( Incidentally, the date of Easter itself is fixed by an approximation of lunar cycles used in the Hebraic calendar, but according to the historian Bede the English name " Easter " comes from a pagan celebration by the Germanic tribes of the vernal ( spring ) equinox.

It started in Egypt, and reached Constantinople the following spring, killing ( according to the Byzantine chronicler Procopius ) 10, 000 a day at its height, and perhaps 40 % of the city's inhabitants.

Both the tree and the spring were, according to Reginald, subsequently associated with healing miracles.

The gravitational force, spring force, magnetic force ( according to some definitions, see below ) and electric force ( at least in a time-independent magnetic field, see Faraday's law of induction for details ) are examples of conservative forces, while friction and air drag are classical examples of non-conservative forces.

The Carthaginians in the following spring ( 409 BCE ) sent over a vast army amounting, according to the lowest estimate, to 100, 000 men, with which Hannibal Mago ( the grandson of Hamilcar that was killed at Himera ) landed at Lilybaeum, and from thence marched direct to Selinunte.

Lynde did not want to return, but according to Peter Marshall, they made Lynde an offer he could not refuse-including co-star billing with Marshall-and he return to series in the spring of that year.

In the spring of 2011, according to Darren Dreger of TSN, the team has been " financially managed " by the NHL for over a year.

This spring, according to Pausanias ( 2. 5. 1 ) was behind the temple to Aphrodite and people said its water was the same as that of the spring Peirene, the water in the city flowing from it underground.

To make up the twelve Diodorus ' list also adds Peirene ( the famous spring in Corinth ), Cleone ( possible eponym of a small city of Cleonae on the road from Corinth to Argos according to Pausanias ), Ornia ( otherwise totally unknown ), and Asopis.

* The Minoan Fountain was a rectangular public well hewn in the rock, with a central column ; it formalized the sacred spring in its present 6th century BC form, reconstructed in 166 BC, according to an inscription.

Similarly Aphrodite, emerging from the sea and coming ashore at Cyprus, is dressed and adorned by the Horai, and, according to a surviving fragment of the epic Cypria, Aphrodite wore clothing made for her by the Charites and Horai, dyed with spring flowers, such as the Horai themselves wear.

One of the function he performed was to lead the deduction of colonies ( made up of younger generation folk ) with his flight, which traditionally took place in spring and was performed according to a religious ritual known as ver sacrum.

The city certainly derives its name from Nemausus, which was perhaps the sacred wood in which the Celtic tribe of the Volcae Arecomici ( who of their own accord surrendered to the Romans in 121 BC ) held their assemblies ( according to Encyclopædia Britannica 1911 ), or was perhaps the local Celtic spirit guardian of the spring that originally provided all water for the settlement, as many modern sources suggest.

Its name in Persian means Job's spring due to the legend according to which Job ( Ayub ) visited this place and brought forth a spring of water by the blow of his staff on the ground.

In Mosin's original design the spring was not attached to the base plate and, according to the Commission, could be lost during cleaning.

Public usage of the park was mainly for wildflower observation in winter and spring according to a 1974 report, whose recommendation ( which was not followed ) would have seen it demoted to a flora and fauna conservation reserve.

The breeding season varies according to latitude ; spring ( September – October ) in southern Australia, April to July in northern Australia and winter ( June – August ) in southern Queensland.

Spen Hall is now split into several houses but still has many original features, such as a 16th century mullioned window, the original tennis lawn and a water spring which, according to myth, is a tunnel ( now flooded ) leading to the Old Saw public house cellar, further up Spen Lane.

The band's album " Have Mercy " was to have been released on V2 Records in summer 2007 ( originally set for January 2007, and then spring, according to V2 marketing materials ).

The flowers appear in early spring, " when the shad run " according to tradition ( leading to names such as " shadbush ").

Before indoor plumbing, the housewife also had to carry all the water used for washing, boiling, and rinsing the laundry ; according to an 1886 calculation, women fetched water eight to ten times every day from a pump, well, or spring.

Airsoft guns are classified according to their operating principle, which can be spring ( generally called " springers "), electric ( battery powered Automatic Electric Guns, or " AEGs "), or gas-powered ( if these have a blowback feature they're known as " GBBs ").

Because the summer was unusually dry and hot, the spring produced a smaller stream than in ordinary years.

A few months ago it was a fairly typical landlord who in the dead of night lugged me up a mountainside to drink from a spring famous in the neighborhood for its clarity and flavor.

Little enough joy was afforded Wright in the spring of 1925, when another destructive fire broke out at Taliesin.

That spring Welcome To Our City was selected for production by the 47 Workshop and it was staged in the middle of May.

It was in the spring of the year when he took to his bed and Tessie and Alfred found out that they didn't know each other.

This was just Richard's way of saying that last year the Birds opened spring training with a lot of jobs wide open.

Since it was issued in the spring of 1611, the King James Version has been most generally considered the most poetic and beautiful of all translations of the Bible.

According to one report, however, Mr. Hammarskjold was considered `` too controversial '' a figure to warrant bestowal of the coveted honor last spring.

My eyes were so bleary I could barely see him but there he was, a little smooth olivefaced guy in a new spring overcoat and a taffycolored fedora.

In spring and in autumn the run was made for a group of botanists which included an old friend of mine.

In January, 1958, the Minister of the Interior announced that an election law was ready to be submitted to the King, the rumors of election dates appeared once again, first for spring of 1958 and later for the summer.

In late 1957 the M.P. ( Mouvement Populaire ) appeared and in the spring of 1958 the internal strains of the Istiqlal was revealed when the third Council of Government under Balafrej was formed without support from progressive elements in the party.

The sailing in the spring of 1610 was Hudson's fourth in four years.

In the spring when penned cattle were turned out to grass, this was spoken of as `` turn-out time '', or `` put to grass ''.

He was fifteen years older than I -- forty-four -- but full of spring and sparkle.

Now it was nine years later, and it wasn't spring but winter when I returned.

In the spring of 1863, Lincoln was optimistic about upcoming campaigns to the point of thinking the end of the war could be near if a string of victories could be put together ; these plans included Hooker's attack on Lee north of Richmond, Rosecrans ' on Chattanooga, Grant's on Vicksburg, and a naval assault on Charleston.

By the spring of 1863, he was ready to recruit black troops in more than token numbers.

Grannus was a healing spring god, later equated with Apollo.

* In Oropus, north of Athens, the oracle Amphiaraus, was said to be the son of Apollo ; Oropus also had a sacred spring.

This was the spring which emitted vapors that caused the oracle at Delphi to give her prophecies.

Water from this spring was sacred ; it was used to clean the Delphian temples and inspire the priestesses.