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   Sep 29, 2011 · In late 1980 Nicomedes decided to leave Peru and settle in Spain, his wife’s mother country. There, he finished one of his most important works, La décima en el Perú, a superb study and anthology of the genre that was published in Lima in 1982. (A décima is a ten-line stanza of Spanish origin that became very popular in Spanish America.

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   In 2008, he changed his pseudonym to Pablo Nicomedes, but signed under his real name: Cosme Castro. In 2006, with friends, he created the Big Purple Van Club, the world's smallest mobile concert stage. Passionate about radio science fiction, he writes a monthly radio drama with Mathias Pradenas: Purple UFO. It was broadcast on Radio Campus Paris from 2008 to 2009. At the same time, Cosme acted ...

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3. starsunfolded.com › daniel-zovattoDaniel Zovatto Height, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

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   Bio/Wiki; Full Name: Daniel Zovatto Blanco: Nickname: Danny: Profession: Actor: Physical Stats: Height (approx.) 6' 1" (185 cm) Eye Colour: Black: Hair Colour: Black

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   Biography We know nothing of Nicomedes' life.To make a guess at dating his life we have some limits which are given by references to his work. Nicomedes himself criticised the method that Eratosthenes used to duplicate the cube and we have made a reasonably accurate guess at Eratosthenes' life span (276 BC - 194 BC).

5. www.britishmuseum.org › collection › termCollections Online - British Museum

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   other name:Nikomedes. Details. individual; royal/imperial; Male. Other dates. 94BC-74BC (ruled) Biography. King of Bithynia, son of Nicomedes III (q.v.). Bequeathed his kingdom to Rome in 74BC triggering the 3rd Mithridatic War. 18 related objects.

6. www.perseus.tufts.edu › hopper › textA Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

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   Chil. 3.960; Plin. Nat. 8.40 (61), who calls the first wife of Nicomedes, Consingis.) It is probably this Nicomedes who sought to purchase from the Cnidians the celebrated statue of Venus, by Praxiteles, by offering to remit the whole public debt of the city. (Plin. Nat. 7.39, 36.4.21.)

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   Where was Nicomedes born?

   • Nicomedes was born in La Victoria, a working-class district with a reputation of being one of the “blackest” areas of Lima, but the family later moved to Lince, a more socially and racially mixed district, when his father was hired to work as a mechanic in a rural estate, and then to Breña, another multi-racial, popular district of Lima.

   Nicomedes Santa Cruz: A Black Public Intellectual in Twentieth-Century

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   How did Nicomedes get a job?

   • Being from a large family (Nicomedes was the ninth of ten children) and living with the relatively modest income generated by his father forced the young Nicomedes to seek a job as soon as he finished elementary school at the age of 11. He became an apprentice with a locksmith and later worked for many years as a blacksmith.

   Nicomedes Santa Cruz: A Black Public Intellectual in Twentieth-Century

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   Who was Nicomedes Santa Cruz?

   • But even more remarkable is the fact that Nicomedes Santa Cruz was a self-taught intellectual who never went to college and only completed elementary school. He was born in 1925 in a modest family that valued and practiced hard work and intellectual effort, but also preserved and cherished popular and Afro-Peruvian traditions.

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   How did Nicomedes Santa Cruz die?

   • In 1988 he was diagnosed with lung cancer and underwent surgery, with seemingly good results. He resumed his work on the radio and became involved in many activities related to the Quincentennial commemoration of Columbus’s arrival in America. On February 5, 1992, Nicomedes Santa Cruz died at the age of 66.

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   What influenced Nicomedes Santa Cruz's work?

   • Three major themes informed the work of Nicomedes Santa Cruz from the mid-1950s through the early 1990s: a celebration of the importance and value of black culture, history, and traditions; the need to fight against racism and discrimination; and his commitment to social justice and anti-imperialism.

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8. www.perseus.tufts.edu › hopper › textA Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

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   Nicome'des or Nicome'des Epiphanes II., surnamed EPIPHANES, king of Bithynia, was son of Prusias II., and fourth in descent from the preceding. He is first mentioned as accompanying his father to Rome in B. C. 167, where they were favourably received by the senate (Liv. 45.44) At this time he must have been a mere child; but, as he grew up, the popularity of the young prince incurred the ...