LYCURGAN
(b) Harsh or severe. The eponym of the constitutional reforms of Lycurgus, 9th-century BC Spartan lawgiver, who is traditionally held to have been the founder of the constitution and stern military regime of ancient Sparta.
CRONUS
(a) In Greek mythology, the supreme God until dethroned by Zeus. The youngest son of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaia (Earth), Cronus overthrew and castrated his father and then married his sister Rhea. Because he was fated to be overcome by one of his male children, Cronus swallowed all of them as soon as they were born. But when Zeus was born, Rhea deceived him and hid the baby away.
THALES
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(c) Greek philosopher, mathematician and astronomer (c. 624-c. 545 BC). He lived at Miletus. One of the Seven Sages listed by Plato, and judged by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science, he is also credited with founding geometry. He proposed that water was the primary substance from which all things were derived.
QUETZALCOATLUS
(b) A giant pterosaur of the late Cretaceous period. It was the largest ever flying animal. It had a wingspan of up to 15 metres (49ft).