Sesostris was the name of a legendary king of ancient Egypt who led a military expedition into parts of Europe, as related by Herodotus.

Indeed, amongst many ancient writers, Moses himself was seen as an Egyptian rather than a Jew, and two manuscripts likely dating to the 4th century, both of which purport to be the legendary eighth Book of Moses ( the first five being the initial books in the Biblical Old Testament ), present him as a polytheist who explained how to conjure gods and subdue demons.

Rumors have persisted that he appears somewhere on the legendary album, and while Richards concedes that it is very likely he is among the chorus of singers on " Sweet Virginia ", to this day nothing has been substantiated.

Since the historical Midas of the 8th century BC and Gyges are believed to have been contemporaries, it seems most likely that Herodotus believed the throne was donated by the earlier, legendary King Midas.

* Vlad the Impaler ; stories of his cruelty have attained legendary status, most likely spread after his death by his enemies.

Mythological roots of the name date back to a legendary ancient king named ' Italus ', though a more likely origin may be from ancient Oscan VÍTELIÚ, meaning " land of young cattle ", as Italy was a rich agricultural country since ancient times.

Korean folklore attributes the development of moxibustion to the legendary emperor Dangun, though it was more likely brought into the country from a Chinese colonial prefecture.

With its sweet, wistful song the European Robin is a likely source of the legendary Nightingale, as birds, stimulated by the street lights, can often be heard singing in cities during the night.

It was claimed that he married the infamous ( and likely fictional ) Sigrid the Haughty, daughter of the legendary Viking Skagul Toste, and later divorced her and gave her Götaland as a fief.

Edna Mode's sense of style, round glasses, and assertive no-nonsense character are very likely a direct homage to Head's legendary accomplishments and personal traits.

While it is likely that many of these stories are indeed false they helped escalate Throneberry to almost legendary status amongst Mets fans.

Geoffrey's legendary Keredic may have been a conflation of Cerdic, the traditional founder of Wessex, who, despite his political affiliation with the Saxons, was likely to be half-British himself, and another Cerdic, who reigned over the Celtic kingdom of Elmet around present-day Leeds until his defeat at the hands of Edwin of Northumbria.

The label also featured several legendary country radio-based acts in the twilight of their careers, such as the Blue Sky Boys, Lulu Belle and Scotty, Texas Ruby, and Moon Mullican, performers not likely of much interest to the big labels in the 1960s.

The phantom bowmen of Lothar were likely an inspiration for decidedly non-phantom but equally legendary bowmen of Loh in Kenneth Bulmer's series of Dray Prescot planetary romances.

Humanity's desire to fly likely dates to the first time man observed birds, an observation illustrated in the legendary stories of Daedalus and Icarus in Greek mythology, and the Vimanas in Indian mythology.

Although the story of this marriage is legendary, it is widely believed by Tibetans and some scholars acknowledge " it is quite likely to have taken place.

But as no Mongfind is recorded as the wife of any Ulster king, it is likely the Munster storytellers forgot her legendary role as the fracturer of the Uí Néill from the Connachta but could still recall associated localities in Munster.

Photographs of this particular MiG-21 had been circulated in numerous western publications during the late 1960s, which likely influenced the growth of the legendary " Colonel Tomb ".

Hayden's surveys ( accompanied usually by a small detachment of the U. S. Cavalry ) were annual multidisciplinary expeditions meant to chart the largely unexplored west, observe flora ( plants ), fauna ( animals ), and geological conditions ( geology ), and identify likely navigational routes, so as official photographer for the survey, Jackson was in a position to capture the first photographs of legendary landmarks of the West.

Enemies are stronger, deal more damage and rare / legendary mobs are 4x more likely to spawn.

Major Pendennis ' remark ( in the novel " Pendennis " by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray ) that he had read nothing of the novel kind for thirty years except Paul de Kock, who certainly made him laugh, is likely to remain one of the most durable of his testimonials, and may be classed with the legendary question of a foreign sovereign to a Frenchman who was paying his respects, Vous venez de Paris et vous devez savoir des nouvelles.

Another hypothesis derives it from " Castle of Euphemius ", possibly referring to the 5th century Byzantine patriarch by that name or, more likely, to the 9th century Euphemius of Sicily, a legendary figure who was said to have brought Muslim mercenaries to Sicily in 827 to help defend his throne, only to have them conquer the island for themselves.

* 496 BC: Battle of Lake Regillus: A legendary early Roman victory, won over either the Etruscans or the Latins

Thus, Pausanias ascribes the name to the legendary founder Megapenthes, who was said to have named it either after the cap （ mycēs ） of the sheath of his sword, or after a mushroom he had plucked on the site.

Orpheus, its legendary founder, is said to have taught that soul and body are united by a compact unequally binding on either ; the soul is divine, immortal and aspires to freedom, while the body holds it in fetters as a prisoner.

The hunter may be an unidentified lost soul, a deity or spirit of either gender, or may be a historical or legendary figure like Theodoric the Great, the Danish king Valdemar Atterdag, the Welsh psychopomp Gwyn ap Nudd or the Germanic Woden ( or other reflections of the same god, such as Alemannic Wuodan in Wuotis Heer (" Wuodan's Army ") of Central Switzerland, Swabia etc.

Zhang Sanfeng was a legendary Chinese Taoist priest who is believed by some to have achieved immortality, said variously to date from either the late Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty or Ming Dynasty.

Half a mile south of the Hill of Tara is another hill fort known as Rath Maeve, the fort of either the legendary queen Medb, who is more usually associated with Connacht, or the less well known legendary figure of Medb Lethderg, who is associated with Tara.

Menestheus ( Greek: Μενεσθεύς ), the son of Peteus, son of Orneus, son of Erechtheus, and either Polyxene or Mnesimache, was a legendary King of Athens during the Trojan War.

Such medieval accounts as were known are either legendary or hagiographical, such as the account in Fihrist by Ibn al-Nadim, purportedly by al-Biruni, or were anti-Manichaean polemics, such as the 4th century Acta Archelai.

His hatred of Germany was legendary and Namier himself wrote in 1942, that " it did not require either 1914, or 1933, or 1939 to teach me the truth about the Germans.

Other illustrations include a lion-shaped mountain representing the Sierra Leone mountain range, the Alexandria lighthouse ( laid horizontal ), the mythical Mountains of the Moon ( legendary source of the Nile River ) in central Africa, and either the Table Mountain or Drakensberg range in South Africa.

The story revolves around the Hero, son or daughter ( the player can choose to be either male or female, with few gameplay changes ) of the legendary and recently deceased Ortega.

Each concert is presented by the Young Artists Orchestra in a public concert on the Tanglewood Main Grounds in either Ozawa Concert Hall or the legendary Koussevitzky Music Shed.

* Huematzin, 8th century sage ( either real or legendary ) mentioned in ' Relaciones Históricas '

Perhaps due to its legendary difficulty, Spellbreaker was never as popular as either of its predecessors in the Enchanter trilogy, despite a fair deal of critical acclaim.

Single-Color Legends — Before Ice Age, all legendary permanents were either multi-colored creatures or Lands.

( However, it is known that at this time, al-Ghazali was living in Damascus, suggesting that either Ibn Tumart also went there, or that this story is a mere legendary flourish, intimating Ibn Tumart's future career ; at any rate, al-Ghazali died in 1111, whereas Ibn Tumart did not return to the west until 1117 at the earliest.

Among the show's primary sponsors whose products were promoted live on-air by either Hodgson or Wallace, were the legendary Villa Capri restaurant, local shoe emporium Kara-Vel Shoes, Mrs. Johnson's Bakery, and Superior Dairies products.

This time the team was coached by the legendary Vittorio Pozzo and either side of winning this competition they also won two World Cups in 1934 and 1938.

Though the tree is now gone, the site is marked either by the monastery of Nossa Senhora da Oliveira ( Our Lady of the Olive ) or the Largo da Oliveira town square, each named for the legendary tree.