀλκυόνη, romanized: Kleopátrē Alkuónē) was the daughter of Idas and Marpessa and the wife of Meleager. When the war between the Calydonians and the...
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  • Evenus of Aetolia, the son of Ares and Sterope, by whom she bore a daughter Marpessa. Alcippe, Mysian daughter of Poseidon and sister of Astraeus. She was mistakenly...
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  • E. Kyes (DD-787), a U.S. Navy Cold War era Gearing class destroyer USS Marpessa (SP-787), a WW1 U.S. Navy patrol yacht USS Washington (SSN-787), a Virginia...
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  • Christine Bergström, the French model Laurence Treil, the Dutch model Marpessa Hennink, Jillian King, Fabrice Langlade, Olivier Poivre and Richard Teophile...
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  • actress Liz Dawn Sylvia Butterfield 1939-2017 English actress Marpessa Dawn Gypsy Marpessa Dawn Menor 1934-2008 American-French actress Richard Dawson Colin...
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    Hyperochus. Sterope was also credited to be the mother of Evenus (father of Marpessa) by the said Olympian god. USS Sterope (AK-96) was a United States Navy...
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    probably the sister of Leucippus and Alcippe, wife of Evenus and mother of Marpessa. Hippodamia married Pelops, son of King Tantalus of Lydia, and their children...
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    Parthenopeus by Atalanta but he married Cleopatra, daughter of Idas and Marpessa. They had a daughter, Polydora, who became the bride of Protesilaus, who...
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    1859) Icius dissimilis (C. L. Koch, 1846) Icius maritus (Karsch, 1879) Marpessa nigrolimbata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) Marpissa balteata C. L. Koch...
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    judgment. Marpessa, with an expression of compunction and shame, is throwing herself into the arms of her husband. Idas, who tenderly loved Marpessa, is eagerly...
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  • genus. Egregia laprincesse (Constant, 2014), found in Sumatra. Egregia marpessa (Chew Kea Foo, Porion & Audibert, 2010). Egregia palawanica (Porion & Audibert...
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