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| | MSN Encarta - Search Results - Leda (mythology) |
 | | Leda (mythology), in Greek mythology, wife of Tyndareus, who was king of Sparta, and the mother of Castor and Polydeuces, Clytemnestra, and Helen of... | | | Castor and Polydeuces, in Greek and Roman mythology, the twin sons of Leda, wife of the Spartan king Tyndareus. | | | Helen of Troy, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful woman in Greece, daughter of the god Zeus and of Leda. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/Leda_(mythology).html
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| | TROY |
| | In Roman mythology, Turnus was the son of King Daunus and the nymph Venilia. | | | In Greek mythology, Priam was the son of Laomedon and Placia. | | | In Greek mythology, Agamemnon was a Greek hero of the Trojan wars, son of Atreus, king of Mycenae, and brother of Menelaus. |
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http://waltm.net/troy.htm
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| | The Ugly Duckling, Grimms' Fairy Tales |
| | Greek mythology tells the story of Leda, a mortal woman and queen of Sparta who caught the eye of Zeus, king of the gods. | | | This poem is a struggle between Woman vs. God, and an outlook towards the future. ³A shudder in the Loins engenders there² refers to when Zeus impregnates Leda; Leda then sees future flashes of the destruction of Troy, and the death of Agamemnon, all of these caused by this altercation between her and Zeus. | | | With Zeus she also had Helen of Troy, who was the most beautiful woman in Greece and the major cause of the Trojan War, and with Tyndareus she had Clytemnestra, who later became the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae. |
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http://www.walnet.org/stanley_woods/muteswanz/leda.html
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| | Clytemnestra |
| | Leda, in Greek mythology - Leda, in Greek mythology, daughter of Thestios, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of... | | | Clytemnestra, in Greek mythology, the daughter of Leda and Tyndareus. | | | Agamemnon - Agamemnon, in Greek mythology, leader of the Greek forces in the Trojan War; king of Mycenae (or... |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0812656.html
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| | Yeats''Leda and the swan': an image's coming of age |
| | In this second lecture of ‘Leda and the swan’ no longer the sexes are opposed: the divine and beastly rape the human. | | | It suffices to cast a glance on the countless Ledas painted since Michelangelo to convince oneself of that truth. | | | And that is how Leda turns into something of a Jesus Christ. |
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http://d-sites.net/english/yeats.htm
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| | Mythography The Greek Heroine Leda in Myth and Art |
| | Complications aside, it is clear that Leda's legend is quite meaningful in mythology. | | | This book is a great source for information about Greek and Roman mythology! | | | Do you have a specific question about Greek mythology? |
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http://www.loggia.com/myth/leda.html
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| | Zeus art |
| | Leda is caressing the swan, looks happy and is not dressed. | | | Again, the women is drawn naked, as was a common practice when doing works pertaining to Greek mythology. | | | A piece of cloth usually is somehow arranged in a flowing manner to cover the genital area, but the rest of the body is left naked. |
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http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/classics/students/Grinter/Zeusart.htm
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| | Olympians: Vase Representations |
| | In mythology, Leda subsequently gave birth to an egg from which Helen and Polydeuces (one of the Dioscouri) were born. | | | There are also useful collections of images of the Olympian divinities on the University of Haifa Mythology in Western Art site and on Laurel Bowman's Olympian Gods site, which is part of her project, Classical Myth: The Ancient Sources (University of Victoria). | | | The links are derived principally from two web sites: (1) the catalogue of vases on Perseus and (2) Carlos Parada's Greek Mythology Link, a site on which you can explore all the myths associated with each of the divinities, including variant stories about their births, exploits, etc. |
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http://mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu/cciv110x/hesiod/cciv110.olympians.html
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| | Zeus |
| | Zeus Kroniōn''' (descendant of Cronus), or simply '''Zeús''' or '''Zdeús''' (Greek languageGreek Ζε& (Greek Δίας) ("divine king") is the leader of the gods and god of the sky and thunder in Greek mythology/. | | | Zeus is the continuation of Dyeus, the supreme god in Indo-European religion, also continued as Rig-VedaVedic Dyaus Pitar (cf. | | | His wife, Hera, was very jealous and consistently tried to harm Zeus' mistresses and their children by him. |
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http://www.infothis.com/find/Zeus
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| | Gemini: The Twins? |
| | According to Greek mythology their mother was Leda. | | | Though not as grand as Orion, Gemini has a rich mythology and great imagined importance as a member of the Zodiac. | | | The brothers Castor and Pollux lie above left of the giant hunter. |
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bmoler/gemini.htm
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| | English 1030 |
| | As Zeus persuades Leda to make love with him, so Sorin persuades his Leda: "She spoke her first Korean word to me that night as I cupped her breasts in my hands and pressed my lips to her open mouth" (285). | | | When Sorin states concisely and clearly the twisted games he and Leda had been playing, and when he says "I am your father," "I am your son," "I loved your mother," and "I love you now" in nearly the same breath, it cuts Leda to the quick. | | | Zeus is the philandering Greek father of the gods who, according to Greek legend, pursues the beautiful Leda, queen of Sparta. |
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http://virtual.park.uga.edu/frescomp/engl1030-98-99.html
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| | CASTOR and POLLUX - LoveToKnow Article on CASTOR and POLLUX |
| | lloXvthKIls), in Greek and Roman mythology, the twin sons of Leda, and brothers of Helen and Clytaemnestra. | | | They were also known under the name of Dioscuni (andbo-KopoL, later l~ubcKovpot, children of Zeus), for, according to later tradition, they were the children of Zeus and Leda, whose love the god had won under the form of a swan. | | | The Dioscuri were specially reverenced among people of Dorian race, and were said to have reigned at Sparta, where also they were buried. |
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http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CA/CASTOR_and_POLLUX.htm
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| | About Leda |
| | In classical mythology, Leda was the wife of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta. | | | They were eventually placed in the sky as the eternal constellation Gemini, the heavenly twins. | | | Leda represents the link between passionate emotion and the state of motherhood, the basis of all life. |
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http://www.thescreamonline.com/photo/photo3-1/davis/ledatext.html
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| | An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology |
| | Penelope : in classical mythology, the wife of Odysseus who remained faithful to him throughout his absence at Troy, despite having many suitors | | | Irene : the personification of peace in classical mythology | | | Melissa : the sister of Amalthea who nourished the infant Zeus with honey in Greek mythology |
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http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/1664/names.html
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| | sonnet |
| | Details from Greek Mythology: Leda is the wife of Tyndareus, king of Sparta. | | | What does the poem suggest about the relationship between gods and mortals? | | | The content then is taken from Greek mythology and plays a role in the the second division of thought in the sestet. |
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http://www.wsu.edu/~hughesc/sonnet.htm
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| | Boston.com / A&E / Theater/Arts / A sense of unease colors his landscapes |
| | "Leda" ties the sexual into the mythic without being erotic; it refers to the Greek myth of Leda, seduced by the god Zeus in the guise of a swan. | | | These softer, more contemplative works often set their subjects in the realm of mythology. | | | Here we see a wee blond tyke in a red bikini, wearing a swan-shaped inner tube around her belly. |
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http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2004/06/18/a_sense_of_unease_colors_his_landscapes
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| | Origin of the Zodiac |
| | Cheiron was a friend of many great hero's in Greek mythology such as Achilles and Heracles. | | | These are a couple questions I asked myself quite a while back and found that it's all rooted to Greek Mythology (imagine my glee). | | | Castor was born of Tyndareus and Leda, Pollux was born of the affair between Zeus and Leda (also known as the Tale of Leda and the Swan). |
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http://spiffyentertainment.8m.com/zodiac.html
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| | H.D.'s Home Page - Leda |
| | In Greek mythology, Leda is the mortal raped by Zeus, in the form of a swan. | | | This poem gives images of this swan before he attacks Leda. |
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http://www.cichone.com/jlc/hd/hd2.html
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| | Gardening and Mythology |
| | Greek / Roman mythology is rife with references to botanical objects. | | | For those that want the Full Monte, there is always Bulfinch's Mythology. | | | Garden Adventures - Gardening and Mythology - http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/garden_adventures/27640 |
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http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/garden_adventures/27640
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| | LEDA Page |
| | Leda was a daughter of Thestius and the wife of Tyndareus, king of Sparta. | | | She was a mortal seduced by Zeus in form of swan and gave birth to two eggs. | | | Well the king of Sparta got pissed off about Paris taking his wife. |
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http://waltm.net/leda.htm
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| | Leda on Encyclopedia.com |
| | lē´de, in Greek mythology, daughter of Thestios, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of Sparta. | | | According to most legends, she was seduced by Zeus, who visited her in the form of a swan. | | | Leda Huesich has just released her fourth album, titled "Joyride". |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/L/Leda.asp
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| | Leda and her Children |
| | She killed him with a battle-ax, he wasn't in the bath with a battle-ax. | | | Leda married Tyndareus and they lived happily in Sparta when Leda caught the eye of Zeus. | | | A humorous look at Roman and Greek mythology. |
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http://www.travel-italy.com/ct/leda.html
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| | Reviews of The Laid Daughter |
| | She asks herself if, like Helen of Troy, she sees her father as a God who has power over her. | | | Helen saw herself as like the daughter of Leda in mythology, a woman taken by Zeus in the disguise of a swan. |
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http://www.intraart.com/helenbonner/reviews.htm
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| | Menelaus -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | in Greek mythology, king of Sparta and the younger son of Atreus, king of Mycenae; the abduction of his wife, Helen, led to the Trojan War. | | | She was daughter of Zeus, either by Leda or by Nemesis, and sister of the Dioscuri. | | | During the war Menelaus served under his elder brother Agamemnon, the commander in chief of the Greek forces. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9052002
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| | CLASSICS COURSE CLA 212 MYTHOLOGY Home Page |
| | This site was originally designed as a teaching supplement to CLA 212 Classical Mythology. | | | For explanations of the forms of names used in the page and some Greek equivalents for common Latin names, click here. | | | The entries on characters are designed to highlight their place in the web of mythology, not to give full information. |
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http://web.princeton.edu/sites/classics/mythology/home.html
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| | MSN Encarta - Encyclopedia Article Center - Mythology |
| | MSN Encarta - Encyclopedia Article Center - Mythology | | | Search more than 4,500 articles on the world of knowledge--from aardvark to Zambia. | | | Get going on papers, presentations, and more with step-by-step guides. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/artcenter_0.4.1/Mythology.html
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| | Leda - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | Leda : An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology [home, info] | | | Phrases that include Leda: leda and the swan, hms leda, in astronomy leda, in greek mythology leda, leda in astronomy, more... | | | noun: (Greek mythology) a queen of Sparta who was raped by Zeus who had taken the form of a swan; Helen of Troy was conceived in the rape of Leda |
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http://www.onelook.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/bware/dofind.cgi?word=Leda
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| | Leda, Greek Mythology Link. |
| | Thestius 1 is known for having claimed the skin of the Calydonian boar on the ground that his son Iphiclus 2 had been the first to hit it. | | | When Tyndareus and his brother Icarius 1, father of Penelope, Odysseus' wife, were expelled from Lacedaemon by Hippocoon 2, they were received by Thestius 1 in Aetolia and allied themselves with him in the war which he waged with his neighbours. | | | As the latter married Thestius 1, her daughter by Glaucus 1, that is Leda, was called daughter of Thestius 1.] |
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http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Leda.html
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| | Leda, the Swan Dr Hannibal Lecter & Tom Harris |
| | My painted LEDA and her god are poised over this hot-cold watershed. | | | Mythology fails to tell us whether these forms were mere travelling costumes, so to speak, and whether, as we may well suppose, upon arrival at the bedside he reassumed his customary and divine semblance of a robust, virile man in the prime of his maturity. | | | EVER SINCE THE misty dawn of Greek mythology, LEDA and her doting swan have lived and loved in countless poets' lays and, less ephaemerally, in thousands upon thousands of embodiments in paint, line, stone and metal. |
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http://www.janenevillegallery.co.uk/hannibal.html
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| | Leda Swan Essays - Yeats’ Leda and the Swan and Van Duyn's Leda |
| | In Greek mythology, Leda, a Spartan queen, was so beautiful that Zeus, ruler of the gods, decided he must have her. | | | Both William Butler Yeats and Mona Van Duyn base their poems "Leda and the Swan" and "Leda," respectively, on this story of a "mystic marriage." Yeats' focus on the sexual act itself, along with his allusions to Leda's progeny, manifest a grave and terrifying tone. | | | While he raises Leda to a status similar to that of Mary, mother of Jesus, Van Duyn portrays Leda as a universal mother. |
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http://www.123helpme.com/preview.asp?id=8351
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| | LEDA - Gods from Greek Mythology |
| | But when LEDA died she was deified as NEMESIS just in case she might have been, and ZEUS was left with egg on his face. | | | LEDA was married to Tyndareds, a banished heir to the throne of Sparta, and when the eggs arrived two of the yolks were his: CASTOR and Clytemnestra. | | | LEDA: Daughter of King Thestius, she was notorious for swanning around with ZEUS during one of his bird impression phases. |
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http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/greek-mythology.php?deity=LEDA
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| | Constellation Gemini |
| | The two were born from an egg laid by Leda after she was seduced by Zeus in the disguise of a swan. | | | In Greek mythology, Castor and Pollux were twin heroes. |
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http://www.coldwater.k12.mi.us/lms/planetarium/myth/gemini.html
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| | Leda (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Later her mortal husband, Tyndareus, king of Sparta, lay with his wife too, with whom she conceived Castor and Clytemnestra. | | | In Greek mythology, Leda was a Spartan queen, wife of Tyndareus and mother of the double sets of mixed twins, Castor and Polydeuces and Clytemnestra and Helen, as well as Phoebe and Philonoe. | | | As the myth developed, it appeared that on a single night Zeus, in the guise of a swan, lay with Leda, who conceived Polydeuces (Pollux) and Helen "of Troy" (collectively know as the Dioscuri). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda_(mythology)
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| | Hosting Matters Community Forums - LEDA: Online |
| | According to Greek mythology, Leda was the queen of Sparta. | | | Hosting Matters Community Forums > General > Server News and Announcements > The Greeks > Leda System News |
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http://forums.hostmatters.com/showthread.php?t=9878
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| | Boris Valllejo 1990 Mythology Calendar |
| | Leda was one of the many young ladies who were "seduced" (frequently unwillingly) by Zeus and subsequently punished by Hera. | | | In this instance, he charmed her as a swan, then changed form when he was close enough. | | | Some figures were still soft and white, while others who were baked longer were darker brown, creating different races of men. |
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http://home.planet.nl/~hls/vallejo/1990.html
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| | The story is familiar enough: Zeus, the father and ruler of all the gods | | | little more than a quarter represents Leda's point of view. | | | THE story of Leda and the swan is the subject matter of poems by two of |
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http://www.english.iup.edu/lmasiell/337leda.htm
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| | Astro Update - Issue #8 |
| | According to Greek mythology, Leda, the queen of Sparta, was visited in her bed by the great god Zeus in the form of a swan, a creature of the air. | | | She gave birth to two sets of twins, and both times one twin was the offspring of Zeus and therefore semidivine. |
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http://www.llewellyn.com/newsletters/astroupdate/astroup_08.html
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| | glbtq >> arts >> Leonardo da Vinci |
| | Leonardo's mature years are filled with some of his most recognizable works. | | | His only female nude and his only picture inspired by classical mythology, Leda depicts the union of Zeus, disguised as a swan, with Leda, Queen of Lacedaemon. | | | It is impossible to date these with any certainty, but many believe Mona Lisa was painted first, followed by Leda, and then his final painting, Saint John the Baptist. |
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http://www.glbtq.com/arts/leonardo_da_vinci,2.html
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| | mythology links |
| | Bullfinch's Mythology - a searchable, hyperlinked edition of this classic reference work. | | | Classical Mythology Online - (Sixth Edition) from the Oxford University Press. | | | Classical Mythology by Geography - from an ongoing project at Princeton University. |
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http://sonnets.spanish.sbc.edu/myth.html
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| | Ani's Greek Mythology Website -- Intro |
| | The gods could be fair as well as extremely unfair and incalculable. | | | Some of his mistresses were Leto, Leda, Io, Maia, Simile, and Europa. | | | For more on Greek Mythology press on one of the buttons below in the top row. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5065/greek1.htm
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