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Bookmark or Share- HIPPOCAMPS (Hippokampoi) - Fish-Tailed Horses of Greek MythologyHIPPOKAMPOI (Hippocamps) were the fish-tailed horses of the sea. They were depicted as composite creatures with the head and fore-parts of a horse and the serpentine-tail of a fish. In mosaic art they were often had green scales and fish-fin manes and appendages.
- The seventh inner moon of Neptune | NatureHubble Space Telescope observations of the seventh inner moon of Neptune, Hippocamp, show that it is smaller than the other six, orbits near Proteus and probably originates from a fragment of...
- Hippocampus Mythology: The Mythical Benevolent Sea CreaturesIn this article, you will hav better insight on the reason why the hippocampus is being called a seahorse, as well as determine its capabilities from being a half horse and a half fish creature in Greek mythology. Discover how this mythical sea creature played its role in ancient mythology.
- A new moon for Neptune - NatureHippocamp, the smallest known inner moon of Neptune, orbits just 12,000 km inside the orbit of Proteus, the planet’s largest inner moon (Fig. 1). Both moons migrate outwards because of...
- Hippocampus (mythology) - WikipediaThe hippocampus or hippocamp, also hippokampos (plural: hippocampi or hippocamps; Ancient Greek: ἱππόκαμπος, from ἵππος, 'horse', and κάμπος, 'sea monster' [1]), often called a sea-horse [2] in English, [citation needed] is a mythological creature shared by Phoenician, [3] Etruscan, Pictish, Roman and Greek mythology ...
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