In Greek myth, dragon's teeth (Greek: ὀδόντες (τοῦ) δράκοντος, odontes (tou) drakontos) feature prominently in the legends of the Phoenician prince Cadmus...
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Dragon's teeth are pyramidal anti-tank obstacles of reinforced concrete first used during the Second World War to impede the movement of tanks and mechanised...
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Dragon's teeth or dragon's tooth may refer to: Dragon's teeth (mythology), in Greek mythology; once planted, each tooth grew into an armed warrior. Dragon's...
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Dragon Teeth is a novel by Michael Crichton, the eighteenth under his own name and third to be published after his death, written in 1974 and published...
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The Dragon's Teeth (also published as The Virgin Heiresses) is a mystery novel published in 1939 featuring the popular fictional character Ellery Queen...
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episode of the sixth season. The episode name refers to the Greek legend of dragon's teeth, where the teeth of a slain dragon were sown into the battlefield...
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Dragon's Teeth is a 1942 novel by Upton Sinclair that won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1943. Set in the period 1929 to 1934, it covers the Nazi...
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Lotus maritimus (redirect from Dragon's Teeth (plant))
species of plant in the legume family, native to Europe, Africa and temperate Asia. It is one of several species known as dragon's teeth. Wikimedia Commons...
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1946) (20 parts) "The Mystery of the Dragon's Teeth" (March 1946) (10 parts) "The Story of the Century" (April 1946) (12 parts) "The Hate Mongers' Organization"...
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experts questioned the efficiency of the line. For Xavier Tytelman, a conflict observer and defence consultant, "The dragon's teeth should be partially...
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abilities for the powers of their new forms. James A. Hetley's contemporary fantasy books Dragon's Eye and Dragon's Teeth centers on the Morgan family...
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Siegfried Line (category Military installations of the Wehrmacht)
concrete "pillboxes", and "dragon's teeth" anti-tank obstacles were built as part of each construction phase, sometimes by the thousands. Frequently vertical...
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Long Ya Men (redirect from Long Ya Men / Dragon's Teeth Gate)
Berlayar) or Dragon's Teeth Gate, is the name Chinese explorer Wang Dayuan recorded for Batu Belayar, a craggy granite outcrop that formerly stood at the gateway...
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Cadmus (redirect from The order of the kadmos)
instructed by Athena to sow the dragon's teeth in the ground, from which there sprang a race of fierce armed men, called the Spartoi ("sown"). By throwing...
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Speed limit enforcement (redirect from Dragon's Teeth (traffic))
authorities, with the purpose to improve driver compliance with speed limits. Methods used include roadside speed traps set up and operated by the police and...
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rock or using his sword. Following the advice of Athena, Cadmus tore out the dragon's teeth and planted them in the earth. An army of giant warriors (known...
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at the Orscholz Switch Diverse visible remains of five rows of dragon's teeth west of Aachen Armoured walls at the Aachener Schneeberg and at the Aachen-Visé...
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Tanglewood Tales (redirect from The Tales of Tanglewood)
The book includes the myths of: Theseus and the Minotaur (Chapter: "The Minotaur") Antaeus and the Pygmies (Chapter: "The Pygmies") Dragon's Teeth (Chapter:...
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to fall asleep. Jason sowed the dragon's teeth into the ground, not Aeëtes. Jason defeated the "dragon's offspring" (the spartoi) by making them fight...
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Benjamin S. Kelsey (redirect from The Dragon's Teeth?)
Teeth?: The Creation of United States Air Power for World War II was published posthumously by the Smithsonian Institution in 1982. In The Dragon's Teeth...
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a reference to the Dragon's teeth of Greek mythology used by Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece. Meanwhile, the antagonist of the novel, known as...
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List of Greek mythological creatures (section Dragons)
mythical warriors who sprang up from the dragon's teeth. Telchines Troglodytae In addition to the famous deities, the ancient Greeks also worshiped a number...
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cones called "the Dragon's Teeth". There are moraines between 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) and 3,800 metres (12,500 ft) on the north west of the mountain. One...
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Argonauts (redirect from The argonauts)
yoke and plow, and to sow from a helmet the dragon's teeth; for he had got from Athena half of the dragon's teeth which Cadmus sowed in Thebes. These tribe...
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Tiresias (redirect from Tiresias the Blind Prophet)
Mrs Tiresias" which narrates the experience of Tiresias's wife after his transformation. Of a line born of the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus (Bibliotheke...
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GK80 (category Combat helmets of the People's Republic of China)
(14 July 2016). The Dragon's Teeth: The Chinese People's Liberation Army - Its History, Traditions, and Air Sea and Land Capability in the 21st Century....
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Echion (category Characters in the Argonautica)
or direction of winds. Echion, one of the surviving Spartoi, the "sown men" that sprang up from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus, and principally known...
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Long gu (redirect from Dragon bones)
these as dragon's bones. Robert Swinhoe described the use of dragon's teeth in 1870: Shanghai is a great center for [fossil trade]; and the raw article...
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Rifles: The Finest Weapons from Around the World. Globe Pequot Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-58574-835-8. Lai, Benjamin (14 July 2016). The Dragon's Teeth: The Chinese...
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Fight with Cudgels (category Paintings by Francisco Goya in the Museo del Prado)
the education of a prince. The allegory referred to the Greek myth of Cadmus and the dragon's teeth. By the instructions of Athena, Cadmus sowed the dragon's...
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